The KFL Story - Kajavala Forestry Limited, Kawerau New Zealand

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Жыл бұрын

Where business and humanity merge.
A place where the workers come first and excellent work become inevitable.
Imagine a situation where the workers and teams have everything they need and pretty much everything they want. Workers at front of mind.
What do you think the work is like?
And so, what do you think the customer experience is like?
This simple approach is how we serve the people, the community and our forest logistics customers.
HISTORY
In 1970 Tapio Kajavala planted trees, an honest yet humble job. Weekends he shot deer to sell. His wife was a night shift nurse. Together they put enough money aside to start KFL in Kawerau in 1972. A small, hardworking forest harvesting business.
1996 saw KFL experiment with, then, cutting-edge computer systems to maximise returns to the forest owner. These systems were best based in Log Yards rather than in forests. The positive results saw KFL shift from forest harvesting to Log Yard management and log logistics.

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@dgk42 3 күн бұрын

To be able to admit that things had to change is so excellent to see. To be able to say that the staff are the experts and should be treated with the respect they deserve, and to empower them to make changes. That is really different to the old days of about 25-30 years ago. Congratulations to all at KFL who made it happen.

@deancrow7359 3 ай бұрын

Jacob has a people focus. This is how you run a business well, focus on your people and that is life. Great job.

@gregpatto7330 Жыл бұрын

More companies should adopt this concept and attitude, thank you for sharing KFL from a KTown boi at heart 😎

@storman37 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome....i'd love to rub this video into the faces of two of my previous employers that preferred toxic corporate environments where you back stabbed your way to the top ....we lost so many good talented people who got disheartened when they saw vicious , negative ill manned people getting ahead and getting all the rewards of better pay and conditions in management positions....all the while the workers had to work harder to keep the greedy people looking good. Good on you KFL!

@josephbrolly7232 7 ай бұрын

Tu Meke Jacob. Logging is full of great people and awesome to see a family stick together and grow a great business.

@edrussell2006 Жыл бұрын

Wow .. what a story! I love what you have achieved.

@gavinhiggins8081 Жыл бұрын

I cart logs in here nice to know the bigger picture and great company philosophy and Richie is the man

@ArrBee6 8 ай бұрын

Good on youse. "Look after the people and they will look after the land." I said that in a pub "debate" once. Thankyou for showing it's true. Cheers.

@NatoCodGrad Жыл бұрын

Interesting and good story it all works like a huge family :)

@stagslayer3002 Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome! No reason why other companies can,t do this, Keep it up! positive for Kawerau 👍

@richardwilliams1334 Ай бұрын

It's a shame the A-holes that controlled Foresty back when most of us 20 years plus workers were tossed to the side with no future but to start all over again were man enough to follow these guys foot steeps. Had that happened many of us may not have run that gauntlet and been ripped off because many of us were from the ex NZFS to begin with in our special fields of expertise treated like shit not paid etc etc to later leave with a bitter taste in their mouths in my case that bitterness has never left 30 years later. Thank you, Jacob, for shearing showing another light to an industry that I loved working for once.

@squishyhippie4059 2 ай бұрын

Great work guys :-)

@lightfoot.2000 Жыл бұрын

Inspiring story! Kia Kaha KFL 😎

@andysaunders3708 Жыл бұрын

Man, that's impressive, and far-sighted. Good company. They realise that their people are their biggest asset, but not just on paper - they seem to actually care for them. Hard to find.

@mattyallen3396 Жыл бұрын

Interesting seeing the timbertech. Havnt seen one for 20 years. Question: How do you keep the skiddys going when a processor is more profitable?

@GraemeCoulter 9 ай бұрын

What stopped the boss being a prick and turned him around? You mentioned a change in attitude. Very close to home and a sweet story to watch.

@tamanaru5634 Жыл бұрын

Could this be a resuscitation of a once thriving K town? I hope so. The big question though is how long will it be sustained?

@peteteriini1348 Жыл бұрын

Kia ora KFL

@nzdubs7048 Жыл бұрын

Top man bro .mean Maori mean

@annettehill1263 27 күн бұрын

Gg kfl

@bryanparsissons188 Жыл бұрын

So this company squashed the competition ?and once no one was left to run against them they became a industry leader in looking after the worker? Hmmmmmm

@egondro9157 2 ай бұрын

I’m also seeing a weird discrepancy about diverging from managers. Either he’s squeeze out all bad people and doesn’t hire frequently, or his portfolio shrunk big time. Then again maybe he got fat on the hog and thought he could go hands offand just boss around. You can’t manage people in a business. You have to be a leader not a manger. Once you develop that you start picking your leaders. Leaders learn to get more out of their teams. Also this really feels like a PR hit piece.

@johnjames225 Жыл бұрын

finally taken a leaf out of his mothers and fathers book was nothing like this years ago was a little hitler if this is all true good on you jacob and to you daniel k you were always the down to earth approachable one just like 1 of the workers bring back sargent major tank driver snipper man rueben araroa.kia ora pete te riini you still with kfl were rex rua