Chapter 259 The Way of Survival

The structure of the assembly line of small household appliances is not complicated, and it is mainly composed of a wire frame, a power system, a transmission belt and a belt support.

Among them, the wire frame is the easiest to make, and it can be made by just a few skilled welding masters.

The transmission belt is a PVC anti-static belt with a seamless interface.

Bearing rollers are used for belt support. Because the weight of small household appliances is not large, the requirements for belt support are not high. If it is a heavy and heavy household appliance, a good bearing roller is required.

In the 1990s, some of the above could be done in China. Only the most important power system has to rely on imports.

The assembly line has relatively high requirements on the motor and motor. The domestic motor is used in the assembly line, and there are two failures in three days. Therefore, the assembly line at that time mainly used motors imported from Japan.

The price of imported motors was very high. At that time, a motor imported from Japan cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, which also raised the price of the assembly line.

Later, a large number of Chinese companies introduced Japanese motor technology and localized assembly line motors. The price of assembly line equipment has become the price of cabbage. There are many assembly lines that cost tens of thousands of yuan.

It is also because of the price factor that Li Weidong did not introduce an assembly line before. In a factory with more than 200 people, it would cost more than 2 million yuan to install two assembly line equipment.

With this money, we can hire more than 200 workers, each with a salary of 100 yuan per month, which is 1200 yuan a year. More than 2 million yuan can be used for ten years! It's still cost-effective to hire workers.

But now, the situation is different. Li Weidong wants to win the foundry of Xizhi Electric. This will be a long-term business, so it is necessary to introduce assembly line equipment.

It is definitely a very cost-effective investment to spend several million on a few sets of assembly lines.

After all, Ma Zhongyi is engaged in production. He is no stranger to assembly lines. When he heard that Li Weidong was going to introduce assembly line equipment, Ma Zhongyi frowned first.

Weidong, I've also seen assembly lines. Some factories in the south are already using them, but I don't think the efficiency is much faster, and the price of assembly line equipment is expensive, so it's better to hire a few more workers! Ma Loyalty said.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said, Brother Ma, the assembly line is for the workers, so the efficiency of the assembly line depends on the management of the workers! If we still follow the management model of the planned economy era, even if we have an assembly line, the efficiency will be reduced. It will not improve too much, so while introducing the assembly line, we must improve the management method.”

How to change? Ma Zhongyi asked subconsciously.

First of all, I plan to reform the management system. In the past, it was the workshop director who was in charge of front-line production. After the introduction of the assembly line, I want to change it. First, a production line is divided into several production teams, and a person with outstanding ability is selected as the team leader. Members perform productive work.

Then, for a production line, set a line length, which can be selected from the squad leaders, and each line length is specially responsible for one assembly line equipment. The line leader does not need to be on the production line. His responsibilities include arranging production plans, implementing production goals, completing quality control, maintaining equipment stability, maintaining work discipline, and more.

Li Weidong paused, letting Ma and Wang digest it first, and then continued: On the line leader is the workshop director. The workshop director is mainly responsible for the management of the workshop, in addition to ensuring the production of the workshop. In addition, we must also do a good job of supervision, such as the ration of raw materials and the labor discipline of the workshop, which are also under the responsibility of the workshop director. In short, each production line is required to complete the production tasks with quality and quantity.

Having said that, Li Weidong looked at Ma Zhongyi and said, And above the workshop director, you are the factory director in charge of production! I think this division of labor system is more clear than before. In the past, a workshop director had to take care of a lot of things. There are even a lot of trivial matters, after the addition of squad leaders and line leaders, the workshop director can be freed from trivial matters and devote his energy to management.”

In that case, the number of cadres in our factory will be increased! Wang Kaiping said.

Li Weidong nodded: That's right, but I'm not afraid of too many cadres, but I'm afraid that cadres will be useless! It is said that a thousand troops are easy to get and one general is hard to find. If this method can be used to train qualified middle-level cadres, then it will definitely be It's cost-effective, and if we expand the scale of production in the future, we won't have to worry about talent issues.

Li Weidong took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then said: After the assembly line equipment is installed, our wage system will also need to be revised. I plan to adopt a wage system that combines basic wages with overtime wages.

Eight-hour working hours per day are calculated on the basis of basic wages, and working hours beyond eight hours are calculated on the basis of overtime pay. The standard of overtime pay is 1.5 times the basic pay.

That is to say, if a worker works four hours of overtime a day, then his working hours are twelve hours, but he can get fourteen hours of wages, so the overtime pay will account for 40% of the workers' wages.

Li Weidong directly copied Foxconn's wage system.

Weidong, if you do as you do, won't you encourage everyone to work overtime? Wang Kaiping asked.

Yes, it is to encourage everyone to work overtime. If the production task is tight, we can adopt a 24-hour production model with two shifts, 12 hours a shift, so that people rest, equipment does not rest, and the production capacity is maximized and the fastest speed. to complete the production task.”

Li Weidong went on to say: If the production task is not tight, then we will continue the production as normal and not arrange overtime for the workers. At that time, we only need to pay the basic salary, and we do not need to pay the 1.5 times overtime pay, which can also be reduced. our cost.

I have a question! Ma Zhongyi asked, If there were two shifts 24 hours a day, half of the people would definitely work the night shift. It would be inconvenient to go from home to the factory in the middle of the night! I don't think so. How many people are willing to work night shifts.

So we have to do one more thing. Li Weidong smiled slightly and then said, We are going to build dormitories for the workers!

Wang Kaiping suddenly looked surprised: Are you planning to build a family district? That's a lot of money!

Brother Wang, don't think too much, what I want to build is not a family area like our transportation company, but a dormitory. Li Weidong added: Just like an ordinary dormitory, there are four bunks in one room. , like eight people.

Ma Zhongyi frowned: What are you building that thing for? Our workers are basically villagers from the surrounding villages. The villages have divided their homesteads and built houses. Who do you build the dormitory for?

For those who work night shifts and those who work overtime! Li Weidong continued:

I have investigated and found that there are not many workers in our factory who live in the town. Most of them live in the villages below. Every village comes to our factory to work in twenty or thirty minutes if it's fast, or an hour if it's slow. For one-way trips, the round-trip time is doubled.

This time can be saved if workers can live directly in the factory. The time saved can be used for overtime, and one hour can also earn 1.5 times the salary. Isn't it better than wasting time on the way back and forth?

In addition to building the dormitory, we also need to buy a boiler and build a bathhouse. After the workers finish working overtime, they go directly to the bathhouse to take a hot shower, then go back to the dormitory to sleep, wake up and then go to work overtime.

There is also a canteen that needs to be changed. The variety of meals should be more abundant, and three meals a day should be provided, plus a late-night snack. We can give out a portion of the money every month as a food subsidy, so that workers can eat directly in the cafeteria, which is not much more convenient than eating at home!

It's good to work overtime when you're full, isn't it? Wang Kaiping asked with a smile.

Ma Zhongyi next to him also said, Weidong, I understand it. The measures you took are all to encourage workers to work overtime!

Li Weidong nodded: You are right, I wish all the workers would work overtime!

Wei Dong, you are becoming more and more like a black-hearted capitalist! Wang Kaiping said jokingly.

Brother Wang, I didn't exploit the workers. The workers worked overtime, and I paid 1.5 times the overtime pay! In a state-owned enterprise, overtime work is voluntary labor, and any state-owned enterprise will pay overtime pay for overtime! , I am a conscientious employer!

Li Weidong paused, then said: And if we want to beat the Malaysian factory and win the OEM qualification from Xizhi Electric, we must do this!

Speaking of this, Li Weidong sighed lightly: We are not a Middle Eastern country, we can make a fortune by selling oil; we are not Australia, we can live without food and clothing by mining;

We are not a European country, and our ancestors have not been robbers, and they have not robbed us of the wealth that will last us a few lifetimes;

We are also not the United States. We have an advantageous geographical location and are rich in various resources. We have been developing steadily and steadily for two hundred years. When our own strength is strong, we will take advantage of the world!

We have suffered humiliation, we have suffered hardships, we are behind others!

We do not have a rich family background, and we are not willing to rob others. If we want to live a good life, we can only use our hard work, our sweat, and hard work. Other than that, we have no second way to go!

Li Weidong walked to the window, looked at the huge yard, and then said, If others work for eight hours and we work for eight hours, why would Xizhi Electric entrust us to do the OEM?

We want to be the foundry of Xizhi Electric, for example, work harder than others! Others work eight hours a day, so we work twelve hours! We want to tell Xizhi Electric that there are the hardest working workers in the world!

Diligence and sweat are our way of survival! It's the only weapon we have, and now, we're going to use this weapon to grab jobs!