60s: I have a store

Chapter 458 Sweet Burden

Just when Zhou Yimin thought that there was nothing else to do and he could just relax and take it easy.

An unexpected person appeared, that was Director Hu. He was in a very difficult situation during this period. He did not expect that the suitcase would become his "sweet" burden.

However, the good times did not last long. As orders continued to increase, the factory's production gradually failed to keep up.

According to the contract, if the goods cannot be delivered within the specified time, not only will the contract be invalidated, but a huge amount of liquidated damages will also be required.

The penalty for breach of contract for all orders added up is not a small amount, which makes Director Hu as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Moreover, as a steel plant, the factory itself had production tasks assigned by its superiors, which put Director Hu in a dilemma and put him in a difficult situation.

The first person Director Hu thought of was Zhou Yimin. He felt that Zhou Yimin had many ideas and might be able to come up with a solution.

Director Ding happened to come over to report. When he learned that Zhou Yimin was currently in the factory, he was very happy and asked Director Ding to go back first as he still had things to deal with.

Director Ding felt a little strange, but since Director Hu was his leader, he could only leave obediently.

Director Hu hoped that Zhou Yimin could give him some advice, so he went to Zhou Yimin's office.

When Zhou Yimin saw that it was Director Hu, he stood up immediately and said, "Director Hu, how come you have time to come here?"

"Yimin, we are in big trouble this time. There are too many orders, and our factory's output cannot keep up. Moreover, we have steel production tasks from above. What can we do?" As soon as Director Hu saw Zhou Yimin, he said anxiously, his face full of fatigue and helplessness.

Zhou Yimin did not answer immediately after hearing this, but fell into deep thought. He knew very well that in this era of material scarcity and relatively backward technology, it was not easy to solve the production problem, not to mention the constraints of steel production tasks.

But he also knew that solutions can always be found by people, and as long as you think carefully, you can always find a way out.

After a long while, Zhou Yimin slowly said, "Director Hu, I think we can start from two major directions. One is to improve production efficiency, and the other is to rationally allocate resources, including human and material resources."

"Improve production efficiency? How can we improve it? Our equipment and technology have already done their best, and we can't slack off on the steel production side either. It's really difficult." Director Hu sighed, his face full of worry.

If this method was available, he would have thought of it a long time ago. However, it is extremely difficult to implement, and the production capacity of the machine has reached its limit. If production is extremely limited, problems will surely arise with the machine in a short time.

Moreover, this would greatly increase the danger for the workers, so he was unwilling to adopt this method.

Zhou Yimin smiled and patiently explained: "Director Hu, when I visited the factory before, I found that our production process is a bit complicated and many links can be optimized.

Take the production of suitcases as an example. From the cutting of raw materials to assembly, there are a lot of repetitive actions and unnecessary waiting time.

We can reorganize the production process, merge some processes that can be combined, and reduce the time workers spend running back and forth between different processes.

For example, after cutting the fabric, it originally takes some time before it can be sent to the next process, but we can make some adjustments.

Allowing workers to prepare the tools and materials needed for the next process while cutting, so that they can seamlessly connect and increase the overall production speed. "

Director Hu listened, nodded slightly, and showed a thoughtful look on his face: "Well, it seems that what you said does make sense. What about the procurement and transportation of raw materials? Now there are more orders and the demand for raw materials is also great, and the supply is sometimes not stable." Zhou Yimin continued: "In the procurement and transportation of raw materials, we can negotiate with suppliers and establish a long-term and stable cooperative relationship.

Also, Director Hu, you can report this situation to your superiors. Since we are asked to complete it independently, you should at least give us some help!
Next, we can send someone to communicate with suppliers and sign a relatively long-term contract to ensure that they can provide us with raw materials on time and in quantity.

At the same time, we can also optimize transportation routes and choose faster and more economical transportation methods.

At present, our factory's transportation department is understaffed and its efficiency may not be very high. We can find some more suitable transportation teams, or cooperate with other factories in transportation, which can reduce transportation costs and improve transportation efficiency. "

"But, Yimin, the task on the steel production side is also very important and can't be delayed because of the suitcase order." Director Hu was still a little worried.

Zhou Yimin said confidently: "This involves the rational allocation of resources.

We can make a detailed production plan according to the urgency of the order and the production cycle.

For example, the production tasks of suitcases and steel can be divided according to time nodes.

Without affecting the steel production tasks, workers are arranged to produce suitcases during the intervals between steel production.

For example, steel production may have some periodic pauses, such as when equipment is being repaired. At this time, some of the workers originally involved in steel production can be deployed to assemble suitcases.

When steel production returns to normal, we will transfer them back. This will ensure the completion of steel production tasks and not delay the production of suitcases. "

After hearing this, Director Hu's eyes lit up, but then he frowned again: "That's true, but the deployment of workers is not an easy task.

Some workers are familiar with steel production, but know nothing about luggage production, and it takes time to train them.”

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "This is what I want to say about increasing production manpower.

We can recruit some temporary workers, requiring them to have a junior high school education or above, and after giving them simple training, let them join the production.

Although people with junior high school education have no experience in factory work, we have given them this valuable opportunity. They will definitely work very hard to repay us. Moreover, people who can finish junior high school must have good learning ability.

Moreover, we can arrange some skilled workers to provide one-on-one guidance to temporary workers and teach them some basic operating skills.

We can subdivide the production process of suitcases, with each temporary worker only responsible for a simple link, so that they can learn quickly.

For example, some temporary workers are responsible for pasting labels, while others are responsible for installing wheels. In this way, they only need to master the skills of one small link to quickly get started with the work.

This will not only solve the problem of insufficient manpower, but also solve the problem of so many unemployed people in the city, and allow regular workers to devote more energy to the more difficult links in steel production or luggage production. "

After listening to Zhou Yimin's suggestion, Director Hu nodded repeatedly, and the worry on his face gradually disappeared: "Yimin, you are really a genius! I will do as you say. If we can successfully solve the problem this time, you will definitely be credited!"

(End of this chapter)