Reducing Costs And Squeezing Benefits Leather Goods Industry Is Climbing In The Face Of Adversity

Xinshi Yinsheng leather factory is a leather industry enterprise with more than 60 employees. There are seven or eight enterprises of the same scale in Xinshi. The person in charge of the enterprise told reporters about this year's market: "the difficulties encountered this year were not found last year, but we are trying to do everything possible to step up production." In Xinshi, the reporter generally understood the "pain" in the leather industry this year: due to the aggravation of the industry difficulties, several small leather processing points have been closed. Internationally, the export tax rebate has shrunk from 13% to 5% last year, but it may become zero this year; from the raw materials of pig cashmere and sheep cashmere, they are more than half of that of last year; the wage cost of workers is also higher than that of last year (a pair of gloves increases by more than 10%); last year, the sales volume reached more than 10 million, and the sales situation in the first half of this year is even more severe than that of last year. Like Xinshi Yinsheng leather, Huaxing leather, Xinhua leather, Xiongyan leather and Haote leather are all facing the same situation. In this regard, Xinshi Leather Industry Association, under the guidance of the new town Party committee, government and industry competent departments, quickly and actively plan countermeasures, strive to tide over the difficulties together. First of all, what they think of is to reduce costs and "squeeze" benefits. Reduce the cost of raw materials, control the purchase of raw materials, pay attention to product proofing and blanking, and pay attention to the reuse of leftover materials; compress the internal management costs of enterprises, improve the management system of offices, workshops, warehouses and canteens, and advocate saving among employees; compress labor costs, expand the workshop, set up processing points in rural areas or communities, and digest various costs by compressing various costs Market adverse factors. Second, expand the market to compete for benefits. "External" focuses on market development, changes marketing strategy, expands EU market on the basis of stabilizing American market, opens up Russian market, selects "orders" and seeks "small profit" from increment; while "internal" focuses on improving product quality, strengthening training and education, enhancing the quality awareness of enterprise owners and employees, building brand enterprises of leather manufacturing and processing industry and enhancing market absorption Gravity. Freiger leather is the leading enterprise of Xinshi Leather Industry Association. The strategy of this enterprise is: to strike iron, you need to be hard, and you need diamond. Shi Lirong, chairman of the board of directors, did not shy away from the current difficulties faced by enterprises, but said that he was actively exploring the EU markets such as Germany to cope with market fluctuations. During the exchange rate adjustment in 2007 alone, freig leather lost more than 2 million yuan, and this year's labor cost paid by the enterprise increased by at least 10% compared with last year. The burden of these enterprises must be transferred to customers, which can only be solved through market volume and expansion of production. At that time, if Germany didn't accept the tax rebate of US $5.5% in the exchange rate of US $5.5% in Germany, then the exchange rate of US $5.5% in Germany would not be considered as the tax refund burden of German enterprises. Someone offered us $5.2/pair to compete. In the end, freig accepted the order of nearly 100000 pairs at a concession price of $5.25 per pair. On his desk, there were several thick documents. The director of the office on the side said that if you want to receive a list from EU and other countries, you must do it according to their rules. In particular, the European Union generally has to comply with BSCI (European Union code of social conduct for enterprises), and even details such as whether the drinking water of enterprises can provide potable county-level health and epidemic prevention department certification, or it will not cooperate with them. Monsoon company in the UK, on the other hand, has a thick Handbook on successful practices of ethical trade for Chinese suppliers, which requires all Chinese suppliers to do so. "Our current results are generally satisfactory. Although some enterprises can pass the quality standards of their products, it is not enough to pass these standards of foreign companies. Therefore, our quality, especially our ability to pass the most stringent international standards and standards, is our lifeline. " Said schliron with a smile.