Zhu Xinmin casually picked up a few pieces of beef to examine them, and surprisingly, he discovered something different.
Could it be?
To confirm his hypothesis, he picked out the scraps from the beef and set them aside.
The difference is quite obvious in this comparison.
"Sister Xiaohui, look at these scraps." Zhu Xinmin said excitedly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xiaohui looked over, her gaze sharpening. "This..."
Duo Hong looked at it twice but still couldn't figure it out, completely confused. "Isn't it just scraps? What's so interesting about it?"
Xu Xiaohui excitedly grabbed Yu Yao's hand, "Comrade Yu Yao, we just looked at this piece of beef. According to the normal procedure, the scraps should be twice what they are now. Why is yours so little?"
Sweet and spicy canned beef is a specialty product of Yangcheng Food Factory, and Xu Xiaohui's workshop produces several thousand kilograms of beef every year.
The cutting parameters they used were the optimal parameters tested by veteran employees, which saved more beef than the methods used in other food factories.
This method has even been praised by higher-level leaders for its high efficiency in utilizing meat, which is enough to show its value.
But now she saw with her own eyes that, using the same beef, Yu Yao's method produced five or six more pieces of qualified beef than theirs, saving half the scraps.
How could Xu Xiaohui not be excited?
She had been focused on whether Yu Yao had set the buttons correctly, and hadn't paid attention to how many settings she had made. She hadn't expected such a big surprise.
Upon hearing Xu Xiaohui's words, Duo Hong finally understood what the two were surprised about. After carefully examining the quantity of scraps, she was also shocked.
She looked at Yu Yao, then at the scraps, her eyes filled with disbelief.
"How is that possible? Every parameter is the optimal solution that the experienced workers have tested many times. It's practically a factory secret. How could she possibly find a better solution?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaohui realized how impolite her question had been and quickly tried to make amends: "I'm sorry, I was so excited that I almost forgot the rules. This is your secret, I shouldn't have asked."
Although Yu Yao didn't understand why Xu Xiaohui and Zhu Xinmin were so excited, the recipe parameters weren't anything special to her. She could adjust the parameters according to the meat quality.
It's good that Xu Xiaohui and the others want to know; she also wants to communicate with them.
"Don't feel bad, the parameters I just mentioned aren't a secret, I can tell you. I'd also like to hear how you adjust the parameters."
Xu Xiaohui was surprised that Yu Yao was so generous and open-minded, and felt a little ashamed.
Before leaving to provide support, the workshop director had a special talk with the three of them.
Let them make sure their support is presentable enough; don't let them reveal anything they shouldn't.
Haixing Food Factory and Yangcheng Food Factory have always been competitors; the factory managers of both factories used to work at the same factory.
Director Wang of Haixing Food Factory always outperformed Director Ouyang of Yangcheng Food Factory. Later, when the two were assigned to different factories as directors, Director Ouyang proved to be more capable than Director Wang.
Over the years, every time Director Ouyang met Director Wang at a meeting, he would say a few sarcastic remarks.
But things changed this year.
Haixing Food Factory gained notoriety due to the Coconut Grove brand incident, even surpassing Yangcheng Food Factory's new canned food products.
Although Yangcheng Food Factory's overall performance in completing its annual tasks still far surpasses that of Haixing Food Factory, the people at Yangcheng Food Factory are determined to redeem themselves this year.
If it weren't for orders from above, Yangcheng Food Factory would never have sent anyone to provide this support.
Yu Yao wanted to discuss the parameters, but these were confidential information from Yangcheng Food Factory, which put Xu Xiaohui in a difficult position.
Duo Hong crossed her arms and said, "Yu Yao, you're so cunning! You used some unknown parameters and formula to trick our factory out of its secret parameters. Dream on!"
Xu Xiaohui looked apologetic. "Comrade Yu, I'm sorry! It's not that we don't want to talk about it, but these things are factory secrets. Without orders, we cannot disclose them."
"I see, Comrade Xu. You don't need to feel bad. I really didn't know this rule before. I can still tell you the parameters I just showed you. You don't need to tell me the parameters and formula. Just help me see if my approach is correct."
Xu Xiaohui breathed a sigh of relief, "That's alright. We'll tell you everything we know without reservation."
We can't tell Comrade Yu the factory's parameters and formula, but over the years she has developed her own methods for using the machines, which are not factory-specific and can be given to Yu Yao.
Zhu Xinmin also had this plan. "Yu Yao, don't worry, my research approach is different from the factory's. I can tell you anything you want to know."
Yu Yao agreed.
Director Li said that Comrade Xu and Comrade Zhu are both skilled operators of this kind of machine, with rich experience, and are treasures of talent. How much valuable information they can dig out depends on their abilities.
"Then I'll tell you."
"Okay, let's talk about the selection and arrangement of blades." This is also the most important part of the parameters.
Yu Yao nodded and began explaining everything from choosing the blade to setting the final size of the meat chunks.
She not only explained the settings and results, but also why she made those choices and the considerations behind each parameter.
No one at the starfish food factory knew how to use these machines. All her previous knowledge of the machines came from the instruction manuals and her own thinking.
Is it correct? Whether there are omissions or errors needs further verification, and Xu Xiaohui and Zhu Xinmin are her opportunity.
Xu Xiaohui frowned: "The data is fine, and the cutting tools we used are the ones we've used before. So why are the results different?"
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