Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 10 What do you think?
  The Engineering Department is directly responsible for production and has three main responsibilities:
  The first is interpreting manufacturing drawings.

Workers in the factory generally have low educational levels and cannot even read a few big characters, so it is really difficult for them to understand the drawings.

Therefore, after getting the drawing, the engineer must first calculate whether there are any errors in the drawing, whether it is reasonable, and whether it can be produced in the factory.

If it cannot be produced, is there a solution? What instruments should be purchased, or technical support is needed.

These issues are reported to the leaders, who make decisions.

If none of the above problems exist and production can proceed, then the drawings should be broken down and interpreted.

Then directly tell the production workers which parts they need to make, the specifications and quantity of each part.

Workers are responsible for producing according to specific requirements.

After production is completed, how to assemble and install it.

Finally, express these things in writing in the simplest and most straightforward words, and then organize workers to conduct training and explanations.

At least, let the workshop management and senior workers learn it, and then they can guide other workers in production.

This matter only needs to be done when new products are introduced. Now that the product structure of the third rolling mill is stable, it is not needed for the time being.

As for self-research and drawings, that is done by technicians who specialize in research. Generally speaking, the engineering department in the factory does not have that ability.

At least the engineering department of No. 3 Steel Plant is not at this level so far.

The second one is quality control.

It is up to the workers to decide whether the things produced by the workers are up to standard and whether they can be used.

If the quality is not up to par, the problem is found in time and workers can make adjustments.

Because of this, the workers kind of hate them.

Although there is no piece rate fee now, rework and adjustments do not affect their wages.

But no one wants to be disapproved of what they have made, not to mention that too many reworks will affect their evaluation.

The third one is the maintenance and repair of machine tools and other equipment.

Maintenance work is generally requested by technical personnel and carried out by dedicated personnel.

But once there is a problem with the equipment, only the engineering department can repair it.

It’s good that the workers can use the relevant equipment, but asking them to perform repairs is just overthinking.

Moreover, machine tools are very valuable, and most factories will make it clear that no one except the engineering department is allowed to tamper with the machine tools.

These jobs all interact with workers.

It can be said that the engineering department and the production workshop are the two departments most closely connected.

The relationship between these two departments cannot be too good or too bad.

Jiang Chen could understand the reason after just thinking about it.

Most of the technicians are educated people. They dare not and cannot look down on the workers, but they have a bit of the arrogance of educated people in their bones.

But after all, I have just entered society and my edges have not been smoothed yet, so my words are definitely not tactful enough.

In addition, there are many newly recruited workers with varying levels of skills, and there are definitely many product quality problems. It is easy to get angry when you are busy.

Those workshop workers are the main force and the core, and they also have some arrogance and confidence in their hearts.

It must be uncomfortable to be rudely told around by a group of brats. It is inevitable that there will be some contradictions.

But it's not as serious as becoming enemies. At most, there will be some quarrels and a few arguments.

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment: "They have just joined the workforce, and they have all focused on improving their technical skills. It is normal for them to have a little bit of experience in dealing with people, and they can be solved with more training."

"In the past two days, I will first get to know the factory and its situation, and then get to work as soon as possible."

Liu Yuanjian nodded.

At this time, a handsome young man walked into the office and nodded to greet everyone.

Then he glanced curiously at the back of Jiang Chen who was sitting at Liu Yuanjian's desk, then returned to his seat and sat down.

Liu Yuanjian said: "Cao Jun, you came back just in time. Come over here and arrange a task for you."

Cao Jun frowned slightly, but still walked over: "Director, do you have something to do with me?"

Liu Yuanjian asked: "Aren't you watching the production in the workshop? Why are you back?"

Cao Jun replied: "Liang Yue and Song Yuan are inspecting various workshops. I will come back and look at the drawings. I always feel that this production drawing can actually be more reasonable."

Liu Yuanjian frowned: "How many years have I been using these drawings? I have already pointed out the unreasonable parts, why do I have to wait until now? You should do your job well and stop wasting time on these useless things."

"By the way, let me introduce you. This is Jiang Chen, a veteran transferred from Sichuan Steel Rolling Mill and a level 14 assistant technician. He has just arrived and wants to know more about the factory. You can take him for a tour."

Then he turned to Jiang Chen and said, "This is Cao Jun, a level 15 assistant technician who came here more than a month before you. He is smart and flexible, so let him show you around the factory!"

Jiang Chen cursed, that's not what I said to you just now. He turned to Cao Jun and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you, Comrade Cao Jun."

He was a little curious. Shouldn't it be done by the old employees of the factory when taking people to visit the factory?
  After all, they know the factory better. Why would they send Cao Jun, who has been in the factory for less than two months, to lead them?
  Cao Jun smiled and said, "You're welcome. Let's go. We'll go right away. We should be able to tour the factory in the morning."

The factory area is neither big nor small. It took the two of them more than an hour to walk around.

Cao Jun is very organized and can always grasp the key points and use the simplest sentences to make the most accurate introduction.

Jiang Chen pointed to a large piece of open space behind the canteen: "What are you planning to do with such a large piece of land here?"

Cao Jundao: "After receiving the quota at the beginning, the land was enclosed in the factory. It was originally planned to build a new workshop. But there was a shortage of skilled workers, and more importantly, a shortage of machine tools, so the plan was temporarily shelved, and the land was Empty.”

"I estimate that this land will be vacant for a long time, and Big Brother is unwilling to provide too many machine tools."

Back then, the flower growers entered the North Korean War and spent three years and the blood of countless people in exchange for Big Brother's support.

However, the flower-planting army swept through seventeen halls, and its fierce fighting power also aroused the worry of Big Brother, and he discounted the aid.

Take machine tools as an example. Not only are the quantities strictly limited, but the machine tools themselves are also used by flower growers. Their production efficiency is at least 20% lower than what they use themselves.

Technology related to machine tool production is not provided at all.

The flower grower's machine tool breaks down, and if he wants to repair it, he must call in an engineer from Big Brother, and no flower growers are allowed to watch during the repair.

The purpose is to avoid technical leakage.

Jiang Chen nodded and did not dwell on this issue anymore.

He threw the cigarette to Cao Jun: "What do you think of the engineering department?"

　Please collect, recommend, beg on your knees, lie down, and all kinds of begging. I advise you not to be ungrateful!

(End of this chapter)