At present, toy makers are facing a dilemma when production cost soars up but profit shrinks continually. It appears to become increasingly significant for companies to discover their potentials and spare expense. At the same time, it is an effective way to tap the latent interior power by enhancing management on workshop and improving executive competence of administrators and quality of employees.

 

Hot Topic this issue will deliver you the articles from the enterprisers, who are familiar with workshop management. They will share with you their practical experience in workshop management, energy saving, loss prevention, morale inspiration and all-round improvement of workshop managing staff quality.

 

Firstly, Xue Xiaowei, factory director of Shenzhen Baode Toy Factory will talk abut the effective measures for workshop management.

 

Though China is a big toy maker in the world, but due to historical reason, a majority of China’s toy makers mainly deal with OEM business. At present, as the acceleration huge changes in domestic and overseas market both. How to enhance the business management and exploit to the fully one's favorable condition, so as to discover potential, lower cost, strengthen competitiveness and maintain sustained development of industrial chain have become the eternal topics that are worthy of our concern.

 

Workshop management acts as an important role among all process of manufacture. I believe that, when we adopt appropriate measures from the following aspects, we will reap good harvest.

 

Currently, plastic has been adopted as the major material for toy production. As injection products with high technical element and high added value have been applied to use widely, they now make up increasingly greater percentage among all plastic molding products. Large amount of injection machine are the largest electric power consumers. Therefore, it is a necessary and pressing takes to carry out energy-saving reform.

 

There are numerous of half-finished toy products, raw materials and package materials. Screening of purchasers, checking on deliver received, stock storage and logistics are all interlinked with each other and are in close relationship with quality of management and product, cost control. They are highly critical for manufacture.

 

ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) or MRP (Material Resource Planning) prevails these years are solution to control and flow of resource to large extent. However, in practice, trait of toy industry should be brought into consideration and foresighted program should be developed to control throughout the whole process.

 

We learn from past experience that, it is a key to pay attention to statistics and amount of stocks.

 

After China has entered WTO, we see increasingly more international trade friction and greater technical barrier. Harsher quality requirement required in Europe and US market has heavily heightened the threshold for toy manufacture.

 

Make early preparation for new regulations and new technique and carry out corresponding training are of active and positive choice for producers in China.

 

Further more, controlling on hazardous substance is to be strengthened. Quality tracing system on each batch should be established. Religious management on production technique, quality control and material control is of great need.

 

Toy manufacture belongings to labor-intensive industry. With the growth of economy, China’s lowest salary has been raised 70 percent from 2001 to 2007. Moreover, when labor resource continues to appear in shortage, the salary for workers will be increased in the future. How to control labor cost and achieve mutual benefit for both enterprise and employees by the help of inspiration system? In view of it, piece rate will be a good approach to encourage employees.