Chapter 354 Production Demonstration

After driving for a while, Chang Haonan signaled Qin Xueming to stop on the side of the road.

"Hong Kun, get off the car now and go to Jiang Zhong's family area to squat for a while to see how Deputy Factory Director Lin plans to mobilize the workers to work."

In 1997, the penetration rate of wired telephones nationwide was less than 10 per people, and this still has to include the number used by institutions and businesses.

In a factory like Jiang Chong's, only a very small number of workers' homes can install telephones, so if you really want to notify someone of something, you can only use the most traditional method.

Either shout through a loudspeaker or knock on doors door to door.

"But, if Xiao Zhu is the only one..."

Hong Kun was obviously worried about his job as a guard.

"It doesn't matter. You don't have to wait there for too long. The workers all go to bed early. If Lin Xu really goes to the family area to mobilize, it won't be too late. You just have to come back before midnight. This is the toll. You can take a taxi."

Chang Haonan took out two pieces of money and handed them to the other party.

Under normal circumstances, taking a taxi in the middle of the night in this day and age would be a challenge for both drivers and passengers.

However, there is obviously no need to worry about Hong Kun's safety.

Before boarding the plane at Nanyuan Airport, Chang Haonan noticed that the two of them had brought quite complicated procedures and handed something to the crew members for safekeeping.

Although I didn't ask in detail, it was obvious that he was armed.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

……

Early the next morning, Chang Haonan arrived at the Jiangzhong factory about half an hour earlier than the time agreed last night.

It is certain that Lin Xu will find a way to interfere with it, but this does not mean that today's production demonstration is meaningless.

This trip for investigation was very urgent, and even the request to visit the production process was made by Chang Haonan only yesterday afternoon.

In such a short period of time, it was quite difficult for Lin Xu to gather a team of people. It was impossible to have time to arrange any too detailed means, and the habits formed by people over a long period of time are not so easy to change.

So you can still see a lot of things.

"Mr. Chang, it's so early."

When the two cars of Chang Haonan and his team stopped at the entrance of the production area, Lin Xu, neatly dressed in work clothes, was already waiting here.

Apparently, he arrived earlier.

"Where is it? Director Lin, wasn't it earlier?"

Chang Haonan enthusiastically began to greet the other party.

"Hey, Mr. Chang doesn't know something. For many processes in our Jiangzhong, especially the thermal processing process, the production cannot be completely stopped, otherwise it will take a long time to restart, so the speed will always be low. Produce some products with high versatility.”

While Lin Xu was "promoting" production-related common sense to Chang Haonan, he motioned for the latter to follow him:

"But since what you want, Mr. Chang, is heavy machine tool equipment, today's production demonstration must not fool you with bulk goods. You have to switch to some difficult products. This process will take almost half a day. I can't let you do it here." It was running out, so I mobilized a group of veteran workers to start work in advance, and by now, production should be almost ready to start."

"Is that so? I really didn't know this before."

Chang Haonan, who had already made up his mind to watch the other party's performance, showed an expression of sudden realization.

"Well, then you should have told me when I made the request yesterday. If the objective conditions limit it, it is perfectly fine to postpone it even for one more day."

Lin Xu, who was walking next to him, thought to himself that he should not postpone it for another day. He had long nights and many dreams, but on the surface he still looked diligent and hardworking. He shook his head and said helplessly:

"Sigh... The whole factory is just waiting for you to make this order. Yesterday I went to the family area to inform that a leader came to the door with business for advance payment. Many people rushed to work screaming... "

Seeing Lin Xu's acting skills that could definitely win an Oscar, Chang Haonan sighed secretly in his heart.

If he hadn't sent someone to squat in Jiang Zhong's family area for several hours last night, he might have believed it.

Hong Kun returned to the guest house at about 11: p.m. and reported to Chang Haonan that he had waited until most people turned off their lights and did not see anyone announcing anything on a large scale.

I did see a few people who followed Lin Xu during the day looking for people in certain buildings, but most of them only stayed for a few minutes and then left. Only two people stayed for a particularly long time.

In a three-shift factory, a production team must have at least people. Even one-on-one precise door-to-door visits cannot be so fast.

"It would be nice if someone rushed to come."

Chang Haonan nodded:

"This shows that workers are still motivated to produce, but the efficiency was too low before and they couldn't see any money, so they naturally worked hard all day long."

Lin Xu's face changed slightly after hearing this, and after regaining his composure, he quickly added:

"It would be great if all orders were like yours, with % advance payment and cash visible to others. Unfortunately, most customers, let alone advance payment, wish they had to pay for their goods in arrears for several months. It was only given slowly and sometimes even in installments..."

While talking, the group of people had already walked into the workshop located in a corner that they had not visited yesterday.

"This is the starting point of our production process, the casting area, and it is also one of the areas that most need the attention of master craftsmen."

"The casting area is divided into a production support room, a production management room, a melting workshop, a molding workshop, a sand core workshop, and a cleaning workshop..."

Excluding character, Lin Xu's abilities are indeed good. Twenty years from now, he will definitely be a top product manager.

The production-related knowledge is readily available, and you can also evade important issues in places that are not easily noticed.

People who understand technology and management should not be too relaxed if they want to fool a quasi-expert who even knows some relevant knowledge.

Chang Haonan is almost certain that after completing this set of processes today, the pass rate of the final product will be quite ugly.

When everyone entered the workshop, the molten iron produced by the cupola was already stored in the power frequency furnace.

"Can this kind of molten iron be sent directly for casting?"

Another half-baked question that can be asked with half a bottle of water.

"No, we need to add some alloy materials to adjust the composition of the molten iron."

Lin Xu shook his head and replied.

Chang Haonan's performance just now was completely in line with his expectations.

I knew some relevant basic knowledge before coming here, but I didn’t know the more detailed production process.

"There is nothing much to say about the high-frequency furnace. Even a newcomer who has just joined the factory can understand it as long as he follows the operation manual. Let's go and take a look at the later parts."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man ran over from the workshop next door.

"There is something wrong with the core shooting machine. We have asked the maintenance team to eliminate it. Pay attention to maintaining the power of the power frequency furnace and make sure not to let the temperature drop!"

Lin Xu's expression darkened slightly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Chang. Core shooting machine failures are generally minor accidents, and the lost working time is only 30-40 minutes at most. The maintenance team arranged today is the most experienced, and it should be eliminated faster."

As a visitor, Chang Haonan showed no emotion and just motioned to Lin Xu to lead the way.

"Go and have a look."

In the sand core workshop, a group of obviously older workers were gathered around a piece of equipment.

"What's going on? Why did it malfunction at the most critical moment?"

"The little kid who was on duty a few days ago hadn't inspected the equipment for who knows how long. One bearing got stuck. Fortunately, he discovered the problem in time and stopped the equipment. No more serious consequences occurred. All he had to do was clean it and re-oil it. "

One of them turned around and reported.

As Lin Xu said just now, it was not a big accident. Production restarted after 25 minutes.

"It seems that the craftsmanship of the old masters is still trustworthy."

Chang Haonan looked back at the sandblasting machine and said to Lin Xu, who was taking him to leave.

"These are the backbones who have worked in the factory for more than ten or twenty years and are most affectionate to the factory. They are also in the prime of life. But... alas... it is not an option to continue like this, and I can't do it every day. Standing in the workshop and watching them, with so many processes, I can’t be alone.”

The words were full of helplessness.

"It seems that Director Lin was right when he said yesterday that management methods alone will not work. In the end, the problem still lies with people."

After Chang Haonan said this sentence, which seemed to agree with the other party's words, he added the second half of the sentence in his heart:

"It's just that the factory director is the one who has the problem."

Although the 25-minute troubleshooting just now seemed to be smooth and smooth, Chang Haonan still saw many unreasonable operations.

For example, pre-repair work is not fully covered.

The problem of insufficient bearing cleaning should be discovered in advance before starting work.

Another example is the simple oiling at the end. The maintenance worker just hastily injects new oil into the oil can and finishes it after reaching the liquid level.

However, at the 410 factory, the standard operating procedure is to use new oil to completely squeeze out the old oil, so as to avoid the impact of contaminated old oil on the equipment.

In addition, also in this workshop, the working conditions of the belt conveyor used to transport sand are also very poor, and its rotating mechanism and driving mechanism are almost half buried in waste sand.

I can only say that I was lucky that I didn't call the police today.