225 Shock: The Power of Pipeline Optimization (Monthly Pass 1400 (5/8)
Sun Xiaoyu quickly discovered the problem after being reminded by Liu Chunlai.
"If we break it down, the main part of the clothes will be treated as one process, the sleeves will also be divided into another process, the collar will also be done by specialized people, and then the edges will be hemmed by specialized people..."
She is the chief engineer and knows all the processes.
"Adjust the position of the sewing machine. A complete process will be treated as a production line, and the porters will be responsible for handling it. After the production of the previous process is completed, it will be placed directly between the next process..." The more Sun Xiaoyu thought about it, the more she felt that this could improve a lot.
s efficiency.
Liu Chunlai didn't say anything either.
He doesn't understand this.
Listening to Sun Xiaoyu talking to himself, naturally he couldn't give any advice.
"If possible, let's do an experiment. It won't take long." Liu Chunlai hoped to see the results immediately.
No matter how much you talk, no matter how strong your theoretical analysis is, it can't be done as quickly as direct experiments.
The sewing machines in the factory are all old-fashioned mechanical pedal types, not electric.
Each sewing machine is on a small table, and there is a lot of distance between each position. On one side of the worktable is the cut fabric, and on the other side is used to store the semi-finished products that have been sewn.
This will indeed waste a lot of time.
Sun Xiaoyu called several technical staff together and expressed his thoughts, and then everyone also put forward their own opinions.
Liu Chunlai didn't speak during the whole process.
He doesn't express his opinions on things he doesn't understand.
Then, Sun Xiaoyu shouted to several young female workers who were busy: "Liu Qing, Wang Xiaolan, your team should stop for a moment."
Several female workers with sweat on their foreheads looked at Sun Xiaoyu doubtfully.
"Sun Gong, is there any problem?" Wang Xiaolan, who is in her twenties and has short ear-length hair, asked Sun Xiaoyu doubtfully.
The clothes that their group processed before were all approved by Sun Xiaoyu, otherwise they wouldn't dare to work hard, right?
"No problem. Your group is the least efficient. Let's discuss it and try new methods..."
Sun Xiaoyu expressed her thoughts, and the ordinary-looking Liu Qing, who was about 20 years old next to him, suddenly blushed and said: "Sun Gong, we will work hard to speed up and catch up with everyone's progress..."
She thought Sun Xiaoyu was dissatisfied with the slow pace of their group.
It is indeed slower.
In one day, their group's output was only two-thirds of that of other groups.
Although most of them are technical secondary school students, there have not been many orders since they were assigned to the factory, and there are not many opportunities for everyone to practice their skills.
"That's not the problem. Your speed is slow. If the new production method can improve efficiency, then others can also be faster." Sun Xiaoyu explained.
Liu Chunlai now understood why Sun Xiaoyu would choose these young girls who were obviously not very experienced to experiment.
Experimenting with the lowest speed will not only not affect production too much, but also provide more objective results.
"First clean up the work at hand and move the sewing machine and workbench..."
After all the workers in the team finished processing the garments, Sun Xiaoyu directed the managers and technicians to help the girls rearrange the sewing machines.
In the busy workshop, the movement here was quickly noticed by everyone.
However, I just took a quick glance and then quickly got back to work.
This is higher than the previous wages for modifying jeans, and a pound of rice is only 10.8 cents. If you process a piece of clothing, you can buy more than a pound of rice. Who would feel sorry for their stomach?
Wouldn't it be nice to earn more money and cut a pound or two of meat for your family to satisfy their cravings?
From the beginning, there is a workbench and a sewing machine, and then there is another workbench in the middle.
Under Sun Xiaoyu's arrangement, a group of female workers sat in front of the sewing machine again.
"From now on, Liu Qing is only responsible for sewing the left front part. After completion, put it on the workbench." Sun Xiaoyu directly placed the material for the main part of the clothes at the front where Liu Qing could easily reach it with his left hand.
Liu Qing was puzzled, but still followed the instructions and started her work.
Align the sides, arrange them, turn the wheels of the sewing machine with your hands, step on the pedals with both feet, push back with one hand, and pull back from the other side with the other hand.
In less than a minute, this part is sewn.
She was about to flip over and lock the hem.
"Put it on the workbench on the left, leave the hemming to the subsequent processes, and continue processing the next piece..." Sun Xiaoyu stopped Liu Qing.
These young sewing workers were originally trained for management positions. They had just graduated from school and had not yet started a family, so their plasticity was relatively strong.
Liu Qing didn't question it anymore, threw it behind him, and continued processing.
Sun Xiaoyu personally watched the back process and guided the workers.
In fact, she can work independently without any guidance and finish the whole set of clothes.
During every process, Liu Chunlai was by his side silently recording the time.
When the first piece of clothing was processed, it only took about 3 minutes if we only count the processing time!
Not to mention the female workers themselves, even Sun Xiaoyu found it incredible.
"In this way, 20 sets can be processed in one hour, and 160 sets in eight hours?" When the result was obtained, Sun Xiaoyu was a little skeptical of the result.
Liu Chunlai is still not very satisfied with this result.
Let Sun Xiaoyu continue to adjust.
"There are still problems with the first few processes. Especially the first process. I think we can do a little more work and merge it with the later process of special hemming..." Sun Xiaoyu did not expect that Liu Chunlai was not satisfied with this.
production capacity.
The boss is not satisfied and can only continue.
Finally, the process is optimized.
During lunch, we didn’t even stop working.
The young sewing ladies didn't have any complaints and cooperated with Sun Xiaoyu to make improvements.
In the end, the process was continuously optimized, and the position of the sewing machine began to be placed in a position that saves transfer time under Liu Chunlai's reminder.
Liu Chunlai knew that assembly line production was not a good thing for workers.
It completely turns people into machines, repeating mechanical actions, and even just doing the same thing forever...
However, if these labor-intensive industries do not improve efficiency and reduce production costs, they will not have much market competitiveness at all.
When I finally got to work at two o'clock in the afternoon, it only took one and a half minutes from the beginning of sewing to the time when the first piece of clothing came out!
All the managers and technical staff looked weird.
The female workers were also excited.
Originally, when they were separated, they could process three or four pieces of clothing every hour.
So far, with the cooperation of six people, more than 40 pieces can be processed in an hour!
On average, it is much higher than before.
The wages are also more...
"Why is this happening? The process was also divided before, cutting and sewing were all separate..." Sun Xiaoyu was a little unable to understand.
Chapter completed!