Chapter 121: Winning the Bid
After making arrangements for the processing and testing of the wind and thunder jet engine parts, Philip left Germany the next day and flew back to Sweden. Now both BFW and Dragon Soul Fly Manufacturing Company are very busy, a number of projects are launched at the same time, there are M40 large transport aircraft, Thunder series engines, as well as the mass production of M20 transport aircraft, turbochargers and torque converter propellers are like clockwork, running non-stop all the time.
Similarly, a number of projects are ongoing at Bofors, including the development of Vulcan guns and 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, the mass production of artillery guns of various calibers and assault rifles, as well as the production of several types of alloy materials, which are the necessary material basis for the smooth development of Thunderbolt engines and large transport aircraft.
Now, the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company has begun to take shape, the number of people has reached five or six hundred, and the pulsating aircraft assembly line designed and built according to Philip has also had production capacity, and part of the production of M20 transport aircraft has been transferred here, and even the final assembly speed of the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company is far greater than that of the German BFW company. Because this advanced assembly line draws experience from the pulsating production line of aircraft assembly in the 21st century, and after certain modifications, it is tailored to the aircraft manufacturing of this era, which is naturally several times faster than the old-fashioned assembly method.
Anna has also been stationed here for a long time for the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company, and basically has never returned to her home in Stockholm, and everyone knows that this young and beautiful woman is the future boss lady, so they have a lot of respect for her. Lucas has also become a busy man now, and everything is basically presided over by him, the deputy general manager, after all, Anna knows almost nothing about these things, and can only be responsible for some administrative matters.
Philip, who returned to the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company, immediately threw himself into intense work again. The M20 is now produced with this pulsating line, which is completely alien to managers and workers. In addition to developing a very detailed process flow, it is also necessary to carry out a series of training for the production personnel. In addition, there will be various problems in the production process that need to be solved one by one. Of course, with Cam, an experienced chief designer, most problems can be solved in a timely manner. From time to time, Antonov, the young assistant to the chief designer, also showed his excellent managerial and technical skills.
At this time, the aircraft assembly is basically a labor-intensive way, the aircraft is assembled in a fixed position, and the pulsating production line is to let each aircraft move on the production line according to a fixed beat, and the workers are not moving at their respective stations to complete their work. As a result, the waiting time for the machining and assembly processes is reduced, and the aircraft assembly speed is increased by several times. It is especially suitable for small aircraft produced in large quantities. Now the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company can almost reach the speed of completing the assembly of 2 M20s a day, according to the original design, after everything is mature, each production line of the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company can reach the speed of 5 aircraft per day.
In this way, if the number of orders is large enough, even 150 aircraft per month will not be a problem. If the production line design is still according to this era, only 30 aircraft can be assembled, and if 150 aircraft are to be delivered in a month, 5 production lines need to be built, more workers are needed, and the cost gap is also very obvious. The cost of each M20 transport aircraft produced by the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company is more than 30 percent lower than that of the BFW Company, and if it were not for the fact that the production line of the BFW could not be left empty, Messerschmidt and Philip would even want to put all the final assembly of the M20 transport aircraft to the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company.
A month later, good news came from Romania! The Royal Romanian Air Force invited representatives of the Royal Romanian Arms Consortium to send representatives to Romania as soon as possible to discuss the details of the contract, including the contract amount and unit price. Although this result was expected by Philip, when he heard the news, he was still excited. With this order, the three pulsating production lines of Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company can be fully utilized, if it is said that the full power, those orders in Romania can even be assembled within two months, of course, plus the preparation of raw materials and parts processing, it will take about 6 months to complete.
Philip was happy and decided to hold an all-staff meeting, at which he wanted to announce this matter to boost the morale of the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company, so that everyone could fully see the company's development prospects.
In order to surprise all the employees, including Anna and Lucas, Philip insisted on not telling the news, but asked Anna to send a notice to all departments, requiring all employees of the company to come to the company's auditorium at ten o'clock in the morning of the next day to participate in the first all-staff meeting since the establishment of the Dragon Soul Aircraft Manufacturing Company, at which important news will be announced.
When Anna heard Philip say this, she also asked curiously: "Philip, what is the news that you don't even tell me?" ”
Philip smiled mysteriously and said, "Anna, you'll know it tomorrow, don't be in a hurry, I can only say that this is definitely good news." Moreover, tomorrow's staff meeting is the first all-staff meeting held since the establishment of our company, so we must be fully prepared. All production must be stopped, all people must participate, I also want to take the opportunity to announce the good news, unite the company's people, our goal is to develop into the world's strongest military enterprises, so the construction of corporate culture is also a thing that cannot be ignored. I want to leave this important task to you, how about it, do you have confidence? ”
Confused, Anna asked, "Corporate culture?" It's a term that sounds so novel, I've never heard of it before. Philip, why do you keep coming out of your mouth with new ideas? What is this corporate culture, can you tell me more carefully? ”
Philip patted his head and smiled embarrassedly, "Look at me, I'm really confused." You don't even understand the concept of corporate culture, and I even ask you if you have confidence. Well, I'll tell you about it. ”
Seeing Anna looking at him expectantly, Philip finally found a job for Anna that suited her very well, you must know that although corporate culture is a concept put forward in the eighties of the twentieth century, in fact, when the enterprise appears in this world, corporate culture has sprouted. Although the corporate culture seems to be a little ethereal, but its role is also not to be underestimated, to make the dragon soul into the world's most powerful military enterprises, how can there be no corporate culture construction, this is also a kind of soft power embodiment.