Chapter 775: The Industrial System of Ming Dynasty (3rd update, please subscribe)
MADE IN DAMING!
As the name suggests, it means "Made in Ming Dynasty".
Starting from 1870, the second year of Shengde, according to the decree issued by the Ming Dynasty, all "Made in Daming" products must be "MADE IN DAMING" to distinguish Daming products from foreign products.
Why is this so?
This is because in the past few years, as Daming products flooded into the European market, not only new products like bicycles and cameras were sought after, but even the steel knives and kitchen utensils produced by Daming were also very popular among Europeans because of their excellent quality. Because of their best-sellers, there naturally came into being "copycat" products.
Faced with those shoddy "copycats" imitated by European workshops, the emergence of those copycats caused a certain blow to the commodities of the Ming Dynasty. In order to distinguish them from those "copycats", the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce of the Ming Dynasty decided to mark the place of manufacture.
Although only five years had passed, "MADE IN DAMING" had become synonymous with superior quality in Europe and the United States.
This cannot but be attributed to the help of the poor teammates in Europe and America. Take bicycles for example. Due to the limitations of metallurgical technology and craftsmanship, the bicycle bodies they imitated were made of wrought iron pipes, their flywheels and chains had not undergone qualified heat treatment, and their wheel frames were also made of ordinary steel. All of this led to the domestic bicycles in Europe and America becoming synonymous with "inferior goods". The same is true for other products. The industrial products of the Ming Dynasty did not rely solely on new designs. More importantly, those inconspicuous commodities involved unique technologies in various industries such as metallurgy, metal processing and manufacturing, and chemistry. Even the quality control of the products was unique to the Ming Dynasty, and all of this was exactly what their European and American counterparts did not have.
Defeating "MADE IN DAMING" is the dream of many European business owners, and it is also Kent's dream. However, they are really unable to do so because they cannot solve many technical problems.
"I have a bicycle factory in Sheffield, which can produce 5,000 bicycles every year. But you know, in terms of technology, there is a big gap between us and you. I believe that with your help, I can definitely produce bicycles that are no worse than Phoenix bicycles."
Kent did not hide his thoughts from Brian. In order to obtain the bicycle manufacturing technology, he chose the simplest way - using money to poach people.
In order to recruit people, he came to Daming specifically, of course, as an importer. After going through a lot of trouble to talk about "business" with those companies for almost a month, he finally found a suitable candidate.
Brian was the best choice. He was also from Sheffield, so they were from the same hometown. He was also an engineer at the bicycle company. There was no better candidate than him.
“The conditions are very generous.”
Brian, who had calmed down, shook his head and said.
"But Mr. Kent, I can tell you that this is simply impossible!"
"What?"
"I mean, you can't make bicycles of the same quality as Phoenix Bicycle Company. Do you know what an industrial system is?"
Brian directly threw out a word that outsiders had never heard of.
"What's the meaning?"
Kent said confused.
"Industrial system, um, how do you explain it?"
After thinking about it, Brian said.
"Just now you said that an ordinary bicycle is composed of 25 parts and more than 150 kinds of parts. The metal parts of these parts are different. They come from different factories. For example, the ball bearings of bicycles are not only produced by bearing factories, but also by steel mills. This is because they require a special kind of steel. In Daming, it is GCr15 steel. As far as I know, this kind of steel with high hardness, wear resistance and sufficient fatigue strength is only available in Daming. In the UK, British manufacturers use ordinary high-carbon steel, which means that the life of your bearings is far inferior to our products from the beginning."
As an engineer, Brian's originally excited mood became calmer when he said this. He also understood his own value - the price offered by Kent was not his value, but the value of thousands of engineers in many companies in Ming Dynasty.
"As for the chain, flywheel, and frame, the steel used is all based on performance requirements. The selected steel type is first of all the unique raw materials, and then the machining, welding, and heat treatment processes in the manufacturing process. Mr. Kent, without the production materials provided by Daming, even a genius would not be able to make a bicycle of the same quality, and..."
After thinking for a while, Brian said again.
"The companies in Daming also have their own unique quality management system, which ensures that the products they produce are of qualified quality. It is almost impossible for defective products to leave the factory, but it is difficult for factories in the UK to do so."
What was Emperor Zhu's greatest contribution to Ming Dynasty's industry?
It is not just about technology. The most important one is scientific management. The adoption of scientific management procedures and management methods has promoted the development of productivity and increased the production efficiency of enterprises in Daming many times. Now management has long become a discipline unique to Daming. There is also a quality management system, and many "national standards" of products have been formulated based on the quality management system. Its emergence has improved product quality and ensured the stability of product quality. It is complementary to scientific management.
It can even be said that even without the technology brought by Emperor Zhu, it would only be a matter of time for the Ming Dynasty's industry to catch up with the United Kingdom and the United States with these two things alone. After all, European and American countries now still rely on experience for management and production, which is not scientific at all.
In the face of science, all experience will be killed instantly!
Brian, who has calmed down now, suddenly realized some things that he had ignored in the past. Suddenly he laughed and said to Kent.
"Thank you, Mr. Kent."
"What? Why?"
Kent looked at him with some confusion.
"Thank you for letting me know that my excellence is actually based on the extremely developed industrial systems of the Ming Dynasty. After leaving this system, maybe I can get something, but I will definitely not have the current achievements!"
Yes, maybe he could take away some of the unique processing and manufacturing technology of the bicycle, but then what?
It would still be impossible for him to produce products of the same quality as Ming Dynasty goods. If he could not do so, he would inevitably be eliminated by the factory owners, because the only reason the factory owners hired him was that they believed that he could guide the factory to produce the same products.
But... this is just a thought, because without Ming Dynasty, he would never be able to replicate those products, even if he mastered all the manufacturing processes of bicycles.
"Ah, Mr. Bryan, I think we can discuss this further."
Although the other party had not refused yet, Kent had already heard that he was going to refuse. Before he could lobby again, Brian wiped his mouth with a tissue and said.
“Sir, I can tell you with absolute certainty that you want to defeat “MADE IN DAMING!
"This is simply wishful thinking. After all..."
(End of this chapter)
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