The price goes up and down. Non-ferrous companies are planning to spend their days

The price of non-ferrous metals “jumps up and down”, which brings risks to the industry that are difficult to control, and many Quanzhou enterprises learn from the practice of Jiangsu's equipment manufacturing industry.

"Previous month, copper prices hit 67,580 yuan/ton, hitting a new high in 28 months, and although prices have been lowered, prices have been running at a high level, and cost pressures have pressured companies to breathe." Nananlun Cang, a small plumbing company, is responsible for People complain on the phone. His "bitterness" is precisely an important issue facing most industrial enterprises. The price of industrial raw materials continues to rise.

Since this year, whether it is steel or copper and other non-ferrous metal prices fluctuate at high levels, this will first affect equipment manufacturing companies that use steel as food. How to deal with the surge in raw materials has become a key component of the inspection tour of Quanzhou's equipment manufacturing industry to Jiangsu.

Refined product excellence

“In the recent period, the overall increase in steel plate has reached 30%.” Talking about the cost pressures of business operations, Chairman Chen Qirong of Shuangta Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. did not hesitate to point the finger at steel prices. On the one hand, there is a sharp increase in the prices of raw materials, and on the other is the competition of a number of companies. Chen Qirong bluntly stated that it is too difficult to raise prices.

Whether in Sanyueji, Toshiba Transformer Co., or in Jinfangyuan CNC Machine Tool Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd., by strengthening the cost control to resist the pressure of raw material price increases, the inspection team for Quanzhou equipment manufacturing industry that went to Jiangsu to learn more Inspiration. It is because of the long-term trend of seeing high raw material fluctua- tions and cost pressures that are difficult to pass on to users. These enterprises have started to control costs very early. In research and development, Sany Heavy Machinery has taken various measures such as optimization of steel selection, integration of blanking centers, reduction of design costs, and optimization of process flow, effectively controlling costs.

The product structure of high-end products must be changed. Quanzhou's equipment manufacturing industry delegation visited Changzhou Toshiba Transformer Co., Ltd. and found the “tips” for dealing with the rise in raw materials prices. A transformer of the same capacity sold for more than 16 million yuan two years ago. Today it can only sell 7 million yuan. The company’s director of management, Yan Yan, told reporters that peer competition has led to price cuts and that in response to rising raw material prices, companies have moved from manufacturing a highly competitive 500-megavolt transformer manufacturing space to manufacturing 1500-megavolt-ampere ultra-high-voltage large-capacity power transformers. .

Fine-grained market segments

The reporter learned that for the machine tool industry, as steel prices continue to rise, small businesses have to raise prices to ensure a meagre profit. Some of the affected SMEs are looking to establish a unified procurement alliance or resolve the risks through ** transactions. While other small businesses do a good job of subdividing the market to make the products irreplaceable, they can resolve the pressure of rising raw materials.

Nanxing Machinery mainly manufactures environmental protection equipment for water use in ceramic enterprises. The company’s operator Chen Tiewen told the reporter, “All machine prices have risen by around 2,000 yuan, up 10%.” Since the prices of raw materials such as steel and cast iron have been rising, he has already begun While shifting the cost pressure to the sales terminal, although some customer sources fluctuate due to price increase, due to the better market segmentation, there are few competitors in the region, and their products have strong irreplaceability. The company's production lines increase product prices. It has been busy since.

Extending the industrial chain has also become another choice for many companies. “Two energy-saving ceramic production lines are under construction.” said Hong Guangming, chairman of Shenluda Group. The plumbing industry companies have chosen to make a fuss about the expansion of the industrial chain, realize the integration of plumbing and sanitary ware products, conduct a full range of marketing layout, and seize the main channels of sales in the domestic market.

Hit the waste rate discount

“The issue of leftovers was not considered before.” Chen Qirong, chairman of Shuangta Auto Parts Co., Ltd., told reporters that through management improvements, the waste of waste during processing was reduced.

Self-digestion is to strengthen the fine management, make the production process more scientific, in order to resolve the cost pressures. Many companies manage their production processes scientifically, increase production efficiency, and shorten delivery times as much as possible. A shoe machine company in Jinjiang started to reduce costs through management, actively promoted a series of measures such as energy saving and consumption reduction, cost reduction, and implementation of refined management. Through the purchase of new equipment, transformation of old equipment and improvement of comprehensive energy efficiency, the first 10 months of this year Sales revenue increased by 60% and electricity consumption increased by only 17%.

Due to the emphasis on improving the level of information technology, reducing management costs, and improving product technology content, some companies have resisted pressure and achieved good economic results. Some companies built ERP management systems based on computer networking, which greatly optimized the production management process. There are also efforts to shorten the product supply chain and reduce the inventory of products and parts at all stages, thereby reducing resource consumption and saving costs. In a large-scale plumbing company in Nan'anlun Cang, the reporter saw that each team has established a spare parts management ledger. Each job has monthly usage indicators, and used spare parts can only be replaced with new ones, saving one screw. “Through target cost management, the average monthly cost of spare parts for the group will be 17%,” said the on-site workshop manager.

Calculate feed timing

"Only follow the market trend and increase inventory appropriately." The approach taken by a stone machinery company in Nan'an Shuitou can be said to represent the voice of many small businesses. Price fluctuations have also caused some auto parts companies to shorten the feeding cycle as much as possible. “Sometimes the price of steel has changed greatly once a month.” Chen Qirong told reporters that every year companies must “eat up” a large amount of steel, and 60% of steel products should be purchased from the first-tier distributors of Baosteel, and both parties will bring in price fluctuations. The risk has been minimized and the lead time has been reduced to a minimum of three months.

Large companies with strong strength appear more confident in the increase of raw material prices. Copper prices almost equaled the highest level in July 2008. When asked if the soaring copper price meant more pressure, Cai Jilin, president of Zhongyu Building Material Group, said with a smile that price increases will exert pressure on everyone and will not affect the competitiveness of enterprises. The chairman of the brilliant plumbing group, Wang Jianye, even said that since the long-term contract was signed, the price of copper has not yet exceeded the contract price.