In the designated area, more than 60 sewing machines are neatly arranged. On one side of each row of sewing machines, there are two large boxes, one for good products and the other slightly smaller one, which is naturally for defective products.
On the north side of the workshop, there is a wooden board with several sheets of white paper nailed to it. The white papers are densely written with various rules and regulations of the garment factory, which are basically the old regulations formulated in Shuangshui Village.
Secretary Song had seen all of these before and didn't think they were that strange. However, many commune leaders had never been to a garment factory, so when they first saw this kind of management, they found it very novel.
There is a wooden board on the north side of the workshop, with several pieces of white paper nailed to the board. They are the rules and regulations of the garment workshop, the monthly production quantity, and the defective product view.
Taking into account that many female workers are illiterate, neither the rules and regulations nor the production quantities are expressed solely in words. Instead, they are explained with the help of cartoons. The cartoons were drawn by Lu Chengcheng at the request of Cheng Maixiang and are very vivid and interesting.
"Comrade Xiao Cheng, why is the production workshop so empty? Where have all the workers gone?"
Secretary Song asked curiously.
In the entire workshop, more than half of the sewing machines were empty at this time, with only less than twenty employees busy working.
"Secretary Song, today is the first day for new employees. According to the factory regulations, new employees must undergo at least eight hours of training before they are allowed to take up their posts." Cheng Maixiang said with a smile.
"Training?" a commune leader asked in confusion. "When your garment workshop recruits people, don't they have to take an on-the-spot exam? Only qualified professionals can be accepted. Why do you require training right after entering the factory?"
"The recruitment exam tests people's skills in making clothes. The content of our training will be about what you must know when working in a new factory, including factory rules and regulations, production safety, employees' rights and obligations, specific product requirements, and so on. Employees must learn all of these before they can take up their posts." Cheng Maixiang explained patiently.
This is quite fresh.
Many state-owned factories recruit people and immediately arrange for them to start work on the first day they enter the factory. At most, they will send an old employee to guide the new employees. As for the others, they will know everything after working in the factory for a long time.
This is the first time that leaders have seen an example where a new employee does not work on the first day in the factory and is specially called together for training.
"Comrade Xiao Cheng, can you take us to see what they are learning?" Secretary Song said with a smile.
"Come with me."
On the south side of the workshop, two white-painted wooden boards were used to separate an area of about 20 square meters. A piece of paper with the three big words "Rest Area" written on it was pasted on the board.
When everyone walked in, they saw a wooden table and several benches inside. Dozens of female workers were sitting neatly on the benches, listening attentively to the lecture given by Shen Qingyun's wife at the wooden table.
Shen Qingyun's wife was talking about the possible safety hazards in the garment factory. When she saw Cheng Maixiang and the leader walk in, she immediately shut up. The female workers turned around and looked at them.
Secretary Song waved his hands hurriedly, "Don't worry about us, just study your own way."
Cheng Maixiang nodded to Shen Qingyun's wife, and the safety course began again. Secretary Song saw that although she was reading with her head down, the content she read was very professional, and he knew it was prepared by Cheng Maixiang as soon as he heard it.
"Comrade Xiao Cheng, you've done a great job. It's much better to instill safety awareness in employees as soon as they enter the factory than to emphasize safety after an accident occurs."
Secretary Song couldn't help but praise her.
Perhaps because there were fewer factories and fewer safety accidents in that era, most leaders did not have a deep understanding of production safety. When many commune leaders heard what Secretary Song said, although they did not object, they thought in their hearts that Cheng Maixiang was doing something unnecessary.
What's more, some people think that Cheng Maixiang is just deliberately doing some new things to show off to Secretary Song, with the purpose of getting more praise.
Cheng Maixiang didn't bother to care about what those short-sighted people thought of her approach. Since the opening of the new factory, she decided to firmly embed the principle of safety first into the hearts of every employee and make it a part of the garment factory culture.
The factory is still small now, so eight hours of training is enough. When the factory grows bigger, she will also arrange the three-level safety training conducted by her previous company. New employees must undergo company-level, workshop-level and team-level training, and it will take at least three working days before they can take up their posts.
Secretary Song listened for a while, and because he was afraid of disturbing the employee training, he asked Cheng Maixiang to take him to the warehouse area to take a look.
The warehouse area is quite large. Like the workshop, it is divided into detailed areas. Each area is numbered with Arabic numerals. The large numbers are written in white paint next to the criss-crossing tapes, making them particularly eye-catching.
In front of the warehouse, there is also a wooden board with eight big words written on it - batch management, first in first out.
Secretary Song knew the concept of batches, but he didn't quite understand the concept of first-in-first-out, so he humbly asked her for advice.
"Batch management, or first-in, first-out, is the management principle I set for the warehouse. Whether it's incoming fabric or finished garments, we assign a batch number and record the time they entered the warehouse. When the production workshop comes to collect fabric, or when the warehouse sends finished garments, we first check which batch entered the warehouse first and send the earliest batch out first. This prevents fabric or garments from being left in the warehouse for too long, which would significantly reduce their quality."
After Cheng Maixiang explained this, Secretary Song immediately understood.
Secretary Song looked at the table drawn with chalk on the blackboard. It clearly indicated which fabrics and clothing were stored in which area and how many there were. It was very convenient to find and clear at a glance.
Secretary Song randomly selected the area numbered 07 and saw sixty white ruffled shirts written on the blackboard.
Secretary Song came to that area and saw two cardboard boxes with labels on them. The labels said white ruffled shirts, the quantity was thirty, and the production date was April 30th. The batch number was compiled based on the date, and the name of the female garment worker was also signed on the label.
Secretary Song nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad, this management is very good."
On the west side of the warehouse, an office area was separated by wooden boards as usual. Secretary Song walked in and saw Cheng's mother and Wen's wife, who were handing over the accounts.
When the two saw them come in, they quickly closed the account books in their hands. Secretary Song waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about us. Just do what you need to do."
Cheng Maixiang smiled and said, "Mom, Sister Wen, Secretary Song just came to take a look. You should hand over the work. This warehouse is the lifeblood of our entire factory. Sister Wen will be watching over it for us from now on."
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