Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

  Chapter 86 The role of information (four more)

  Director Lu looked embarrassed, it was obvious that there was something hidden.

  Li Weidong asked bluntly: "Brother Lu, what is going on? Is there a technical problem?"

“It’s easy to say in terms of technology. The key is raw materials.” Director Lu paused, and then said: “This polyurethane synthetic leather is the technology we imported from the South, but what we introduced is only the production technology of artificial leather, but the key raw material is polyurethane. We can't produce leather slurry ourselves, we still have to buy it from the south.

  Not long ago, we purchased a batch of raw materials from the south and successfully produced polyurethane synthetic leather, but we did not calculate the cost at all. Purchased raw materials from the south, plus freight and various costs, the final product price is more expensive than buying finished products directly from the south and then shipping them over!

  You also know that this is not the era when the state issued production tasks. Our factory mainly relies on social orders. The products are expensive, and no one wants them. We can only suspend the production of polyurethane synthetic leather, or continue to produce ordinary artificial leather. "

   "It turned out to be like this!" Li Weidong nodded suddenly.

  ……

Polyurethane synthetic leather was born in Germany in the 1950s, and it only attracted the attention of Western countries in the 1960s. After that, major industrial countries began to get involved in the research of polyurethane synthetic leather. It was not until the 1970s that advanced industrial countries such as the United States, Japan, Germany, Only then began large-scale production of polyurethane synthetic leather.

It was in the early 1980s that China introduced the production technology of polyurethane synthetic leather to the country. At that time, China's technological level was far behind that of western developed countries. This Western polyurethane synthetic leather production technology in the 1970s is absolutely high in China. Technology.

There are two main methods for industrial production of polyurethane synthetic leather, one is dry production and the other is wet production. The wet production of polyurethane synthetic leather requires vacuum technology, which is definitely not up to the domestic level. At that time, all the technologies that China introduced were dry-process production of polyurethane synthetic leather.

In the dry production process, a release paper is first used as a carrier, the polyurethane resin slurry is coated on the release paper, and then dried and cooled, then bonded to the base cloth, dried and cooled again, and then peeled off. , A piece of artificial leather came out. If dyeing is needed, a dyeing process will be added in between.

Of course, the actual manufacturing process is much more complicated and requires many kinds of coatings. There are also requirements for release paper and base cloth. The process also needs to be squeezed, ironed, solidified, washed, dried, etc., each process has Strict process requirements.

  With the domestic industrial capacity, release paper and base cloth are not hard to find.

  Release paper as long as the strength is enough, the surface is uniform, and there is a certain degree of solvent resistance; and there are many types of base fabrics that can be selected, woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, and non-woven fabrics can all be used.

  The key is the polyurethane resin slurry, which is the core raw material for the production of polyurethane synthetic leather. Without this thing, polyurethane synthetic leather cannot be produced.

  In the early 1980s, when the country first introduced polyurethane synthetic leather, the polyurethane resin slurry was still imported. Until the mid-1980s, there were only a handful of manufacturers capable of producing polyurethane resin slurry.

  ……

  Without polyurethane synthetic leather, Li Weidong could not produce leather jackets.

  So Li Weidong asked, "Brother Lu, the raw material you are talking about is polyurethane resin paste, right?"

  Director Lu nodded: “You have to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to buy that thing. There is a joint venture company with Singaporeans in the special zone that can produce this kind of thing.”

"For the transportation of raw materials from Guangdong and Guangzhou, over two thousand kilometers, a ton of raw materials only costs more than 300 yuan in freight. This cost is quite high." Li Weidong pondered for a moment, and said, "Brother Lu, if I If we can help you find polyurethane resin paste from our province, then your products should reduce a lot of costs, right?"

"In the province, at least three-quarters of the freight per ton of raw materials can be saved." Director Lu calculated in his mind, and then said; "In that case, our polyurethane synthetic leather cost will not suffer. In our province, there is also the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei generation, and there are price advantages."

   "That's OK, this matter is covered by me, I will help you find polyurethane resin paste in the province." Li Weidong said confidently.

   "Brother Li, we are not joking!" Director Lu said with a serious face.

   "Brother Lu, can I lie to you? I will find the raw material for you tomorrow, and you will wait for my call!" Li Weidong said.

"Okay, just for you, I have to toast you too!" Director Lu and Li Weidong touched a cup, and then acted in respect, and then continued: "Brother Li, I don't ask for the province. Within a radius of 500 kilometers, if you can really find polyurethane resin paste for us, our factory owes you an adult please!"

   "Brother Lu, when you produce polyurethane synthetic leather, you can give priority to my garment factory." Li Weidong said immediately.

  Director Lu immediately patted his chest: "You can rest assured, I will definitely pick the best products and send them to your garment factory!"

  ……

  The next day, Li Weidong dialed the number of Dengzhou Artificial Leather General Factory.

  In the province, there is really a company that can produce polyurethane resin paste, that is, Dengzhou Artificial Leather General Factory.

  In the early 1980s, Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory introduced polyurethane-related technology from Japan’s Kuraray Company. This project has become a key construction project during the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" period.

In the 1990s, Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory was restructured and became the largest polyurethane industrial base in China. After the company went public, its market value became the top of the basic chemical sector. Its main product "MDI", which is the production capacity of diphenylmethane diisocyanate , Surpassing the international giant BASF, ranking first in the world.

  Dengzhou is less than 400 kilometers away from Qinghe, and Dengzhou Artificial Leather Factory is able to produce polyurethane resin paste. Qinghe Artificial Leather Factory, as a peer, does not know it, not to mention this is a key project of the "Sixth Five-Year Plan"!

  In the eyes of later generations, it is simply impossible to happen. If you just check it online, can you still know what products this company produces?

  However, in the 1980s, this was a normal situation.

  The underdevelopment of information is one reason, and another important reason is that the companies that come over in the planned economy era do not know how to find sources of raw materials on their own, nor do they know how to find sales channels for their products.

In the era of planned economy, the state has properly arranged the source of raw materials and product sales for enterprises. The materials are operated within the plan. The source and destination of all materials have been determined at the beginning of the year. It is not necessary for the company to go. Find raw materials and sales!

  State-owned enterprises have become accustomed to this way of operating, and they will never find the sources of raw materials and the sales channels of their products on their own. It is like a domestic animal that is fed daily at a fixed point, and has already lost the ability to forage autonomously.

  So this happened. Dengzhou Artificial Leather General Factory was able to produce polyurethane resin paste, but did not engage in sales, but waited for orders to be delivered actively at home;

  Qinghe Artificial Leather Factory needed polyurethane resin slurry, but didn't know to find the source of goods, but waited at home for the sales to take the initiative to deliver it to the door.

   So embarrassed on both sides, I have the stock, but I just can’t sell it; you’re out of stock, but you just can’t buy it.

  Think about the future generations of China. It’s so happy that you can find the product supply chain you need within a hundred kilometers!

  As a dispatcher, Li Weidong has a lot of supply and demand information. When he learned that Qinghe Artificial Leather Factory lacked polyurethane resin slurry, he immediately thought of Dengzhou Artificial Leather General Factory.

  After a phone call, it was confirmed that Dengzhou Artificial Leather General Factory was indeed producing polyurethane resin paste. Li Weidong immediately dialed the number of Director Lu.

   "Hey, Brother Lu, this is Li Weidong. I found the polyurethane resin paste your factory wants." Li Weidong said.

   "Found it? So fast?" Director Lu was startled, and then immediately asked, "Where is the source of goods?"

   "Dengzhou, it's only 400 kilometers away from us. If you leave early in the morning, you can arrive the same day." Li Weidong replied.

  "Where are you? I'll find you now!" Director Lu said without hesitation, it can be seen that he is really urgent.

  ……

  Li Weidong helped Qinghe Artificial Leather Factory to solve the problem of raw materials. The director of Lu was naturally thankful. Although Li Weidong did not make money from it, he also earned personal affection.

  When dealing with state-owned enterprises, sometimes earning favors is more important than making money.

  With the raw materials, the artificial leather factory is also running at full capacity to produce, and the first batch of polyurethane synthetic leather is naturally supplied to Li Weidong’s garment factory.

  Next, the garment factory also opened the production mode.

Although the price of polyurethane synthetic leather is only one-tenth of that of real leather, it is also much more expensive than ordinary fabrics. The cost of raw materials for leather jackets produced by clothing factories was about 40 yuan, which was considered high at the time.

  In contrast, ordinary white cotton shirts cost five or six yuan, and a military coat with a turn-up collar costs about forty yuan.

  The military coats at the time were still made of genuine copper buttons.

  Because of the high cost of leather jackets, Li Weidong simply invested the other 400,000 in the garment factory to purchase raw materials to maintain normal production.

  ……

  Early in the morning, Li Weidong went to the workshop and found that there was nothing wrong with him. Deputy factory director Wang Jing and the four workshop directors kept the workshop management in order.

The production work of the workshop has always been in charge of Wang Jing, the deputy director of the factory. This somewhat ironic deputy director has not studied business management. He simply used the set of soldiers in the management of the production of the workshop. middle.

  The effect of this trick is not bad. Although I dare not say how high the production efficiency is, at least it can ensure the normal and effective operation of the workshop.

  Look at the later generations of Foxconn, and you will know that for labor-intensive industries, paramilitary management is still necessary.

  Li Weidong went to the warehouse for another round. At this time, more than 4,000 leather jackets had been piled up in the warehouse.

   "It's time to find a market." Li Weidong sighed lightly.

  This poor tertiary garment factory does not have a salesperson, so the only factory manager, Li Weidong, is to run the market in person.

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