The sense of urgency that arose from recognizing the gap burned in Liu Li's heart for several days before gradually settling into a clear idea. She realized that relying solely on the current piecemeal, passive response to the needs of various workshops by the technical department, or on a few people to carry out intensive research projects, would be insufficient to support the continuous technological progress of Hongxing Factory, let alone keep up with the rapidly developing world outside.
She recalled her experience in the ministry's project team. That model of multi-disciplinary collaboration, deep integration of theory and practice, and centralized resource allocation for problem-solving was far more efficient than working alone. Why couldn't Hongxing Factory also have a similar, established core technology?
This idea made her restless. She found a thick stack of draft paper and began to organize her thoughts and sketch out a blueprint. After work, she pulled Fu Jingchen aside to discuss and learn from the experience of the research institute and the department's project team; during breaks, she chatted with Master Wang Jianguo to listen to the opinions of experienced front-line workers on technical bottlenecks; she also made a special appointment with Zhang Shulan and the core members of the QC team to understand the difficulties and needs they encountered in small-scale improvements and innovations.
A few days later, a draft titled "Idea and Implementation Plan for Establishing the Hongxing Machinery Factory Technology Center" appeared on her desk. The draft was very practical, without any empty talk or clichés.
The draft proposes to integrate existing technical departments, key technical personnel from various workshops, and dynamic grassroots innovation forces such as QC groups to establish a "Technical Center" directly under the factory management. The center will have several core functional groups:
• Technology Planning and Intelligence Group: Responsible for tracking industry trends, collecting technical information, and formulating medium- and long-term plans for technological upgrades and new product development for the factory. This is the weakness that Liu Li feels most urgently needs to address.
• Process Research and Tackling Key Problems Group: Focus on solving common process problems in production, and conduct systematic research, just like the previous "online dynamic balancing" project.
• New Technology Promotion Team: Responsible for rapidly and systematically promoting and popularizing mature innovations throughout the factory, such as the current equipment upgrades.
• Basic Testing and Detection Group: Construct simple testing platforms to provide data support and verification methods for technological innovation.
The draft also details the operational mechanism: the center's personnel will be a combination of full-time and part-time staff, with core members remaining relatively fixed, while skilled technicians will be flexibly drawn from various workshops as needed for projects; a project-based management model will be established, granting project leaders corresponding resource allocation authority; a factory-level technological innovation fund will be established to support valuable projects; and regular technical exchanges and training will be organized…
Looking at the draft document that embodied her thoughts and research findings, Liu Li was filled with emotion. This was not merely the establishment of a new institution, but an innovation in mechanism, a transformative attempt at the traditional technical work model of the Hongxing Factory. It aimed to break down departmental barriers, gather the technical wisdom and resources of the entire factory, and form a synergy for continuous innovation.
She knew that once this plan was proposed, it would inevitably disrupt the existing power structure and management practices, and the resistance it would encounter would be considerable. But she was even more convinced that this was a step that Hongxing Factory had to take in the context of the new era.
She carefully revised and copied the draft, preparing to formally submit the suggestion to the factory leadership at the appropriate time. She hoped that this "technology center" could become a spark, igniting a broader and deeper wave of technological innovation at the Hongxing Factory, allowing this old factory to radiate new and stronger vitality in the tide of the times.
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