Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 806 Research and Development Bottleneck Period

On the last day in Guangzhou, Duan Yun bought some local specialties, and then set off on his way back to Shanxi.

According to the construction period given by the previous engineering team, Duan Yun's two factories will be handed over in October this year, and by that time, Duan Yun will come to Guangzhou again to hold an opening ceremony.

In addition, when leaving this time, Duan Yun went to Guangzhou Bookstore to buy some books on business management, mainly books translated from foreign countries. Duan Yun gave these books to the apprentice Dajun, hoping that he can study hard.

In fact, it is far from enough for a manager to have theory alone, and more needs to be practiced. When Da Jun was an assistant to Duan Yun in a labor service company, he already had good management experience. Electronics factory should be no problem.

After several days and nights of traveling by train, Duan Yun finally returned to Daxing. On the second day, he went to work at the factory and resumed normal work.

During the time when Duan Yun left, the labor service company and the electronics factory were in good order. The employees on both sides were very enthusiastic about working overtime in order to obtain housing quotas and bonuses. The labor service company even kept working overtime for more than a week. to 10 o'clock on the record.

In addition to ordinary workers, several college students at the labor service company also work very hard. According to the materials and design ideas provided to them by Duan Yun, these five college students go to the workshop during the day and work overtime at night to draw drawings. They are often busy until one or two in the middle of the night. At one o'clock, the enthusiasm for work is very high.

The thing is also obvious. The bonus Duan Yun gives to the technical department is very high, especially after the successful development of new products, the bonus is as high as 2000 yuan. In addition, the staff building next to the factory has begun to take shape, and they also want to share it. A good house will allow you to start a family here in the future.

"Manager Duan, this is a sample of the improved version of the Longteng gearbox we have designed. Compared with the Longteng gearbox currently produced by our factory, all indicators have been significantly improved, and it is very durable..." In the dispatching room of the workshop Seeing Duan Yun coming to inspect, Jia Zhiqiang immediately walked up to Duan Yun with a drawing and said.

"Hmm..." Duan Yun nodded lightly after hearing the words, took the drawing and read it carefully, frowned slightly, and said to Jia Zhiqiang: "All of your parts are made of special steel, and they all need carburizing. deal with?"

"Although the gears in these two parts are not key parts, the temperature of these two parts is relatively high after long-term work, so they must go through special production processing..." Jia Zhiqiang explained while pointing to the drawings.

"If most of the gears in our gearbox need to be made of special steel and carburized, have you considered the cost of the product?" Duan Yun turned to look at Jia Zhiqiang and said with a slight smile.

"The cost of doing this has indeed increased a bit, but the overall performance of the product has also been improved, and it is more durable than before..." Jia Zhiqiang said.

"Your technology is very good, and you have a great spirit of research, but when we are engaged in product innovation in the enterprise, we must not only focus on the product itself, but also consider the current market situation and production costs." Duan Yun paused, and then said : "If these components are also carburized with special steel, the performance of the product will indeed be improved, but correspondingly, the cost of this new product will be more than doubled. Do you think such an expensive car transmission Will anyone buy the box?"

"But..." Hearing this, Jia Zhiqiang and several other technicians around him also had a look of frustration on their faces.

"Product research and development is a comprehensive project. In order to improve performance regardless of cost, only military enterprises can do this. But we are a private enterprise. Good things are good, and the price must be acceptable to users." Duan Yun He pondered for a while, and then said: "The main reason why our Longteng gearbox was able to export and earn foreign exchange before was that we aimed at the low-end market, which is cheap and usable, so foreign businessmen will buy it. Low-end products are originally We are taking the route of small profits but high sales. If we want to earn high profits, we can only take the high-end route. However, our company is currently unable to compete with the mid-to-high-end products of foreign companies, so when you are upgrading the Longteng gearbox , the most basic idea should be to reduce the cost of the product while improving the performance of the product. To be honest, this is very difficult to achieve, but it is precisely because of the difficulty that the value of your technical workers can be reflected!"

"Manager Duan is right, we did take a wrong path." Kong Jing who was on the side heard this and nodded.

"I'm really sorry, Manager Duan, we really didn't consider the cost aspect before..." Jia Zhiqiang also said.

"You don't need to say sorry to me. You are all college students who have just left school. It is normal for you to lack relevant experience in product development. Don't have any psychological burden." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and then said: "Actually, this new product of yours There are still many remarkable points in the design scheme, as long as the cost issue can be considered reasonably, this new product is still very promising to get foreign trade orders."

"Manager Duan, I think this is too difficult..." Jia Zhiqiang said with some emotion.

It took Jia Zhiqiang and the five college students a long time to come up with a new product improvement plan that satisfied them, but Duan Yun directly rejected it unexpectedly, which was undoubtedly a blow to them.

"You should expand your thinking. Don't confine your thinking to the design of old products. Instead, you should have your own originality. You can start over." Duan Yun obviously saw that Jia Zhiqiang and the others were a little frustrated. , So he continued: "Actually, you are still in a period of accumulating technical experience, and you are allowed to make more mistakes. In addition, recently I want you to focus on imitating the car gearbox of the Santana car. This time when I went to the south, I passed by Shanghai. , I talked with a leader in Shanghai, as long as our products can meet the standards of German manufacturers, then our factory has the opportunity to become the designated supplier of Santana cars. If the products you develop can meet the requirements, then the same can be done Get the bonus and the house I promised earlier."

Duan Yun knows that only generous material rewards can mobilize the enthusiasm of these people to the greatest extent, and at the current stage where the research and development process is not going smoothly, Duan Yun needs to continuously encourage these college students. Enough drive.

"Manager Duan, you actually know the officials in Shanghai?" Jia Zhiqiang couldn't help but said in surprise when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)