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Orderly Resumption of Production Dailywin Watch: Stabilizing Supply Chain and Supporting 15 Suppliers in Resuming Production

date:2020-02-18 15:59:24 source:timedg.com
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February13marksthethirddayofproductionresumptionofDongguanDailywinWatchCo.,Ltd.,aHongKong-investedenterpriseinFenggangtown,Dongguan.Insidetheproductionworkshop,employeesaremakingwatches,wearingbluesuits,masksandgloves.Liu Ren, General Manager of the company, shared concerns of other companies. He is coordinating coaches and sending them to Gaozhou, Maoming to help suppliers to pick up employees to return to work.

Explain the current situation to achieve clients’ understanding

DailywinWatchplanned to resume production on February 3 with part of the orders having been placed. Affected by the epidemic, the company delayed production to February 10. So far, only about 40% of the employees have returned to work. By initial estimation, about 60% of the company’s orders received in February and March cannot realize on time delivery. “This is a heavy blow to the company. We may fail to catch up with the orders placed by our clients from India where February and March mark the peak of wedding,” said Liu Ren. We first feared that there might be defaults and contractual disputes, but most of our clients are regular clients and show understanding after we have explained the current developments of the epidemic and our efforts in resuming production.

ThoughtheDongguanfactoryofDailywinWatchcannotrecoverproductionaftertheSpringFestival,itsSwissfactorycanconductnormalproduction.However,thecompanyishauntedbyanotherproblem.“TherawmaterialsandcomponentsrequiredbySwissfactoryaremainlyfromChina.InadequatesupplyofcomponentsfromChinaalsoimpedescapacityreplacementofSwissfactory,”saidLiuRen.

Liu Ren has been fidgeting around in his office in recent days, worrying about the inadequate supply of components. The reserve components of Dailywin Watch can only suffice for a week, while only 2 out of the 15 supporting enterprises in the industrial park have resume production. Most of the enterprises cannot resume normal production until March. “Such instability of supply chain has sent huge shocks to the company, which is very common in machine manufacturing industry,” said Liu Ren.

Support supporting vendors in resuming production

Asidefromfightingitsownbattleagainsttheepidemic,DailywinWatchalsoactivelyoffershelpto15supportingvendorsintheindustrialparktoresumeproduction.Manyofthesupportingvendorsaresmallandmedium-sizeenterprisesandhavenoaccesstopurchasingfacemasksandothersupplies.Tosolvethisproblem,DailywinWatchspecificallypurchasedabout30,000masksfromoverseasandotherdisinfectantmaterialsandofferthemtothevendorsatpurchaseprice.

DailywinWatchalsosharedmaskswithsomeenterprisesalreadyresumingproductionbutlackingmasks.“Ourcomponentstockonlysufficesforaweek.Throughconcertedefforts,weexpecttohelpsupportingvendorsbacktoproductionearliertoguaranteeastableindustrialchain,”saidLiuRen.DailywinWatchalsooffereditscomprehensivemeasuresonepidemicpreventiontoothervendors,helpingthemtoputinplaceastandardizedandinstitutionalizedmanagement,forinstance,disinfectionintheindustrialpark,diningatdifferenttimesandquarantineoftheemployees.

Liu Ren thought that the government has done a bunch of effective works on epidemic prevention and control and on helping enterprises resume production. In comparison, large enterprises have less difficulties in resuming production, while small and medium-size enterprises face more complex challenges. For instance, they are less equipped in resuming production with limited access to purchasing prevention supplies. These small and medium-size enterprises constitute important links of the supply chain. The supply chain of the manufacturing industry can only be effectively stabilized by stabilizing these small and medium-size enterprises first.

Source:timedg.com


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