“For many years, we have only taken one day off or none during Qingming Festival and May Day. This year we can take full or even more days off!” “Now the raw materials can’t come in and the products can’t get out! Truck drivers would rather take a day off. Not even!” “We just shipped a batch of goods, and the freight has increased five times!” “We can barely survive. All we can do is go with the trend!” “It’s basically stopped, and many customers have already closed down!” “Originally this year The market is okay, but it’s a pity now.” “Although production is continuing, materials are tight, and production lines are starting and stopping.” Since April, reporters have communicated with many companies about the current situation. Taken together, the information obtained is not Optimism, too many surprises, are tearing apart everyone’s expectations for 2022.
Trapped
Disrupted production rhythm
“Since the beginning of this year, the company has had abundant orders, especially in overseas markets. However, due to the ups and downs of the epidemic, it has become more difficult to apply for visas abroad, which has directly affected the installation and commissioning services of equipment for foreign customers. At the same time, logistics problems , It also makes business operations very difficult.” Speaking of this, Sang Jianzhong, chairman of Best Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd., seemed a little helpless. As an outstanding enterprise representative in the field of domestic spinning machine product technology, Best has maintained a good development momentum with its continuous technological innovation in recent years. In 2021, the company’s sales revenue reached the best level in the company’s history. But the epidemic seems to have forced companies to slow down their operations.
Zhou Zhiqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Wuxi Hongyuan Mechanical and Electrical Technology Co., Ltd., also said that the overall situation of the company in 2021 is very good, and the new HY-9 fully automatic doffing machine has achieved batch sales; the international market has bucked the trend , achieved a new breakthrough in the order volume of texturing machines; developed China’s first fully automatic doffingnylon stretch yarn machine… The past year has been a bumper year for the company. But when they gathered their morale and headed towards 2022, they also encountered “unexpected things”. “The epidemic situation will continue to rise and fall in 2022, especially the outbreak in Shanghai, which has given rise to the increased prevention and control responsibilities of Wuxi, which is located around it, and has had a great impact on the production and operation of Hongyuan Technology. “In the short term, the original production has been broken. rhythm, even causing periodic production and operation shutdowns. ”
Zhou Zhiqiang told reporters that the main impact is poor logistics. On the one hand, many outsourced parts cannot enter the company, which affects the company’s production and equipment assembly progress, and the production cycle is extended; on the other hand, the installed Good equipment cannot be shipped, inventory has increased, and capital withdrawals have been blocked; although transportation has been liberalized in some areas, logistics costs have soared. In addition, the poor flow of people also poses many restrictions. The movement of people in and out of Wuxi City is restricted, and face-to-face communication with the outside world is reduced, which affects operational efficiency. Especially in terms of market development, people are not allowed to go out, and the amount of information is significantly reduced. Some large projects require face-to-face communication, which is currently impossible and progress is slow. Some of the equipment for the intelligent technology transformation project promoted by the company has arrived at the company, but personnel restrictions prevent it from being debugged, which also delays the progress and affects production efficiency.
The direct result of various difficulties is that the company’s new orders have dropped significantly, and the return of funds cannot guarantee progress. In addition, the prices of raw materials and oil caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict have continued to rise, and the logistics costs of epidemic control have increased significantly, putting the company’s operating costs under greater pressure.
Inovance Technology, which is also located near Shanghai, has maintained rapid growth in its business in the textile field for many years. Through its persistent process electronics path, it continues to adhere to the priority of creating value for customers and provides industry customers with inkjet printing solutions in the weaving industry. Excellent solutions include third-generation water products, single-spindle system for spinning machines, all-electric systems for texturing machines, and online tension detection systems.
The epidemic in the first quarter of this year also caused some interference to Inovance Technology’s operations, but fortunately it did not have much substantive impact. “Suzhou is the main production base of the company’s products. During the epidemic, the company concentrated specific personnel to work overtime to ensure supply and delivery, and operations were able to continue; Shenzhen is the location of the company’s headquarters and is mainly responsible for some product research and development and office functions. The company adopts home office, Focus on the comprehensive model of corporate office and home office, and find a balance between the government’s epidemic prevention and control requirements and the company’s guaranteed supply and delivery.” Ye Yuanxiong, general manager of Inovance Technology’s high-end textile BU, told reporters.
Seeking a breakthrough
Do your best to be possible
Supply chain and sales chain across the country, companies that have been pressed by the pause button due to various factors are indeed struggling to find good solutions, but only by facing up to the difficulties can they be solved.
“Best’s brand influence continues to increase in overseas markets, and we must overcome difficulties to guarantee our services to these high-quality customers.” According to Sang Jianzhong, during the epidemic, in order to achieve such a goal, Best has strengthened its promotion In order to improve the quality of personnel, relying on network and digital means, we can solve customer service problems including installation, debugging and general technical guidance through remote, network, video and other innovative methods. “The epidemic forced us to change our thinking and service model, and achieved good results, boosting the team’s confidence.” SangJianzhong said, “There is no bad market, only bad companies. This sentence is indeed true.”
In the face of recurring epidemics, Hongyuan Technology proactively responded to the call from superiors, strictly implemented prevention and control work, resolutely prevented the spread of the epidemic in the company, and steadily promoted production and operations. Focusing on the current situation, while strengthening communication with users, Wuxi Hongyuan is actively connecting with higher-level authorities, transportation departments and freight companies to ensure the smooth flow of logistics and orderly delivery to the greatest extent possible. On the one hand, the corporate procurement department actively connects with the original suppliers to find ways to solve the problem of goods supply and ensure smooth supply as much as possible; on the other hand, it actively expands channels and looks for local suppliers in Wuxi City for some parts to quickly solve the problem. Urgent need.” In terms of market expansion, some results have been achieved through the implementation of a series of measures. In terms of market development, there are still some new orders, and shipments in some areas are slowly starting.
Inovance Technology is also adhering to the “battle to ensure supply” despite the severe supply situation, and does not let delivery become a business bottleneck for customers and partners. It is understood that Inovance Technology uses the localized operation of the market team to connect local market teams and service teams to reduce personnel mobility, meet the sales consultation and service work of regional customers, and continue to create value for customers; in response to the challenges caused by the epidemic For logistics and transportation issues, we can alleviate the pressure caused by transportation by preparing materials and setting up local warehouses. It is particularly worth mentioning that Inovance Technology urgently purchased 100,000 COVID-19 antigen detection kits from terminal partners in Beijing, and donated them to the Hangtou Town Government of Pudong New Area, Shanghai through Best Electric, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Innovator Technology, to help All local sectors work together to fight the epidemic.
Develop new situation
Dealing with uncertainty with certainty
Whether it is a “black swan” or a “grey rhino”, all experiences have pain, but they also teach us to grow.
Zhou Zhiqiang said that at present, the world economic situation is very complex, and the epidemic continues to spread, which has significantly increased the uncertainty for the real economy. From a stage perspective, the development pressure faced by various industries is very high, including the textile and spinning machinery industry. Under the combined effect of various factors, Hongyuan Technology’s business ideas are also being refreshed, and the company’s operations are constantly being thought about from a strategic level.
Zhou Zhiqiang said that in the future, Hongyuan Technology will unswervingly adhere to the technology-based enterprise development and promote the development of the company’s products in the direction of intelligence and digitalization. On the other hand, the company’s supply channels will be further broadened, more domestic or local supporting chains will be cultivated or developed, and a more independent and controllable supply system will be formed. I believe that Hongyuan Technology will be able to break through the epidemic and achieve highquality development.
Also aware of the importance of technology accumulation is Zhejiang Huilin Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., which has been quite influential in the field of jacquard machines. Huilin Intelligent General Manager Sun Shanlin said that the current Jacquard machine products are seriously homogenized and there is no core technology. , without R&D capabilities, the era of making money by making products has long passed. If you are not prepared for danger in times of peace, sooner or later you will have to face the reality of survival. The impact of the epidemic in the past few years has made Sun Shanlin more convinced that no matter whether the market is booming or not, technology research and development needs to be firmly directed and continued investment, so that we can grasp new demands in the market at any time. During the epidemic in the first quarter of this year, Huilin Intelligent invested in a batch of new product molds and planned to launch an energy-saving jacquard machine in the second half of the year. The energy saving of a single machine can reach 10,000 yuan/year.
In Ye Yuanxiong’s view, the situation this year is not optimistic. The current domestic demand is shrinking, coupled with the resumption of work and production in Southeast Asian countries, the textile market is showing a decline. He believes that cultivating internal strength is the key to a smooth transition in 2022. In the textile field, Inovance Technology has always insisted on “promoting process electronics, equipment intelligence and industrial digitalization”. “The core of process electronics lies in the cost-effectiveness of the ultimate experience, the core of equipment intelligence lies in ultra-short process innovation, and the core of industrial digitalization lies in To tap the value of core data, we will continue to invest 10% of our revenue in research and development in 2022 to provide our customers with more competitive textile electrical products and solutions.”
As Zhou Zhiqiang said, “No matter how difficult it is now, in the long run, the world’s forward development trend is unstoppable. We still have to be full of confidence in the future. For my country’s textile industry, it is an advantageous industry and has The strong global competitiveness is only temporarily affected by the objective situation, including the epidemic. After the development trough and reshuffle, the development vitality will be stronger in the future.”
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