Chapter 283: Management Issues
Fang Lang didn't think the monthly salary of 280 Cr. Ruzeiro for textile workers was high.
However, he also knows that the wages of ordinary workers in Brazil are generally not high.
From the expression on the face of Mayor Ewald Dursley, you can see that the wages in their factories are not low.
Nodding his head and saying to Chen Hongqing:
"Are there any family members of our naval officers among these local workers?
I remember that when we were recruiting workers, we asked for priority in recruiting the families of the officers and men of the Navy."
This is indeed what Fang Lang meant, and Fang Lang's original purpose in setting up these factories was also to house the families of the soldiers under his command.
It is used to increase the cohesion of the soldiers.
The families of the soldiers were placed near the base in order to relieve the homesickness of the soldiers and allow them to reunite with their families during their rest.
This also reduces the chances of soldiers coming outside when they are resting.
Second, in order to further tie the soldiers to their chariots, the soldiers were given allowances by Fang Lang, and their families worked in the Fang Lang family's factory.
It is equivalent to the soldier's family relying on Fang Lang to feed, which can better improve the loyalty of the soldiers.
Third, the soldiers under Fang Lang's command have a lot of allowances, and their families also work nearby, so with so much income, it is easy for the soldiers to choose to settle in Natal.
This can further increase the population of Natal and drive the economy of Natal.
"Of course, boss.
Many of our female workers are family members of the soldiers, and they come for interviews with letters of introduction from the fleet."
Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and said:
"That's good, these family members are motivated to work, right?"
Some are worried that these family members will be disobedient to management because of their status as military family members.
It has a negative impact on the development of the factory.
"Boss, rest assured, our factory uses performance-based wages, and the more you do, the more you get.
If you want to get a high salary, you will definitely work your own."
Fang Lang, accompanied by the two of them, visited all the way and walked through several production workshops, and the roar of the machines in some workshops was too loud, and several people had to go out of the factory before continuing to speak.
Through today's view, Fang Lang still found a lot of problems, but it is no wonder that more management concepts in this era and later generations have not yet appeared.
Many things that are well known in later generations have not yet been brought up in this era.
Fang Lang also did not study factory management, and he could not come up with something theoretical.
However, it is very easy to spot some problems.
Therefore, after everyone returned to the company's office, Chen Hongqing gathered all the basic management personnel of the factory in the conference room, ready to listen to the boss's lecture.
Fang Lang didn't want to do these *** things, but some things may be more effective for him to say, and he can also buy people's hearts.
Therefore, there is no excuse.
Let's have a meeting! For Fang Lang, he was already familiar with it, and after Chen Hongqing finished his opening remarks and introduction, it was Fang Lang's turn to speak.
First of all, I affirmed the achievements made by everyone, and I also thanked everyone for their hard work.
Then start asking questions that you find yourself.
"During this visit, I also found several problems, and I would like to raise them one by one here, hoping that everyone can implement improvements one by one.
First of all, I think the most important job of a factory is safety, what is the biggest safety hazard in a textile factory?
It's fire prevention, and during today's inspection, I found that there were many workers smoking.
Smoking in a textile factory, isn't this lighting in the toilet and looking for death?
Therefore, the first thing is to implement smoke-free factories, starting from today, all fireworks, flammable and explosive materials, will not appear in the factory area.
Even if you need to cook in the kitchen, stay away from work
factory production area.
Look at the floating cotton wool in the factory, if you are not careful, you can cause a big disaster.
Second, the fire extinguishing facilities in the factory are very imperfect, I noticed that there are several water tanks outside the factory, but such a small water tank is a drop in the bucket in the face of such a large workshop.
If an accident happens, it won't work as it should.
I remember that special fire extinguishers have appeared in European and American countries, and they are available on the warships of our fleet, and they can be purchased when they go back.
There must be a fire extinguisher every 10 meters in the factory.
In addition, it is also necessary to organize workers to learn fire prevention and fire extinguishing knowledge every month, to know what fire to extinguish, how to use fire extinguishers.
I don't want the circuit to catch fire that day, and someone has to bring water to extinguish it, is this out of the people's understanding?"
Everyone, nodded again and again, and took out small notebooks to record.
Chen Hongqing's face was also a little red, he knew that the boss was from a military background, but he didn't expect to find so many problems at a casual glance.
"Thirdly, I found that our factory has not regulated the placement of goods and tools at all.
My first impression when I walked into the factory was that it was chaotic, and in some places there was not even a place to put my feet.
How can this be done, the workers were tripped and fell and injured, causing a work-related accident, who is responsible?
From now on, scattered goods can be packed in wooden boxes, marked, and lines drawn on the ground, and the corresponding items can only be placed in the designated position, and those who do not comply with the regulations will be punished.
I want to keep the floor of the factory clean and tidy at all times, and no raw materials, goods, or tools can be present except for mechanical equipment.
In particular, the oil stains generated by machinery must be cleaned up in time.
It would be great if I could find an OCD to check this work."
Everyone understands the importance of fire prevention.
But I didn't expect the boss to put forward such strict requirements for the placement of items.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other a little, not knowing what the point of doing this was.
In everyone's mind, many things must be placed in the most convenient place, so that it is convenient for everyone to work.
In fact, Fang Lang didn't know what the specific principle of doing this was.
However, he knew that most of the factories in later generations were like this, and they looked very clean and tidy, and they felt a bit tall.
He didn't know that in fact, this is the 5S management that many factories are using, "tidying", "rectifying", "cleaning", "cleaning" and "literacy".
This management method is mainly to create a safe, comfortable and bright working environment, cultivate good working habits of employees, and improve the quality of people.
It was proposed by the Japanese, and of course it may now be proposed by the Fangyuan Group.
Fang Lang noticed everyone's expressions, they were all a little incomprehensible, and they didn't explain too much, but said directly with a cold face:
"Understand to execute, not to understand to execute, this is an order, understand?"
Everyone was silent, and they expressed their understanding in unison.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Fang Lang understood that no one should dare to disobey his orders, so he didn't say much, but nodded and continued:
"In the end, I found out that our workers don't have uniform uniforms, which is very undesirable and not conducive to the image of our factory.
So be it! In the future, we can provide winter and summer work clothes for the workers of the factory every year.
The types of work of the workers are different, and the color and logo of the work clothes can also be distinguished, so that our managers can distinguish the type of work of the worker at a glance.
For example, our porters can be blue-gray, so they are resistant to dirt.
Workers on the production line can use white! It looks cleaner and neater.
By the way, all workers have to wear hats that wrap their hair, and it's too dangerous for the spinning machine to pull their heads into the machine if they accidentally twist their hair, you know?"
When Chen Hongqing saw the boss, he simply looked at such a circle, and put forward so many rectification requirements.
I feel very impressed in my heart, after all, what the boss said is not empty words, all of them are real problems, although he has not yet figured out why some problems himself.
However, as a manager, he was able to see a lot of benefits from the approach proposed by his boss, and that was enough.
Immediately afterwards, Fang Lang encouraged everyone again, and shook hands with everyone one by one to say goodbye.
After everyone returned to work, Fang Lang chatted with Chen Hongqing again.
"Old Chen! Do workers in our factories take sick leave? Where do you go to get medical when you're sick?"
Regarding Fang Lang's sudden question, Chen Hongqing couldn't react a little.
However, he also understood this matter, and hurriedly replied:
"Boss, for the time being, there are not many workers on sick leave, and most of them will still have to work in the factory after they get sick.
After a while, the disease gradually healed.
As for where to go when I'm sick, I do know that there is a hospital in Natal.
However, the cost of medical treatment is so high that a month's salary can't even splash in the hospital.
If it weren't for some serious illness, they wouldn't dare to go to the hospital for treatment.
Last time I heard about a local man who had a wound infection and suppuration, and went to the hospital to see a doctor, saying that he was going to inject penicillin.
Good fellows, an injection costs 3,700 Cr$ Rouzero, which is more than the wages of workers in a year.
Whoever looks at this can only buy some sulfonamide tablets and eat them at home, and they will be cured slowly."
Penicillin is expensive, of course, Fang Lang knows that sulfonamide is also a very good anti-inflammatory, the effect is not as obvious as penicillin, and the price is actually not cheap.
After all, Brazil does not have the local manufacturing capacity and has to rely on imports, but consider that its own pharmaceutical factory may try to make some sulfonamides for sale.
"You say, if we take a part of the workers' wages every month, and our factory subsidizes another part, to buy a health insurance for everyone.
Will the workers be willing to let everyone see the onset of illness in the future?"
Fang Lang's words once again made Chen Hongqing fall into deep thought, and even Mayor Ewald Dursley, who was on the side, looked at Fang Lang with a puzzled face, not understanding what he meant.
However, Mr. Mayor felt that it was obviously his business, so he did not participate in the discussion.
Chen Hongqing thought for a while and asked:
"How much should the worker take? And how much does the factory subsidize?"
Fang Lang thought for a while, knocked on the table and said:
"The workers gave one twentieth of their monthly wage, which is about 14 Cr$ Ruzeiro, and the factory subsidized Cr$28, for a total of Cr$42 to buy a health insurance.
It is used to ensure that people can receive medical care when they are sick."
"But in this way, the factory will have to spend more than 28,000 Cris a month.
Workers may not be willing to take out this part of their wages to buy this medical insurance!"
Fang Lang also understands that many workers may rather put money in their own pockets than be willing to buy this Rausch medical insurance.
Even Chen Hongqing in front of him is estimated to have this idea.
Fang Lang had expected this, nodded and said:
"So be it! I'll talk to the insurance company first, and if we can negotiate it, we'll talk about it.
If the workers do not want to participate in the insurance, we can also let the workers choose freely.
After I negotiate this matter with the insurance company, the union will come forward to raise it!"