In state-owned enterprises in the 1980s and 1990s, workers often went to work every day but did not work. A group of seven or eight people would gather in the workshop to chat, talking about trivial matters, and they would burst into laughter when the conversation was interesting.
The factory leaders stayed in the office and never left the workshop. To convey orders, they would send an errand boy or call the workshop director.
When it is time to make money, the raw materials purchased at internal prices are sold to second-hand dealers at market prices, and the official makes an easy profit.
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With such operating conditions, it would be strange if the factory did not close down.
Yu Watanabe ruthlessly rectified the work style of the battery factory and reversed the production situation. Zhou Qingfeng not only did not stop him, but he jumped up with joy.
This kind of management reform that goes deep into the grassroots is more effective than blanket layoffs and can change the mental outlook of workers.
Watanabe used a variety of methods to deal with the "moyang workers", which can be said to be both kindness and power.
Refined division of labor, standardization of labor, performance management and assessment, strict selection of workers, and encouragement of overtime work.
After taking multiple measures, the factory's production line was like clockwork, operating at high speed and efficiency. The workers walked faster and whirred in the wind.
In order to improve production efficiency, Watanabe requested that dormitories and canteens be built within the factory area, improve the quality of life, recruit more young workers, eliminate older ones, and implement militarized management.
In order to control product quality, Watanabe requires strict selection of suppliers, providing guaranteed price contracts, and long-term cooperation. The ISO14001 environmental certification system is implemented everywhere and the processing, recycling, and reuse of three wastes are strictly controlled.
In order to control product inventory and promote sales, Watanabe requires accurate statistics, daily reporting of the number of spare parts, and improved communication and office efficiency.
After two months of hard work, the battery factory has improved its product quality by several levels without completing any technological innovations.
The front-line workers were reduced by one-third, but the output increased by three times, and the cost was reduced by half. Because of the good quality and light burden, the company's production and sales were booming, and the profit growth increased explosively.
Some people are not willing to be trained to work like machines, so they will naturally resign and leave. More unemployed people will squeeze in because wages at battery factories have been greatly increased.
If the results are good, you can naturally get more money. The front-line workers in a small battery factory have a basic salary of 200, but with overtime pay, they can earn more than 500 a month.
This income exceeds that of many office-based civil servants and is the envy of all workers in the city.
The number of people with this kind of income is not one or two, or ten or eight, but more than three hundred in one breath. The scale effect is greatly increased.
As president, Zhou Qingfeng was very satisfied with such remarkable management results. He brought all the middle and senior management of the entire group to the battery factory for on-site visits and study.
Mr. Zhou has one idea. Mr. Watanabe’s management is very good and very suitable for the current situation of the group. His management methods are promoted to all production lines of the group.
As for Watanabe himself, he was lucky to have such an outstanding person come to Tianyang. It would be a waste to let him manage the battery factory. So Zhou Qingfeng made an exception and promoted him to the vice president of the group.
Vice President!
The old devil's status rose instantly, being half a level higher than Professor Zheng from the Engineering Department, and comparable to Lin Wan, the secretary-general who manages all general affairs of the group. He is responsible for integrating the manufacturing and R&D systems of the entire group.
With this promotion, even the senior cadre advisory group and the engineering department were placed under Watanabe's control. For those below the director level, he could directly decide whether they would be promoted or retained, and his power was so great that he was only under the president for a while.
The group held its monthly meeting. Zhou Qingfeng summoned hundreds of middle- and high-level cadres in the large conference hall of the headquarters and announced personnel appointments on the spot.
"Your Excellency Watanabe's work results are worthy of the 100,000 monthly salary I paid, and I appreciate his abilities very much.
The management methods he implemented not only greatly improved the group's production capacity, but also changed the face of the entire enterprise, streamlined the management process, and greatly reduced management costs and difficulties.
This is the only way for the group to move to a higher level, something I hope for but have never been able to achieve. I would like to express my great gratitude."
The conference hall was packed with people. Most of the management of 'Holy Light' were old haters promoted from the bottom, and less than one-fifth of them had a university diploma.
Everyone was staring at Watanabe Ou, who was sitting upright. This short, little Japanese old man was sitting next to Zhou Qingfeng, with a wooden face that was expressionless, neither talking nor laughing.
The projector projected the results of the two-month management reform of the battery factory on the white screen of the conference hall. The data can best explain the problem, and everything is irrefutable.
Zhou Qingfeng's massive layoffs only reduced the burden on the company and temporarily eliminated a large number of moths, but the internal system was still the same as before. Just like when Lin Zhengyi was the director of the factory, he only treated the symptoms but not the root cause.
As time goes by, all enterprises will return to their old ways and cannot afford to suffer.
Watanabe has completely abandoned the past concept of state-owned enterprises. He has the ability to "turn decay into magic" and can achieve dozens of times the benefits by paying attention to details.
He fully unleashed the corporate potential provided by Zhou Qingfeng's massive layoffs, and allowed the old haters in Tianyang City to see a completely different management style.
"When I took over the battery factory, the factory with more than 1,200 employees was losing more than 300,000 yuan a month. The products produced were piled in the warehouse and could not be sold at all, and they were basically waste products.
Mr. Watanabe manages the battery factory, reorganizing it one month and resuming production one month.
Just last month, the battery factory turned a profit and made a profit of 100,000 yuan. Next month, the profit will reach 500,000 yuan. The monthly sales within this year will definitely exceed 10 million yuan.
The machinery factory learned Mr. Watanabe's management model, but it was not very good and not in-depth enough. However, in two months, the production capacity tripled and the profit tripled.
So I made up my mind to implement this management system. Next, Vice President Watanabe will hold a management training class, and all middle-level and above cadres must attend the class.
After passing the study, the salary will be quadrupled. The director level will be promoted to 5,000 soft girl coins. In order to retain talents, we can offer high wages. If the study fails, you will be fired.
In addition, the progress of our R&D system is too slow. This is my problem because I did not manage it well. So I also handed over this task to Mr. Watanabe.
I hope Mr. Watanabe can give full play to his talents, impart management skills selflessly, and make our group better and stronger."
After Zhou Qingfeng finished speaking on the stage, he stood up and bowed 45 degrees to Watanabe beside him to express his gratitude.
Watanabe Oo sat next to him in a daze. Everyone felt that his small body contained powerful management capabilities and unfathomable determination.
It wasn't until Zhou Qingfeng bowed that Watanabe stood up, returned the bow ninety degrees, and continued to sit down, still dumbfounded without saying a word.
Everyone admired in their hearts, look at how calm and calm he is.
International friends, although the salary you get is a bit higher, the benefits you create for the group are far beyond what can be compared with 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. This is called the demeanor of a general.
Until the end of the meeting, Watanabe Yu didn't speak. Everyone said that this old devil didn't like talking nonsense in meetings, and now it turns out that it is true - he is still so reserved and calm now that he is the vice president.
Impressive!
A vice president's office was arranged for Watanabe Ou in the headquarters building. Zhou Qingfeng personally showed him around and allowed him to recruit office staff, including foreigners.
As long as the ability is strong enough, the monthly salary is easily negotiable. ‘Holy Light’ is not short of money.
In response to the president's enthusiasm, Vice President Watanabe would at most bow to express his gratitude, but would not say a word. Even when he entered the vice president's office, he would sit alone behind the large desk in a daze.
Others thought that Mr. Watanabe was simply too happy and needed some time to digest the joy in his heart.
He just waited until he got off work at six o'clock, and Watanabe took a mechanical car back to the city guest house. When he returned to his room, Qin Hao hurried over, grabbed his shoulders and shook him hard when they met.
"Sir Watanabe, I want to apologize to you. I thought you had forgotten your mission, but I didn't expect you to endure the humiliation and go deep into the enemy camp.
Mr. Watanabe, you are so awesome and forbearing that you actually became the vice president of Holy Light in two months. Great, this is great. Our investigation finally has hope."
Watanabe's rigid face changed at this moment. He showed a bitter expression and murmured to himself: "I..., I..., I..."
Watanabe couldn't say "I" for a long time. Qin Hao continued to shake his shoulders and said solemnly: "Sir, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Please control yourself and don't be exposed."