"Come on, Xiao Song, get to know each other. We'll all be colleagues from now on, and we'll work together to contribute ideas for the development of our textile factory."
The establishment of the textile factory is currently in the confidential stage and will be announced after the articles of association are finalized.
Director Zhang was concerned about the current staff shortage, and since Song Qing was scheduled to start work in July, he decided to have her come over earlier.
She pulled four people out of the original factory leadership and brought in a new person, so now the textile factory's preparatory team, including her, has a total of seven people.
"Hello everyone, I am Shen Chunjiao, the former factory director of the family factory. I will be in charge of the preparation work from now on."
Director Zhang had already spoken with several leaders, and they all knew about Song Qing and the other woman's background.
Song Qing then noticed that her other neighbor, the shy and quiet woman, was also there.
The other people were named Zhang Hongsheng, Wu Xiu, and Xu Ting, and the neighbor was named Zhao Qin.
Zhao Qin had known about this for a few days, but she didn't expect Song Qing to be there too. She secretly smiled at her.
Director Zhang has his own ideas about how to do things. Song Qing was originally scheduled to work in the factory, so she came here to take charge of the new factory. As for Zhao Qin, it was because of her family situation; her father was the director of the textile factory.
They had previously investigated the situation of the new family members, and they definitely wanted to bring in people like Zhao Qin who brought their own resources.
"Then let's divide the work. Song Qing and Wu Xiu will be in charge of production management, Xu Ting and Hong Sheng will be in charge of raw materials and equipment, Zhao Qin, you will be in charge of sales, and Director Zhang and I will be in charge of the factory and future personnel arrangements."
Our preparatory team will first discuss it amongst ourselves. Once we have a basic framework, we'll add more people to refine it. Let's all do our best!
Zhao Qin wanted to say that she didn't understand sales and wanted to be in charge of production management, but everyone thought that as the factory director's daughter, she should have connections.
After a brief introduction, the group began to discuss the matter step by step. Everyone was full of enthusiasm. Since the military region leaders had entrusted them with such a big task, they would definitely not let them down.
The textile factory is not only related to everyone's future development, but also beneficial to the families of the entire military region.
"The first issue is the location of our factory. There isn't enough open space in the old area, but if we build it in the new area, how will the vehicles that need to deliver and bring in materials get in?"
Lu Yang also mentioned this issue yesterday. Currently, the main gate of the camp is located on the old side, making it impractical for vehicles to pass through the entire family quarters.
"How about we open another gate in the new district, just to allow vehicles from the factory to come and go?"
"If we build another road on the new side, we'll have to cross a wasteland." The national highway is not far from the camp gate. If we build another road on the new side, we'll have to cross a wasteland.
"We'll discuss this with the military region leaders later. Building roads and factories is no easy task."
Factory Director Shen tapped his pen, feeling that the most important thing now was to determine the scale of the factory. The leadership's idea was to start production as soon as possible, so the factory couldn't be too big. If it were too big, staff training wouldn't be able to keep up, and the technology and equipment wouldn't be able to keep up either.
If the output is too small and the value is too low, there's no point in pursuing it.
Song Qing stayed up all night last night to finish reading the book on textile machinery, and she took out her notebook.
“We don’t have experience yet. I think the overall scale can be determined around the looms. We can order sixty looms first, and the other equipment can be based on the needs of these sixty looms.”
"Sixty units is a bit too few, maybe eighty? What other machines do we need?"
"In addition to looms, we also need cotton cleaning machines, drawing frames, and various roving and spinning machines."
Textile factories need a lot of machines. After the cotton is transported from the production area, the cotton is cleaned by a cotton cleaning machine to remove impurities. The cotton that has been cleaned is not shaped and is very messy. Then it needs to be sorted by a carding machine to become ordered fibers.
These fibers also need to be processed by machines into long strips, just like cotton is twisted into long strips when spinning cloth in rural areas. This process also requires machines.
These long strips need to go through a roving machine to a spinning machine to become cotton thread, and then a spinning machine to arrange them. Just making cotton thread requires a lot of machines.
From cotton thread to fabric, there are many processes involved. First, the fabric needs to be sized and washed before it enters the loom to be woven. After the fabric is woven, it also needs to be finished by machine. At the same time, workers need to pick out the defective fabric before it is finally packaged and shipped out of the factory.
This entire process is almost entirely mechanized, so naturally, a lot of machines are needed.
Where are they going to buy so many machines? The factories that can produce these machines are scattered all over the place, and different people have to go and buy them.
“We don’t necessarily need brand new ones. We can go to the textile factory and ask them for machines that have been phased out but are still usable.”
Zhao Qin's father was the factory manager, and she knew that factories sometimes had to replace some usable machines due to technological upgrades. Since their factory was just starting out, they could use the old machines first.
Everyone immediately turned their expectant gazes toward her, and Zhao Qin quietly took a breath.
“My father’s textile factory is in Shanghai. I can write to them and ask if they have any obsolete machines. If so, they can be transported over by train.”
"That's great, Xiao Zhao. Thanks to you, we're not completely lost."
Factory Director Shen thought for a moment, "If not, could we ask your father where he purchased those machines? We buy machines directly from their channels."
That way, we won't have to search for them one by one anymore.
"Then we've got a head start on the machine for now. Oh, and we also need to send people to other factories to learn about management and production, and then train their families when they come back."
Everyone fell silent. Everyone had children to take care of and their husbands had jobs; how could they leave their families behind to go on business trips?
Director Zhang sighed. She was well aware of everyone's difficulties, but the factory did indeed need people.
"Then we can discuss studying later."
Song Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The factory manager and the others had arranged for her to be in charge of production management, and they thought this job would fall on her shoulders. An'an was still so young, and she couldn't leave for so long.
"Although we have only ordered 80 looms so far, we will definitely expand production in the future and build a bigger factory."
"No, the army doesn't have that many people to supply us; they have their own missions too. Let's build one that's enough for now, and we can build more later if we need to expand."
"OK"
"So how do we solve the problem of raw materials? We need not only cotton, but also vinylon fiber and so on."
Cotton is relatively easy to produce; there might be large-scale farming operations. But this vinylon requires specialized factories to manufacture it.
Song Qing only learned about the vast amount of knowledge involved in textiles after reading the book. If they were to dye their products, they would need various dyeing machines.
None of them understood this, and they all turned their attention to Zhao Qin, who shook her head.
She didn't know any of this either.
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