NEW DELHI: Known for his futuristic views and out of the box thinking, Tesla chief Elon Musk has a piece of advice for his company's employees. Musk wrote an email to his staff suggesting measures for precision, profit and productivity, automotive news website Electrek reported.

Musk told his staff at Tesla to "get rid of large or frequent meetings, in case you have to have them, keep them 'very short' or 'drop freqency'." He added that "walk out of a meeting or drop off a call if it is failing to serve a useful purpose, avoid acronyms or nonsense words."

For better productivity, he further said "communication should travel via the shortest path necessary to get the job done, not through the 'chain of command'."

In terms of profitability measures, the website quoted Musk saying: "I have asked the Tesla finance team to comb through every expense worldwide, no matter how small, and cut everything that doesn’t have a strong value justification."

"All contracting companies should consider the coming week to be a final opportunity to demonstrate excellence. Any that fail to meet the Tesla standard of excellence will have their contracts ended on Monday," Musk wrote.

Tesla is aiming to ramp up production to 6,000 Model 3 cars per week by the end of June to reach its weekly goal of 5,000 and allow for a margin of error.

Underscoring Tesla’s need to roll out cars quickly to customers and collect needed revenue, the company will also begin working around the clock on the Model 3 sedan, adding another shift within general assembly, and both the body and paint shops.

The news comes a day after Tesla temporarily suspended its Model 3 assembly line in what the company said was a planned pause, its second since February, to improve automation and address bottlenecks that have delayed production.

Investors are closely watching to see if Tesla is able to meet long-delayed targets and quickly ramp up the Model 3, on which the company’s future profitability rests. Tesla is pressured on a host of fronts after a fatality in one of its vehicles using its Autopilot system, a downgrade by Moody’s, and a public spat between Musk and safety regulators.

Tesla’s use of robots to assemble Model 3s has led to more complexity and delays, which Musk acknowledged last week in a tweet: “Excessive automation at Tesla was a mistake. To be precise, my mistake. Humans are underrated.”

(With inputs from agencies)

