The 7 Signal Can Help You Understand The Management Of The Factory.

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Before the factory's quality level and production capacity, the first thing to consider is how well they manage. When you visit the factory, you should pay attention to the following 7 signals, which can help you understand the management of the factory.

1, the boss always makes tea in office and friends.

I know it's important to be a good host in China.

I also know that personal relationships are important.

But if

The boss spends 3 to 5 hours a day chatting and drinking tea. How can he control the situation of the company?

2, the general manager has no real power.

In many shoe factories, the general manager is also a legal representative and is solely responsible for the relationship with the local government.

In other words, he was elected general manager because he was a local drinker and looked honest and trustworthy.

Then why is he called the general manager? Under such circumstances, the organizational chart is meaningless.

3, the manager can not answer questions accurately.

Have you ever asked the manager the following question: "can you describe how your quality inspection is operated?" "how often do you calibrate the equipment?" before you get feedback, you usually have to listen to a lot of nonsense.

Why can't they take a look at the records? Because they know that these records have not been updated very well.

Or, they have no record at all.

But worse still, managers have no sense of the status quo.

Only when customers ask questions can they find many problems.

The truth is that they spend a lot of time in the office and don't care about the situation in the workshop.

I have written this question before.

4. The production supervisor's office is very large.

In some shoe factories, the workshop supervisor has a desk and a named e-mail address.

They like it very much because it makes them feel like a small manager.

Then they spend hours receiving mail every day, leaving them behind the line and unable to find problems that need improvement.

This is a big problem in itself.

5, many people (or small departments) have separate offices.

People like to have independent offices, right? Of course, but I see more and more Chinese enterprises turn offices into open spaces.

A separate office not only impedes communication and collaboration between departments, but also makes it easier to recover clasping (especially the procurement department).

6. No visual management.

Can you often see a writing board in the shoe factory that has written this week's workshop plan? Can you often see the first pass rate, production quantity and so on digital information on the factory wall? Rarely seen, right? They do not consider these, or even have a ERP system.

The production manager thinks this is extra work and the manager does not want it.

As a result, we don't know all this information.

7, the factory environment is chaotic and dirty.

In many workshops, waste is scattered on the floor, and semi-finished goods are stacked everywhere.

This is actually related to the sixth point.

Good visual management can improve the operation of the entire plant.

For example, a line can be drawn on the floor to indicate "qualified".

And "unqualified products" respectively.

This only requires a very small budget, and the operator can follow certain norms naturally.

Many mistakes can be avoided.