Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 283 This young man
After the old man's problem was solved, he asked the next question: "Once this model is spread, the technology will no longer exist, because everyone learns scattered single movements, which are not called technology at all."

"Then things that have been passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years will be gone. This is a crime."

It seems that this man's personality is consistent with his age, a bit old.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly: "First of all, let me answer the first question. Under the assembly line mode, the technology does not disappear, it just continues in a different way."

"Although each worker is involved in a single simple craft, these crafts taken together are technology, which can be passed down and passed on for a longer time without deformation of technology due to human factors."

"And the innovation of this technology is even easier. Even if there is a new set of processes, everyone only needs to learn one technique to complete the technological upgrade."

"Another one is that the development of industry requires us to constantly accept and accommodate new things. The experience passed down by our ancestors is indeed valuable, but if we hold on to these things, we will be stuck in our own ways and tie our own hands and feet, and sooner or later we will tie ourselves up."

"Only through continuous innovation and creation based on the inheritance of our ancestors can we maintain our pace of progress and eventually integrate with the world's advanced industries."

"Otherwise, why do we need Big Brother's technical assistance? Isn't it just to inject new things into us?"

The first half of this reply is answering the question.

"But if the machine often has problems, it will have a huge impact on production efficiency, so how do you consider this issue?"

The second half is somewhat offensive.

Simply, counterattack from a polite perspective.

Zhou Xinjian said: "Today we will discuss the assembly line model, and we will not discuss other topics."

"An assembly line is composed of many workers and many machines. If there is a problem with one of the machines or one person, the production of the entire assembly line will come to a standstill, which will waste everyone's time."

The reason is nothing more than people-oriented, what should workers do if they are digitized?

He even wondered whether the development of digital machine tools for flower growers had been stagnant for decades even though the Qing Dynasty had already developed digital breakdown. Would such people be credited?

If the other party is rude to his words, he will not be polite either.

Jiang Chen spread his hands and said, "How dare I? Old sir, you have labeled me a criminal. How dare I be rude?"

Jiang Chen said: "Because long-term use will cause great damage to the machine, there is no complete solution to the problem of machine stability."

The stability and service life of machines of this era are much worse than those of later generations.

For a while, he didn't know how to refute.

"But I have a problem, which is the stability of assembly line production."

"Perhaps you have already provided a solution to the human problem, which is nothing more than a few all-round workers."

"However, there are several ways to enhance the stability of the machine and reduce the chance of problems."

"The first is regular maintenance to find possible hidden dangers and deal with them in time. The second is spare machines. When a problem occurs with a certain machine, it can be quickly replaced to reduce the impact on the assembly line. The replaced machine will be repaired in a timely manner. "

"If anyone has any questions, ask them quickly while Xiao Jiang is here."

The old man was a little angry: "This young man is too arrogant. He speaks with guns and sticks and has no respect for the elders."

At this time, a middle-aged person in his thirties said: "The assembly line model is indeed very suitable for manufacturing companies. It can allow workers to get on the job quickly and improve their proficiency quickly. As Mr. Zhou said, technology is improved because of professionalism."

So the problem of machine failure will definitely arise.

All he can do is minimize the impact when the machine tool fails.

The young man was barely satisfied with this answer. Because even if it is not an assembly line, problems with the machine will affect production.

Another young man asked: "Asking workers to engage in a single process and long-term repetitive labor will cause workers to lack motivation and enthusiasm, and easily cause work stress."

"I wonder what Director Jiang thinks about this issue?"

This question is at the right point.

Jiang Chen said slowly: "Through various aspects of work, we can regulate the workers' emotions."

"For example, we can motivate everyone through training, adjust boring work through entertainment activities such as watching movies and singing, help everyone set goals to increase work enthusiasm and sense of accomplishment, etc."

"Of course, these methods can only alleviate the problems you mentioned to a certain extent, but they cannot fundamentally avoid them."

"But I think this issue is actually a matter of trade-offs. It depends on whether we need results and development, or something else."

This question cannot be put too bluntly.

Just like oppressing workers, ignoring workers’ psychology is an absolute no-no.

But in fact, some of the other measures being implemented by the Ministry of Industry have a far greater negative impact on workers than the assembly line model.

It's just that Jiang Chen can't say it.

Later, everyone asked a lot of questions, and Jiang Chen answered them one by one.

Through these answers, he always conveyed a question: There are indeed many problems with the assembly line, but now using this model has more advantages than disadvantages for flower growers.

But in the end, he has no right to ask whether this model can be promoted.

And if this can be spread, his reputation will be greatly improved again.

If he is rejected, the impact on him will not be that big.

At most, when you enter the manufacturing industry, your production efficiency is slightly slower.

Finally, Zhou Xinjian concluded: "Okay, now that everyone has asked all the questions, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the assembly line model."

"Tomorrow, the industry will hold a symposium on the assembly line model to determine whether this model is suitable for the current national conditions of flower growers, and whether we should allow more manufacturing plants to adopt this model."

“After the Ministry of Industry completes the discussion, we will report it to you.”

The others nodded and left.

After everyone left, Zhou Xinjian said to Jiang Chen: "Xiao Jiang, what you just said was indeed a bit extreme."

"That old man is from the Secretariat and has a certain say in front of the chief. If he firmly opposes it, there may be obstacles to promoting such a good model as the assembly line."

Jiang Chen said: "Mr. Zhou, you also heard that he was not polite at all when he spoke to me."

"Having said that, whether this model is adopted will affect the production efficiency and development of flower growers' related fields, and it has little to do with me."

The standardization + normalization assembly line model is a classic production model for mass production enterprises.

It is not only suitable for manufacturing, but also for many other industries.

Zhou Xinjian said: "Don't say such depressing words, I will work hard to fight for it. And I can guarantee that most people in the Ministry of Industry will support this model."

(End of this chapter)