Chapter 617 Garment Factory
The director of the garment factory was an old man in his fifties. He personally took them on a tour and said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that this factory looks a little old and small, but it has everything. Everything is very complete. Look, this is the warehouse, this is the auxiliary material warehouse, this is the fabric warehouse, and this is the finished product warehouse."
"This is the workshop, which has 500 square meters. That is the tail, which has 300 square meters. Cutting, buttonholes, buttoning, thread trimming, ironing, quality inspection, etc. are all handled here."
Jiang Xia walked into the workshop to take a look.
There are sewing machines everywhere in the workshop.
She picked up one at random and tried it, but it was broken.
I found another one and tried it, but it was also broken.
The factory manager immediately said, "These sewing machines just have some minor problems. If they are repaired by a master, they will be fine for another ten or eight years. You also know that these machines will have some minor problems after being used for a long time, but they are all minor problems that can be repaired. For example, just replace the belt of this machine."
The garment factory is indeed old, but it doesn’t matter that the factory building is old, it can be renovated. It doesn’t matter if it’s a little smaller, she doesn’t have that much money to buy a big factory now.
The biggest problem is that there is too much inventory and the equipment is too old. Many sewing machines are broken and can almost be eliminated.
Jiang Xia tried several more sewing machines, and almost all of them had problems, big or small.
Jiang Xia said, "These sewing machines are too old and have too many problems. I have tried so many and each one has some problem."
The factory manager said: "These are all minor problems. They can be used after repair. We have been using them this way. There is a maintenance technician in the factory. He is very knowledgeable and can repair anything. I can introduce him to you. When the time comes, you can ask him to help you. If there is a problem with the machine in the factory, he can solve any problem."
Jiang Xia said, "Let's go check out the clothes piled up in the warehouse first."
Look at all that pile of clothes first.
The factory manager said these sewing machines can be used after some repairs.
Repairing it can indeed be used.
It will always work as long as you keep repairing it.
However, the clothing industry has two major characteristics: it has obvious seasonality and popularity.
Once it's outdated, it's worthless.
A season is only three months long, so the clothes for each season must be prepared two quarters in advance from design to production.
You can't produce summer clothes in summer and start producing winter clothes in summer.
And while producing winter clothes, we also have to produce summer clothes. Because before the products are launched on the market, you don’t know which ones will be popular.
When encountering a hot-selling product, if the customer wants to make more money, should he place an order? Factories will accept orders if they want to make more money.
If there are additional orders, the workers will have to work overtime to produce and sell the clothes before the season is over.
Therefore, if a large-scale equipment failure occurs, it will be very troublesome.
The cold air is coming, who would buy your summer clothes just produced? If it can’t be sold, then there will be inventory, right? Although you can save it and sell it next year, it will be out of style, unfashionable and worthless by then.
Moreover, there are too many accumulated clothes, which also represent money. If there are too many accumulated clothes, will the factory still have the funds to turn over? When several people came to the warehouse together, they could see that the shelves were full of clothes.
Factory Manager: "These clothes are well stored, all new, and the colors are bright."
They were very new, with blue, army green, black and gray clothes, which were the most popular clothes in the 1960s and 1970s.
This garment factory has always produced clothes of this kind.
This type of clothing was still being produced even two months ago.
If the policy had not changed, they would have had the misfortune of becoming one of the first pilot factories, and their mothers would have helped them sell the clothes they produced, with no problem at all.
But that’s not the case anymore. Since last year, I have to find ways to sell them myself, but then I couldn’t find a market and couldn’t sell them.
So the warehouse of several hundred square meters was filled with clothes.
Jiang Xia wanted to back out when he saw this.
Seeing Jiang Xia's frown, the factory manager immediately said, "These clothes can still be sold. They are all very good clothes. You can make a lot of money by selling them. There are more than 30,000 sets of clothes here!"
Jiang Xia laughed: "Of course we can make money if we can sell them. But Director, aren't you also unable to sell them? Otherwise, this garment factory wouldn't have to transform."
There are more than 30,000 sets of clothes. If each set costs ten yuan, it will cost more than 300,000 yuan.
What's more, these clothes come in all styles for spring, summer, autumn and winter, and only the summer clothes are ten yuan a set.
With more than 300,000 yuan to buy sewing machines, she can buy more than 3,000.
This garment factory has no more than 3,000 sewing machines in total.
Not worth it! Factory Director: “…”
Jiang Xia: "How about this! I don't want the clothes, Director, you can sell them and I'll take over the factory."
Factory Manager: "No, if you want to contract the factory, you must also contract the clothes."
Everyone who came to see the factory didn't want the clothes.
If they don't want the clothes, he will be responsible for selling them.
If he could sell it, would the factory still fail in its transformation? Will workers continue to be laid off? Jiang Xia shook his head: "It's too expensive. I can't afford it. I might as well use the money from buying this batch of clothes to buy a new sewing machine and new equipment, right?"
The factory manager said, "That's not true. You can make money by selling these clothes. These clothes are long-sleeved and can be sold for more than 10 yuan a set. The thicker ones can be sold for more than 20 yuan a set!"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "But there are too many clothes in stock, and I don't have enough money. I really can't afford it. I'm really sorry."
Jiang Xia said to Zhou Chenglei and Zhang Rong: "We can't afford it, let's go!"
Zhang Rong said to the factory director again: "Director Shen, I'm sorry to bother you this time. We'll leave first."
The three of them walked out.
Shen Changchang became anxious when he saw them leaving.
In fact, several people have come to see it, and none of them want these clothes.
The factory manager is still waiting to pay the workers' wages after selling these clothes.
"Then I'll give you a little discount? Summer clothes are seven yuan a set, spring and autumn clothes are ten yuan, and winter clothes are fifteen yuan."
Jiang Xia shook his head: "I can't afford this either."
She really doesn't have enough cash now, and she has too many clothes! Factory Manager: "This price can't be any cheaper! If you sell each set for one yuan more, someone will definitely buy it. You can still make tens of thousands of yuan."
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and asked, "Director, are you waiting to pay the workers?"
"Yes, they are owed three or four months' wages. So if we want to contract the factory, we must also contract these clothes."
"How about this, I'll take the price you mentioned. I won't take over the clothes, but I'll try to help sell them. I'll sell them for whatever I can and I'll make the difference. Do you think this is okay?"
"What if you can't sell it?"
Jiang Xia: "If you can't sell it, you can just maintain the status quo, and you won't lose money! If you sell it, you can clear the inventory and have money to pay the employees, and I won't have to spend so much money to contract the garment factory, right? Why don't you give me a chance to try, so that no one will lose money, right? Just give me a month."
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