Smart Industrial Empire

"Yunfei, it's impossible for Xinkaixing to continue like this. The company has been expanding, but in the Pearl River Delta, it has begun to face the problem of finding people. We can't continue to raise workers' wages in this way to attract people. Let's go!" Wang Qingfeng, who hadn't appeared in front of Yun Fei for a long time, appeared in front of Yun Fei with a sad face.

The "labor shortage" in the Pearl River Delta has begun?

Yun Fei was really puzzled.

According to the normal situation, it will not be until [-] that the Pearl River Delta will have difficulties in recruiting small-scale enterprises, and the large-scale labor shortage will not start until [-].What if it starts now?

"How can it be impossible to find someone now?" Yun Fei read the news reports and there was no relevant report in this regard, and no one from the company told him about it. Isn't Wang Qingfeng making a fuss over a molehill?

Wang Qingfeng shook his head, Xin Kaixing has always maintained a high level of work, which has caused them a lot of cost pressure.

"It's not that it's difficult to recruit workers, but that under the current circumstances, with the massive popularization of domestic CNC machine tools and after the country's accession to the World Trade Organization, although more outsourcing processing orders have entered our China, the competition has become more intense. Three years ago, we had already slowed down the rate of increase in workers' wages, and now it is only about 30.00% higher than that of ordinary enterprises. At present, in just over half a year, the gross profit level of the machining industry has increased from 20.00 % dropped to about [-]% two, and there is a possibility of further decline..." Wang Qingfeng explained to Yun Fei.

The cost of machining business is getting higher and higher, while the processing price is constantly falling as the number of domestic CNC machine tools increases.

At the beginning, there were very few three-axis machining centers, and the outsourcing processing fee could reach 300 yuan an hour, but now, it is not easy for most of them to reach 180 yuan.Ordinary products even only cost tens of dollars an hour.

The profit of Qingfeng Machinery's OEM business has shrunk significantly. Compared with when Yun Fei was working in their factory in the early 90s, the processing fee has basically dropped by 50.00%.And the labor cost has increased from about 300 yuan at the beginning to [-] yuan now, which has more than doubled!

"What's the opinion of the company's strategy department? Don't they have nothing to do with this situation? Besides, they should know about this situation, otherwise, they will be dereliction of duty." Yun Fei didn't pay too much attention to these things.

Wang Qingfeng really made a fuss.

Their industries are not mainly located in the Pearl River Delta.

Even Xinkaixing, in order to cope with rising domestic labor costs, will put a large part of its business in Dandong, which is across the river from North Korea. Sinuiju will also have some industries that Xinkaixing needs a lot of labor .

"This was proposed by Ma Ting from the strategic planning department. At present, there is only such a trend, and it is not very serious. But according to the current sales of your CNC machine tools and some data on the growth of your domestic business, there will be at most two more in the Pearl River Delta." In a few years, there will be a labor shortage." Wang Qingfeng said to Yun Fei very seriously.

The Pearl River Delta is not a traditional heavy industrial area. They still have relatively high requirements for skilled workers. Many jobs require professionally trained skilled workers to do well.Especially for a large amount of general processing business, there is no problem from design to CNC machine tool processing. After all, as long as there are programmers to complete the program.There are on-site technicians who have adjusted various processing parameters. The daily actions of the final operator are basically fixed—open the protective door of the machine tool, clamp the parts—close the protective door and press the green start button—after completion .Open the door again for clamping.

For such a boring job, many young people who originally wanted to learn technology or think this is more fun have no patience to repeat it day after day. Working [-] hours a day makes them even have time to fall in love. nothing.

after all.If they want to climb up and become technicians or managers, they must constantly recharge.Take the initiative to learn by yourself, and after passing the assessment, the company will provide promotion training, and then the assessment will be carried out.

There is basically no way to surpass this model.

The working situation of the assembly line is like this. People are robots, and they repeat those actions every day.

This kind of work cannot retain people like Yun's holding companies.

"Ma Ting didn't come here with you? You said you did too. You don't know much about the company, do you?" Yun Fei was a little speechless. Since it was proposed by someone from the planning department, he should at least bring someone from the planning department with him. Come here, don't you?Even if he had a question, Wang Qingfeng didn't know how to answer it, did he?

"Come on, I'm currently looking at the situation in the ball screw factory. After all, it is relatively easy to recruit workers here, and there are not many ordinary workers here..." Wang Qingfeng said embarrassedly.

"I haven't fully understood the situation yet. What are you talking about? Old Wang, let them handle this matter..." Yun Fei was speechless.

Isn't Wang Qingfeng just looking for trouble?

He is very busy now, and is preparing to let go of the company's management affairs, so many times, he has to keep an eye on the situation of the entire company's managers to see if they are qualified for the work after the delegation.Fortunately for Wang Qingfeng, the company didn't usually take care of it. After reporting a certain possibility, his subordinates came to make trouble for him.

I really think that I have nothing to do when I am idle like him!

"No, although such a thing has not happened now, we have to take precautions, don't we?" Seeing that Yun Fei didn't plan to talk to him, Wang Qingfeng couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

"When you understand the situation clearly, you bring Ma Ting and come to me. I'll hear the situation before we talk about it." Yun Fei said helplessly.

If you don't send this guy away, you have to bother him here for a day.

"I also know something about the situation, how about I tell you?" Wang Qingfeng said to Yun Fei with a smile on his face, "I don't know when Ma Ting will be free, anyway, I am free. Let's not disturb her work, right? She's done her job, and she's helping us earn money!"

"I've already told you everything you know, so just tell me what you want to do!" Yun Fei was speechless.

"Use robots to replace assembly line operators!" Wang Qingfeng's words shocked Yun Fei immediately.

Isn't this guy's brain burned out?

Now want to use robots to replace operators?Isn't this a joke?Yun Fei is very clear about how high this cost is.

After all, this technology has not yet been fully put into practical use.The cost is quite high, besides, the control accuracy is also a big problem.

"The planning department feels that, just like our heat sink production plant, replacing operators with robots, we can completely reduce the number of people on one line from 30 to two porters, and one line leader can manage the entire line. At the same time, the line leader will also be a technician. In this way, our [-] production lines will reduce nearly [-] workers and save nearly [-] million a year..." Wang Qingfeng is now also learning how to use data to speak.

"More importantly, after calculation, when the robot production line guarantees the current production efficiency, because the robot does not need to shift shifts and starts up 24 hours a day, even if it is stopped for an average of one day a week for maintenance, eight automated production lines are enough. Our efficiency will increase At least 40.00%, and the cost has dropped by about 60.00%..." Wang Qingfeng used a sharp data comparison to tell Yunfei that he was determined to start an intelligent production line at this time.

He wants to turn their labor-intensive industries into technology-intensive ones.

"Old Wang. Well, do you know how much a production line costs? According to the current cost price, such a production line is not difficult, but the cost is very high. It requires overall coordination. Moreover, if a robot has a problem, the entire line The lines have to be stopped..." Yun Fei was helpless.

Obviously.Wang Qingfeng is too superstitious about their mechanical automation technology.

For this, Yun Fei has no bottom in his heart.

"Cost is not a problem, even if it is [-] million per line, the cost will be recovered within five years at most." Wang Qingfeng said domineeringly.

"Besides, I don't do it like this for all of them, it's just that those assembly lines can do it like this. Let's just use the heat sink factory to do the experiment..."

Regarding this, Yun Fei was speechless.

"The board of directors passed this resolution?" Yun Fei really didn't know how to deal with Wang Qingfeng.

This guy made it clear that he wanted to pass this cost on to Yun's Holdings, and then slowly repay the debt in the future. Yun Fei can't do this.

"They have no objection to this, and they just wait for the money to be distributed every year. I agree, you agree, isn't that enough?" Wang Qingfeng smiled.

"I have to think about this. I have to discuss with the person in charge of the automation side as to whether there is a way to realize this kind of fully automatic assembly. At the moment, the deputy director Deng Lanqing who is in charge of this is on vacation..." Yun Fei simply said This matter was pushed to Deng Lanqing.

Anyway, Deng Lanqing didn't know where to play now, and it was impossible for Wang Qingfeng to find her.

Although the project is continuing, the person in charge is Deng Lanqing, right?

Sun Lin and Situ Heyun are working on CNC machine tools.

Moreover, the heavy-duty turning and milling compound machining center for the Three Gorges has entered the final stage, and Situ Heyun has been staying in Harbin Heavy Industry.

It has taken several years from the start of this project to the present, and the super heavy equipment they cooperated with North Heavy Industry and Harbin Heavy Industry, which may also be the largest single machining equipment in the world, is about to be announced.

At such an important historical moment, it is naturally impossible for Yun Fei not to be there.

How can there be time to chat with Wang Qingfeng and the other two?

"Old Wang, let's wait another two years for this matter. By then, the technology will be more mature. After all, this involves robots. Jiuyi Automobile Equipment is currently only focusing on the automotive business, and there is no energy to focus on it now. What I mean, do you understand?" Even though he was embarrassed to refuse, he couldn't refuse.

This matter is really unnecessary.

This guy Wang Qingfeng is full of food.

It is estimated that he said that using this to reduce costs is not really to reduce costs, but to use this to brag to others and pretend to be b to others!After all, once such a production line is actually built, it will shock the whole world.

Although it is not that there is no such technology in foreign countries, it is a bit painful for foreign countries to invest in such production lines.

Moreover, the immature robot technology makes the production line often have problems. In this way, the production cost is likely to be higher than that of manual labor!

"This..." Wang Qingfeng did not expect that Yun Fei was not willing at all.

This is very different from what he thought before coming to Yunfei's side.

"Old Wang, even if the labor cost is really unbearable, don't we still have cheap North Korean workers? From a commercial standpoint, when we do research in this area, we naturally hope to have market orders. But I'm also a shareholder of Xinkaixing, so I'm naturally not willing to do this kind of thing. Sometimes, it's not that automation is better than manual methods." Yun Fei was telling the truth.

If it is ordered by other customers, such as those foundries in Taiwan, he will accept these orders without hesitation.

After all, this recoups part of the research funding.

But Wang Qingfeng can't do it here, Yunfei himself is also a shareholder.Because Xin Kaixing expanded too rapidly, his financial situation has always been very bad. If Yunfei agreed, he would have to advance the money himself. Even if the interest is included, it is not worthwhile for him.

This not only failed to reduce their research and development costs, but also increased their research and development costs.

"The automation transformation last time was very good. It took such a long time. As long as there are no operating errors, it is very stable. Therefore, I think there is no problem with the automatic line..." Wang Qingfeng still did not give up.

Yunfei is going crazy.

He really didn't know why Wang Qingfeng had to be so persistent about this!

"Old Wang, this fully automated production line and semi-automatic production line are two different things. To achieve semi-automatic production, some places only need some small tooling and simple accessories to realize it, and it has nothing to do with intelligence at all. Let me tell you this. Well, the realization of complete automation is not something that our current technology can achieve. European and American countries are much more advanced than ours. Why would they rather give their countries development opportunities than realize these automations themselves? Have you ever thought about this question? Is it?" Yun Fei had to seriously explain to Wang Qingfeng.

Without a clear explanation, this guy will definitely not let him live a peaceful life.

"That's because our domestic labor was cheap at that time!" Wang Qingfeng naturally knew about these situations.

He was a person who went to sea in the 80s. (To be continued..)

ps: Thank you guy Jia for the reward, thank you for the two monthly tickets of Ice Scar, and thank you for the monthly ticket of Longda in Tianji.