Text Volume 227【PLC Production Line】
Xifeng headquarters, conference room.
French engineer Jacques pointed to the schematic diagram on the blackboard. Since he could not find a French translator, he could only speak in English: "plc is a programmable logic controller, a new type of industrial control device based on computer technology. Xifeng Company's I've seen the production line, whether it's canned food, iced tea or cola, basically they all belong to the old-fashioned production lines that were eliminated in the 1980s..."
Zheng Xuehong raised his hand suddenly, interrupting the speeches of Jacques and the translator: "We bought several advanced production lines, fully automatic."
"No, no, no," Jacques said with a smile, "Xifeng only has the export-only canning production line in Lu Province, which is the real PLC production line. As for the production lines used in other workshops, they belong to the traditional relay control. Europe and the United States as early as the 1980s At the end of the year, it was completely eliminated, and only some small factories are still in use. Most of the production lines eliminated in the West were transferred to Asian countries, and sold to Asian factories at high prices under the guise of "advanced" and "automatic". Especially in China , In the past ten years, I have received a lot of obsolete machinery from the West, and the price was very expensive when I bought them."
"That is to say, we were cheated before?" Zheng Xuehong said speechlessly.
"It's not really cheated," Jacques said, "because the PLC production line is expensive, and most of the enterprises in China are not large enough, and the labor cost is low. The small and medium-sized factories in China are very suitable for buying production lines eliminated in the West. The choice of your own conditions. But Xifeng Company is different, your scale is already large enough, and if you want to develop in the long run, you must match the international production technology in terms of production technology."
"Understood," Zheng Xuehong said, "Mr. Jacques, please continue."
"You can understand PLC as a computer," Jacques said, pointing to the schematic diagram, "it is roughly divided into four parts, namely cpu board, input device, output device and power supply part. During industrial production, the program can be written by yourself, the logic Calculation, timing, counting, etc. can be set freely. Take the beverage filling line as an example. The production line that used to require 50 workers can now be easily handled by 5 to 8 workers, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved. For the company's headquarter factory, I suggest building a large-scale plc production line, implementing internal networking to realize intelligent and networked production, so that it can form an integrated control system with computers, and carry out comprehensive automatic control of large-scale and complex systems. "
All the people here are high-level executives of the company, but to be honest, except for Song Weiyang, the others don't understand it at all.
Although Song Weiyang understood it, he only knew the general idea, and he was completely confused about how to do it. After all, he was not a technical talent.
The huge dollar cost of hiring this French engineer is definitely worth it!
"Did you take a picture of what the French engineer said just now?" Fan Xinman asked.
"It's been photographed, without missing a single word," said the cameraman.
Fan Xinman also felt that it was worthwhile to come back. She thought to herself: Xifeng Company should be the first private enterprise in China's beverage industry to introduce a fully automated production line. It deserves a special mention!
In fact, Huiyuan Group started it two or three years ago, but it was small in scale and had little influence, so it did not attract attention. At the beginning of this year, Wahaha received 45 million US dollars of funds from the French Danone Group, and is also undergoing a large-scale equipment upgrade. Xifeng Company is the third domestic company.
As for the beverage factory under the COFCO Group, hehe, it is a state-owned enterprise, how can it be quickly upgraded?
It has little to do with the level of leadership of state-owned enterprises. It simply means that the larger the scale of the enterprise, the more state-owned enterprise workers it needs to support. The introduction of equipment can improve efficiency, but it also eliminates many jobs. What about the extra workers?
There was an anecdote that a state-owned enterprise spent a lot of foreign exchange to introduce a fully automatic hoisting line. In the end, the leader was forced to cancel the automation function. What should I do? Because there are too many workers, they can't be kept in the factory to eat idle food.
By next year, there will be only three private beverage companies across the country using plc production lines: Xifeng, Huiyuan and Wahaha.
After the French expert finished speaking, Song Weiyang said: "I won't hold a separate shareholders' meeting. Let's vote with a show of hands now. Shareholders who agree to introduce the PLC production line should raise their hands."
Swipe, swipe, all hands up.
"Very good," Song Weiyang said with a smile, "The replacement of the production line cannot be rolled out all at once. The headquarters factory will be done first, and the other branch factories will continue to operate as usual, so that production cannot be delayed. After the headquarters factory completes the transformation, then do The Shenghai Branch Factory will be followed by the Guangdong Branch Factory and the Shandong Branch Factory. This kind of computer-controlled high-tech production line definitely needs to retrain the workers, and the specific work will be arranged by Mr. Yang. My suggestion is, don’t Disrupt the personnel structure of each branch factory, and after the headquarters factory completes the transformation, select outstanding employees from each branch factory to study at the headquarters.”
"I second!" Yang Xin immediately expressed his support.
Song Weiyang said with a smile: "I announce that Mr. Jacques is appointed as the chief engineer of Xifeng Company. Everyone applauds!"
There was a burst of applause.
Song Weiyang shook hands with Jacques and said, "Next, I will work hard on you!"
"I will do my best." Jacques smiled, for the sake of the dollar.
The meeting is over quickly.
Fan Xinman asked: "Boss Song, can I interview Mr. Jacques?"
"Of course," Song Weiyang said, "Mr. Jacques is Ms. Fan Xinman, a reporter from China Central Television, and she is making a documentary for me.
"Hello, Miss Fan!" Jacques smiled and shook hands.
Fan Xinman held up the microphone and asked: "Mr. Jacques, may I ask why you came to work in Xifeng Company in China?"
"I really want to say that it is for the friendship between the people of China and France," Jacques said with a smile, "haha, of course Xifeng Company offered me a high salary that I couldn't refuse."
"May I ask, how high is the so-called high salary?" Fan Xinman said.
"Annual salary of $800,000," Jacques said.
"How much?" Fan Xinman thought the translator had made a mistake, "Are you sure it's US dollars, not RMB?"
The translator said: "It is indeed $800,000."
Song Weiyang interjected: "Based on the average salary of the urban population across the country this year, $800,000 is equivalent to the sum of the wages of 1,066 Chinese workers."
Fan Xinman and the cameraman were dumbfounded, the salary was too high for them to imagine.
Fan Xinman asked: "What is the level of an annual salary of 800,000 US dollars in France?"
Jacques did not answer directly, but said with a smile: "Compared with the vice president of BNP Paribas, it is still worse, equivalent to the ordinary executives of BNP Paribas. I can't refuse this price, and my Chinese friends are very sincere. "
"What's your opinion on Xifeng Company?" Fan Xinman asked.
Jacques said: "Their management is very good, but the technology is poor. This is where my value lies. I will gradually help Xifeng Company improve the production technology in the next two years."
"Do you plan to stay in China in the future?" Fan Xinman asked.
"Of course, if the cooperation is happy, I am very willing to stay in China," Jacques said with a smile, "Chinese food is as delicious as French food. After I came here, I suddenly found that I like spicy food, and it changed my eating habits. "
"Thank you for accepting the interview." Fan Xinman immediately exchanged business cards, "I hope to do an exclusive interview with Mr. Jacques when the production transformation of Xifeng Company is completed."
"No problem, I'm happy to help." The Frenchman was in a good mood. It doesn’t matter if it’s not good. In his hometown, he can get an annual salary of 500,000 US dollars, and the consumption expenses are still high. In this way, working in China can double his income.