Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 364 Standardization

After the meeting, Zhou Xinjian, Luo Yunyang and Jiang Chen found a small office for work communication.

After the factory staff made tea for them, they left.

Zhou Xinjian said: "Then let's get started. There isn't much time in the morning, so we have to hurry up."

Luo Yunyang said: "There are just a few of us, so we don't need to say those polite words and just talk about things."

In fact, these two people have their own plans, but they still want to listen to Jiang Chen's first.

Because they all know that Jiang Chen has a flexible mind and has more ideas.

And many times he can often think of things that they dare not think of, but the results are quite good.

For example, a simple training system can be said to have changed the entire industrial ecosystem.

The previous problems about technology inheritance and employee skills were solved immediately.

Workers can come here to participate in free training if they evaluate the factory's letter of introduction.

"Converter steelmaking is a brand new thing. Looking at the world, only a few of you who participated in the experiment are experienced. This is exactly the difficulty we will face."

If Jiang Chen's plan is feasible, then they don't need to say it out loud.

Zhou Xinjian and Luo Yunyang both sat upright involuntarily, waiting for Jiang Chen to speak.

Luo Yunyang said: "Comrade Jiang Chen, since you raised this issue, you should have a solution file, right?"

So now, they also want to hear Jiang Chen's thoughts first.

"Everyone has their own understanding and techniques, and they are ever-changing as they are passed down. It is difficult for anyone to judge the pros and cons."

"There are unified requirements and standards from preliminary preparations and staffing to converter construction and steelmaking processes. Everything is in accordance with the standards. This can maximize efficiency and reduce human risks."

Let Jiang Chen's techniques become more popular.

"I feel that too many things in the past relied on the inheritance of experience. This has advantages, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Word-of-mouth transmission inevitably has omissions and errors, and in the converter steelmaking process, any errors may bring disaster."

Jiang Chen said: "Actually, the solution for this is the same as the previous Sangang method, which is to formulate a set of standards and everyone will strictly follow the standards."

"We only need to formulate good standards, then disseminate them, and finally conduct inspections and supervision according to the standards, so that we can quickly complete the promotion work and create productivity."

Now, Jiang Chen's methods are being used across the country, and slightly larger manufacturers have established their own training systems with the support of the Ministry of Industry.

Seeing the two leaders looking at him, Jiang Chen knew it was time for him to speak.

Zhou Xinjian nodded; "It's true. Leaving aside the converter steelmaking, there are many problems in the inheritance process of workers' basic skills."

Jiang Chen nodded: "I do have some ideas. Let me talk about them first, and you two can think about it later."

"Of course, the more important thing is that converter steelmaking is a new thing, and there is no experience to talk about, let alone inheritance. Therefore, the method we were used to before is not suitable for converter steelmaking."

He first took out the standardized plan for converter construction and the standardized operating procedures for converter steelmaking from his bag and put them on the table, and then said:

In order to better take care of some small and medium-sized manufacturers, the Ministry of Industry has also established training departments in key cities based on the technical personnel trained by Jiang Chen.

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "Well, actually I think so too. Of course, I was inspired by Sangang's machine tool production."

"The production process of Sangang Machine Tools is so cumbersome and complicated. At that time, I was still worried about which factory could meet the requirements."

"I didn't expect that you would standardize and split the machine tool into several parts, hand them over to different manufacturers for production, and then finally complete the assembly, which would completely solve all the problems."

"This has given me a lot of inspiration. I have already proposed at the conference that when our foundation is weak, we should not rush to build comprehensive enterprises." "Let each enterprise specialize in one or a few components. Production, and then these parts can be combined to assemble many different machines.”

Jiang Chen smiled and said, "See you, Mr. Zhou. When we unify the various parts into several specifications according to the needs in the future, we only need to complete the production of the respective parts according to different specifications and needs with quality and quantity, and then assemble them in a unified way. ”

This model is still mainstream even in the 21st century.

The more complex something is, the more difficult it is for a single manufacturer to produce it independently.

A mobile phone's screen, motherboard, battery and other components often come from different manufacturers.

Production and R&D are equally important.

It can only do research and development but not production. If the products only exist in the laboratory, then this research and development will have little actual effect.

It can be produced but cannot be researched and developed. It has to be processed by others or spend a lot of money to buy technology.

But truly cutting-edge technologies and products cannot be bought with money.

However, it is just getting started, and there is still a long way to go to achieve real standards and unification.

Setting standards has always been a complicated and lengthy process.

It's just that Jiang Chen doesn't need to worry about these.

Luo Yunyang said: "Time is tight, let's not start it!"

"Xiao Jiang, I also agree with this standardization model. But as we all know, this kind of thing is rare in setting standards."

"The construction of this converter may be okay because there are not many interferences from official factors."

"But in the steelmaking process, different altitudes, different pressures, and different raw materials will produce different changes. How do you consider this?"

Jiang Chen said: "Indeed, steelmaking is a delicate process, and any changes may affect the quality of the steel."

"For example, the first batch of steel in Shijingshan was just because the workers operating the inert gas reacted slower, which may have led to the deterioration of the quality of the steel."

"The situations you mentioned, Mr. Luo, are all real, and they are what we need to face and solve."

"My idea is that in the early stage, we can try our best to make all the possibilities that we can think of into standardized things."

"Then in the middle and later stages, we can open up the conversation. If you encounter certain situations that exceed our expectations during the production process, you can inform us of the problems you encounter."

"If it has been solved and the effect is very good, then the solution will be given directly to us. If it cannot be solved and the problem is larger, we will set up a special team to study it."

"In this way, our standardized plan will become more and more complete, and eventually all situations will be basically presented in the plan."

"Times are progressing, and plans are gradually improving."

Luo Yunyang nodded: "Well, let's gather the wisdom of the public and improve our standardization plan."

"Mr. Zhou, let me tell you, this kid must have some thoughts and ideas!"

Zhou Xinjian laughed: "So, now we just need to listen to Comrade Xiao Jiang's plan and help improve it."

"As for what we both think about, I don't think it's necessary to say anything. At least the plan I thought of can be rejected."

Luo Yunyang spread his hands: "Mine too."

(End of this chapter)