Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 890 The Difficulty of Outsourcing

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Shipyard.

The sea breeze blows the coastline of Virgin Bay, and the beach slipway and simple gantry cranes lined up on the coastline look majestic.Several harmonious ships that have begun to take shape stand on the berth, and the huge ship ribs point to the sky like rows of saplings.Many workers are climbing on the scaffolding, knocking on the installation materials.

The keels of the six harmony wheels have been laid.Workers are installing the ribs—keels and ribs all from the Maniac Steel Complex.Although in order to save working hours, the marine keel is not steel but wrought iron.

Not far from the slipway, there is a simple bamboo shed.This is the temporary office of the shipyard.In order to complete the round of harmony in time, Shi Jiantao invested all the labor quotas and materials in the construction of the factory area, and all the "non-urgent" infrastructure such as the office was reduced.

"Your quality is unqualified." Shi Jiantao sighed and put down the tape measure and protractor.He looked at the wooden frame on one side of the shed, on which were stacked a batch of foreign products recently sent by various indigenous shipyards for testing.Another sigh.

On the workbench in front of you is a rib board of Harmony Wheel.It has a standard code compiled in accordance with the latest implemented standard code system: the purpose is a shell panel on the left midship of the standard H800 standard model of Harmony Wheel, and the material is fir.

Beginning in January 1631, Xiangshan's shipyard was engaged in construction and production at the same time.Before the official assignment of the Planning Institute, Shi Jiantao's Hong Kong shipyard had preliminarily completed an 1-type Harmony ship.

The ship was experimental, to test his ideas.The results at that time were quite encouraging. From the beginning of manufacturing the first standard part to the completion and launch of the whole ship, the entire construction period took less than 50 days.Among them, quite a few accessories were produced by Lingao's wood processing factory and then shipped to Hong Kong.

At that time, Hong Kong was already building a new timber processing factory. Shi Jiantao's wishful thinking was: as soon as the factory was completed, he could use the abundant timber resources in Guangdong nearby—discharge directly from the Pearl River to Hong Kong.

Formally based on such considerations, Shi Jiantao took the order of the Planning Institute so boldly and knowingly. Of course, the speed shown by Bopu Shipyard in Project 901 strengthened his belief. The prototype of Project 901 is said to be ready for combat within three months.Bopu Shipyard lacks enough skilled manpower and has no experience in building such ships. However, with the help of mechanized production and modern management, the first ship of Project 901 was launched within approximately 90 days.Of course the outfitting took a while.

According to Shi Jiantao's idea, except for the keel, ribs and some parts that require high processing precision, which are manufactured by Lingao, all other materials are outsourced by Hong Kong shipyards and local workshops in the Pearl River Delta.

The installation of the ribs is currently halfway through.The wood processing factory in Hong Kong has been successfully put into production, and the purchase of shipbuilding materials such as wood, flax, cloth, lime, tung oil, and hemp silk in Guangdong has also proceeded smoothly with the assistance of Guangzhou Station.Through the Guangzhou station, a group of shipbuilders and carpenters were also recruited from the Pearl River Delta region to work while training.

No matter how you look at it, the Harmony Wheel project also belongs to the feeling that it is progressing smoothly.But Shi Jiantao's sweat beads grew little by little on his forehead.

Beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead from the sample delivery inspection of the first batch of outsourced products last month.

The shopkeepers who recruited Laide Shipbuilding Workshop through Guangzhou Station were very enthusiastic about the outsourcing of shipbuilding accessories-who wouldn't want to get in touch with Australians to do business!Needless to say, just because of their ability to encircle Guangzhou and set fire to Wuyangyi, everyone wants to curry favor with them.What's more, Australians have always been known as "honest and reliable young men" in the mall.

Now they can prepare materials for their boats, which is like a pie that fell from the sky-the Australians have a reputation for all kinds of weird boats, and everyone wants to learn from it.Moreover, since there were rumors that the imperial court was about to issue a decree to block trade in Macau, fewer and fewer people went to build ships in the Pearl River Delta, and many shipyards had not opened for business for several months.Now that Australians want to build ships, everyone wants to get a share of the pie.

Shi Jiantao handed over the outsourced shipyard's outsourced shipyards to the outsourced shipyards for their accessories samples and specific sizes.As for the blueprints, he didn't give them - not for the sake of technical secrecy, but because none of the craftsmen in the shipyard could understand the drawings, and many of them couldn't even read the words.

However, the work of outsourcing ship materials was not going smoothly. When the parts of the first wholesale package were sent back for inspection on time, the problem of size mismatch immediately appeared.

Ship parts for wooden boats have relatively loose tolerance requirements and do not require too precise processing. However, the curvature of this wholesale package is not only completely out of line, but the tolerance is so large that it is unacceptable.Even the three trial products handed over by each workshop have very large tolerances among each other.Not to mention comparing with samples.

Shi Jiantao immediately issued a yellow card, asking them to go back and "rectify".He repeatedly emphasized that what he wants is the "exactly the same" accessories as the samples.

The shopkeepers patted their chests to express that they fully understood what he meant and went back. A few days later, they sent three new samples.The result is still not working.

"As long as the board is, you have to make it as long as possible, as wide as possible, and you can't make a single mistake. And the shape must be exactly the same, understand?" He said tirelessly.

So there was a sample for the third inspection this time.Shi Jiantao is like a student whose grades are not good but still has to work hard in the exam, hoping to get a passable result this time.

"It will definitely be the same. It's all done by our foreman." The shopkeeper repeatedly assured.

The result of the inspection is still much larger than the allowable tolerance.Shi Jiantao couldn't help shaking his head as he looked at the shopkeeper who was frightened and stretched his head to see the result.

"No way, look, isn't this exactly the same as the sample you always gave me?" Although the shopkeeper was very afraid of "Australians", he still couldn't pass the third time in a row, and he felt a little anxious—— There are three NO.50 people in the shipyard waiting to start work and eat.They haven't done business for a long time. If they can't do business with Australians, let alone make money, it will be difficult to maintain the stall.

If you don't use measuring tools and just rely on the naked eye, the shape and size of this time are not much different from the sample.But under the measuring tool, the gap in size is still reflected.

"There is still a gap." Shi Jiantao wiped the sweat from his head in embarrassment, what should we do?The wonderful outsourcing business he imagined is like a soap bubble, colorful, but it is bursting one by one before his eyes.

If they are still asked to go back for rectification now, it is estimated that the next batch will be the same.Shi Jiantao suddenly realized that he had been ignoring a problem all along: Although all the parts he outsourced to the indigenous shipyards were the simplest parts, which can be said to be standard "rough work", but these "rough work" were relatively simple under the premise of standardized manufacturing. High tolerance requirements.

Better production tools and precise measuring tools are necessary to meet tolerance requirements.And these are not available in these indigenous shipyards.Shi Jiantao has visited the indigenous shipyards on the spot, and it is easy to know what kind of products can be produced with the simple iron tools such as rough saws and axes of the carpenter.Without precise measuring tools, of course, it is impossible to accurately grasp the size.

This is not the 21st century, when standardized production equipment and measuring tools are all within easy reach.Even if it is a small electronics factory or a small machinery factory with insufficient equipment in the countryside, as long as the contracting party has enough business, the boss can quickly purchase the necessary equipment from the market and start organizing production immediately.

In contrast, the shipyards of this plane have nothing.They don't even have the basic concept of standardized production.If they want their products to be usable, it seems that it is impossible not to spend a lot of effort to help them rectify, or even upgrade their process equipment.

In this way, he returned to his old way of training workers.Shi Jiantao was about to pull his hair.He worked hard for a long time, if he stumbled in the construction of the H800 again, needless to say, he would be a "big talker" in the future, with an indelible stain on his back.You must know that since he was invited to Hong Kong to set up a shipyard, build the Harmony Ship and standardize the outsourced production, all of them came from his proposal.

"From tomorrow, you bring me all the workers under your command." Shi Jiantao had no choice but to make a helpless decision, "Let's teach them how to work, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes." The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly.He kept muttering in his heart: He would be happy to learn how Australians work, but who will pay for the meal?Dozens of people have to spend money to eat, drink, and scatter on this small island?
Of course Shi Jiantao understood what he was thinking, but he was unwilling. You must know that according to the rules of the old time and space, there was a fee for the inspection and everything. As for the training, you have to pay the training fee.Even in this time and space, apprentices are just eating for free, and there is absolutely no reason for them to get paid.However, right now is the time for employing people. Although the craftsmen in the shipyard are not very suitable for use, they are better than the new naturalized people who have no carpentry foundation-and there are not many naturalized people who can be assigned to him right now.

"Your people come here, and we will be responsible for all the food and lodging. Learn from the class."

In this way, before the evening, he reached an agreement on "substitute training" with the treasurers and foremen of the first batch of indigenous shipyards who accepted outsourced work.The agreement is for one month.During the period, the cost of board and lodging will be borne by the Hong Kong shipyard, and the shipbuilder will study with him.

Shi Jiantao thought, even if they couldn't learn it, at least they had worked for a month.If he couldn't figure it out, he had no choice but to think of other ways.

(End of this chapter)