Clothing Industry: Cost Performance Advantages Highlight Labor Shortage To Solve Equipment Upgrading

　　 Labor shortage The problem is becoming more and more serious, for labor intensive. industry Clothing manufacturing industry means that the adjustment and upgrading of production mode is inevitable.

Especially for small and medium enterprises, in the past year, a substantial increase in operating costs has made them face labor costs. Rise The problem of the stability of production brought about by the excessive mobility of workers has become increasingly difficult to cope with.

According to the survey of the representatives of the textile and garment industry in 2011, nearly half of the members said that labor shortage was one of the most "external obstacles" that it worried about in 2011. The 21 national representatives who accepted the newspaper survey were entrepreneurs in textile and garment industry, and many of the leading enterprises were listed companies.

At the same time, a random survey was conducted on 28 small and medium enterprises in the country. The results showed that small and medium enterprises were far more worried about the shortage of labor than those of large enterprises. Nearly 70% of the surveyed enterprises indicated that the employment problem will become one of the biggest challenges facing them in 2011.

This may be a turning point in industrial development. Since the Spring Festival this year, when a large number of large garment enterprises are generally faced with recruitment difficulties, when workers' monthly wages rise to 3000 yuan level, for small and medium enterprises, the gradual loss of demographic dividend has shown the urgency of increasing labor productivity. There is a view that the enterprises that take the initiative to adapt and adjust will gain the advantages of one step ahead of the others, and those enterprises that passively accept the reality of employment at the moment will face a crisis of survival.

　 Technology reduces production costs

At present, as the labor cost rising trend, as a labor-intensive industry, garment manufacturing industry appears to be few ways, resulting in the increasingly serious shortage of labor shortage. Not attracting people is probably the most talked about topic in the industry at the moment.

In the face of such a problem, how to solve it and solve it from the source -- improving the supply of cheap labor is now unrealistic. So, what are the solutions that we have never explored before, or are we worth trying?

The latest information from the upstream equipment manufacturing industry may provide another way of thinking. At present, there are many low-cost high-tech clothing manufacturing equipment in the market, such as the production equipment of drawing series and laser series, whose intelligence, stability and other functions are improved, as well as the cost reduction after large-scale production. Simply speaking, the innovation of production equipment level has greatly improved the productivity of clothing, reduced the use of workers, and reduced the cost of clothing production.

He Ping, chairman of Beijing Ping An Huayi Technology Development Co., Ltd., described the latest changes in the upstream clothing industry to our reporter.

Take the paper cutting board production of garment production as an example, a garment factory with a scale of 200 people needs 2 such workers. In the coastal area, the cost of labor cost of 3500 yuan per worker is calculated. The annual cost of the labor cost is 98000 yuan, and if the overall cost of a paper-cut worker is about 2500 yuan per month from the whole country, the 200 person scale garment factory needs to pay 60000 yuan for the work cost. He Ping said, "now clothing companies have better choices. Through equipment renewal, we can digest the rising cost of labor. For example, the cutting and drawing machine products provided by our company can be fully competent for the daily work of the 2 workers. At the same time, the total price of this product is only 30 thousand yuan per unit, and the life expectancy is 5 years. 2 workers' half a year's wages can recover the machine cost. This means that the remaining four and a half years of service life of the machine is equivalent to the free use of the garment factory. "

He Ping said: "this will solve many problems in clothing enterprises. Under the current employment environment, the turnover rate of workers is so high that the owners of garment factories will be more worried. If the equipment is not upgraded, how many people will be recruited in the garment factory for 5 years?

"Silk Road" sample

In He Ping's view, the clothing industry is a never-ending and long developing industry in China. Because people need to dress, at the same time, China's garment manufacturing industry has a strong foundation. However, he also saw the difficult situation of China's garment manufacturing industry in the current economic environment.

"The development of garment manufacturers in the future will be very difficult. The environment is forcing enterprises to enhance their added value. Now it has reached a turning point in the garment manufacturing industry. Enterprises should realize that industrial transformation must be promoted." He Ping believes that as a labor-intensive industry, the garment manufacturing industry should first transform and upgrade at the production level. "Enterprises should take the initiative instead of passively to consider this problem, and we must see clearly the environment. In any case, equipment renewal must be done, because it can enhance the productivity of the plant, reduce costs and increase the added value.

At present, with the rise of a number of domestic garment equipment manufacturers in the upper reaches of the garment manufacturing industry, the equipment that is more suitable for domestic garment production has been developed successively, and it has the characteristics of cheap, practical and cost-effective. Compared with the "unattainable" of imported equipment in the past, the emergence of these domestic equipment has made the whole garment production area have the foundation of upgrading and upgrading large-scale equipment.

Take Beijing Ping An Huayi Technology Development Co., Ltd. as an example, the development and operation of CAD system of the silk road brand has been developing for 12 years. It has formed a product system based on the series of drawing equipment and has 13 laser line products. It is in the leading position in cutting and drawing machines, laser products and so on.

At present, the large-scale product line of the silk road has enabled it to provide cheaper, more abundant and more suitable equipment for Chinese garment factories. The strong R & D strength has improved the efficiency of the equipment. After 12 years, the after-sale system of 24 outlets nationwide has solved the worries about the use and maintenance of the equipment.

According to He Ping, at present, the silk road brand has 5 R & D teams all over the year, and R & D personnel are all postgraduates and postdoctoral fellows, who graduated from Peking University, Tsinghua and other institutions of higher learning and received various awards both at home and abroad. The company maintains stable R & D and staff teams. "In the 12 years of our development, ten years of work experience more than 1/5 of the total number of employees."

The stability of the staff team has ensured the "Silk Road" product development, quality stability and sustainable upgrading strength. At the same time, during the 12 years of development, the silk road has formed an after sales network with 24 outlets.

"Now we can achieve strength within 24 hours in any garment industry cluster in China. Some distant places, if customers have equipment problems, we will solve them by flying, and we will strive for perfection in the speed of after-sales service. He Ping said, "building such a system will cost a lot of money, but at the same time, it will take a long time to accumulate. But we are willing to do so, including the raw material level, and we will also import at any cost, imported materials, because word of mouth is very important."

It is precisely because of the rise of local brands such as the Silk Road and the gradual improvement and trustworthiness of quality, R & D and after-sales level that the application level of product level brought by domestic equipment providers meets the practical needs of China's small and medium enterprises.

As a result, it has become an effective way to cope with labor shortage and industrial upgrading in the field of Chinese garment production. For example, the silk road brand, its reliable product quality guarantee and the competitive price of its products will increase at a high cost of labor, which will undoubtedly bring convenience to China's small and medium garment enterprises to reduce labor costs and improve labor productivity, and help to promote industrial upgrading and further development in China's garment manufacturing industry.