Testimonials
PROFITABLE SAWMILL is an unusual book. It is very easy to read, eye friendly and immediately available for use. If a beginner in a wood sawing business does not know exactly where to start and how to set up all the processes in his “new” company, he can use it as a school manual. Inside, you’ll find all the basic steps from recruitment and interview techniques, through sales and marketing, financial topics and machine maintenance topics.
In general, I divided the processes for to achieve higher profit within 5 steps:
1. GENERAL SITUATION OF A SAWMILL
2. STAFF MANAGEMENT
3. MANAGING THE SAW-MILL PROCESS
4. SALES AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT
5. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Every step is divided into many small steps describing some details of an everyday life in the sawmill as a company.
We are talking about recruiting techniques and interviewing skills, training and communication, sales and marketing activities, managing the production and maintenance, preparing financial budget, choosing right cutting blades and sharpening machines ,stocktaking and control management etc.
“Reading the book PROFITABLE SAWMILL, I wish we would have such a Manual 20 years ago when I established my own company and started a production of wooden doors. Especially because during first few years we were looking how to manage Sales and Marketing activities for export to German, Austrian and Swiss Markets and this book would be of great help when starting a business from the very beginning.”
- Mgr. Sc.Ales Jerala, owner and MD DOORS d.o.o., Slovenia“PROFITABLE SAWMILL is an unusual book. It is very easy to read, eye friendly and immediately available for use. If a beginner in a wood sawing business does not know exactly where to start and how to set up all the processes in his “new” company, he can use it as a school manual. Inside, you’ll find all the basic steps from recruitment and interview techniques, through sales and marketing, financial topics and machine maintenance topics.”
- Dr.Samo Zupan, University of Ljubljana, Mechanical engineering“I know Niko Fabjan for more than 15 years as a business partner for the Balkans countries. His deep knowledge of the woodworking industry has helped me a lot to increase my business by 50% across south Europe. Thanks to his network and his strong understanding of sawmills needs, we succeeded in introducing, on his market, latest technologies of cutting wood from west Europe. Today, our cooperation keeps going and we are still working on common projects to introduce new products on the market to enhance the profitability of sawmills in South Europe.”
- Sebastien Valois, Export Manager, Forezienne MFLS, France“Great knowledge and expertise adorn my friend Niko Fabjan, with whom I have worked well for more than a decade. He always has the latest information, knows the technology perfectly, is very good at the global sawmill market and is able to interest every interlocutor. I absolutely supported his project of writing a book, because there are no such complex and meaningful instructions on the business of sawmills on the market. In fact, it would be nice if other experts like Niko decided to describe and gather their knowledge and information, which can be useful for sawmills especially in the post-pandemic period that follows.”
- Marijan Kavran, editor-in-Chief WOOD & FURNITURE MAGAZINE, CroatiaThe Profitable Sawmill
5 Steps to Drastically Increase Your Profit
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