Lao Dai was puzzled: "What's wrong with this family?"
Xia Qingyuan said: "This factory looks great on the outside, but I heard that the internal management is very messy and the quality control is not good."
This is news that Xia Qingyuan knew in her previous life.
Shixing was still very good in the early years. After the partners tasted the benefits, they wanted to expand production. They worked out everything from output to design. The result of doing so naturally has advantages and disadvantages. Product quality control
Can't keep up.
It was fine at the moment, but within a year or two, its reputation began to decline. Later, it seems that the factory was sold because of disagreements among the partners.
If she were to sell such goods, she would be spitted to death by those official wives.
Lao Dai couldn't help but give Xia Qingyuan a thumbs up: "You are quite well informed."
After speaking, the two went to the second clothing factory that Lao Dai had chosen.
Compared with Shixing, the second garment factory is inferior in all aspects in appearance. It is not a big factory, and the factory building is no longer brand new. Even the "Phoenix" brand at the door is rusty.
In addition, among the staff walking around inside, one or two disabled people could be seen walking among them.
Lao Dai explained: "Although this factory is a bit old, it has a good reputation in Yangcheng, and the quality of its clothes is also good."
He paused and moved closer to Xia Qingyuan: "It's just not that good. The style is ten days and a half months later than the previous two."
The clothing industry is one of the benchmarks in the fashion industry. It relies on constant updates and being at the forefront of trends.
If a factory launches a new product ten days and a half later than the same industry, it will be significantly outperformed.
Xia Qingyuan also wanted to know the reason for this.
For old garment factories that are not prosperous but still have some disabled people, the most important thing is to keep up with the times and make timely reforms to adapt to the times.
Phoenix Garment Factory is still doing well now. In a few years, as Shenzhen City gradually develops and Yangcheng and Shenzhen City become more integrated with international standards and become more closely integrated, Phoenix Garment Factory will eventually decline.
Xia Qingyuan said in a deep voice: "Let's go in and take a look."
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When I heard that someone wanted to cooperate, the workshop director of Phoenix came to greet him personally.
The director's surname is Fan, he is about forty or fifty years old, of medium build, with somewhat dark skin, uneven white hair on top of his head, and wrinkles between his eyebrows left by years of frowning.
He smiled as soon as he saw the two of them: "Are you two here to order clothes?"
He stretched out his hand to the two of them and introduced himself: "My surname is Fan, and I am the workshop director of Phoenix."
Lao Dai nodded: "Yes, we are in the clothing business, come here to purchase goods."
Director Fan said hurriedly: "Please come in, we happen to have a new batch of goods coming out of our factory. You can take a look."
With that said, he led the two of them to the workshop office.
When passing by the workshop, Xia Qingyuan took a look inside and found that although the area was not large, the machines and raw materials inside were arranged in an orderly manner. Even the workers on the assembly line were working seriously.
Protective clothing is also worn wherever there is protection.
Xia Qingyuan fell in love with Phoenix's management in this area at one glance.
Director Fan asked people to take out the clothes and put them on the mannequins. His eyes showed his love and confidence in these clothes: "You two can take a look at our clothes. Whether it is quality, tailoring or sewing, they are all made
Very good."
He grabbed one of the clothes and turned it inside out to show them: "Look, it fits the seam, and there is no extra thread."
Xia Qingyuan also picked up one of the clothes and looked at it carefully, and found that, as Director Fan said, there was no flaw at all.
As for the style, compared to Shixing and Manda, it seems a bit more conventional.
Lao Dai touched the clothes in his hands and couldn't put them down: "This clothes is really good."
Director Fan also looked proud: "Our factory director has always emphasized that quality should be the first priority, so you can rest assured that the problems of off-line and crotch opening in other garment factories will never occur in Phoenix."
Xia Qingyuan and Lao Dai both discovered a very fatal problem with Phoenix, which is that the boss puts quality first rather than keeping up with trends. This is a very dangerous thing for the clothing industry.
The boss's will affects major decisions and even determines the future development direction of the garment factory. No wonder Phoenix has continued to decline.
Xia Qingyuan nodded: "Director Fan, when I just came in, I saw it said that you can still do processing on behalf of others. Is that right?"
Director Fan was still thinking about selling his products, but unexpectedly, they fell in love with OEM processing.
He said, "Yes, this is a new plan proposed by our deputy factory director this year."
It's just that not many people come to them for processing. After all, the craftsmanship and level are there, and inferior clothes really can't be produced.
Xia Qingyuan and Lao Dai looked at each other and understood what they were thinking.
Lao Dai said: "Then how do you charge for agency processing?"
Director Fan said: "For OEM processing, you provide the raw materials yourself or we purchase them.
If you provide the raw materials yourself, the processing fee will be calculated based on the difficulty of processing the garment.
The processing fee for simple shirts in summer is 60 to 70 cents, and skirts and trousers are about 40 to 50 cents. Winter clothes are more expensive, such as windbreakers and jackets, which all start at 30 to 40 cents.
If we purchase raw materials, the summer ones cost about 1 yuan, and the winter clothes are even more expensive. An ordinary windbreaker usually costs around 20 or 30 yuan, and a cotton-padded jacket costs more than 30 yuan."
He finally concluded: "Of course, the prices I quoted are calculated according to the highest standards in the factory. If the requirements for these are not so high, it can be cheaper."
After asking this question, Xia Qingyuan and Lao Dai felt confident.
In the end, Xia Qingyuan and Lao Dai discussed and decided to purchase finished clothes first this time, and wait until there is enough time after the year to see if they can provide raw materials themselves and let Phoenix process them.
Now the best-performing domestic textile industry is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially in places like Changzhou. The textile industry is unique in the country.
However, Xia Qingyuan also knows about a place, which is Foshan, next door to Yangcheng. The red cotton silk weaving factory was built in the 1970s. The equipment and machines are said to be from Hong Kong. The main products are various silk and silk knitwear.
, as well as the import and export of silk clothing and related technologies.
It can be said that if the Changzhou Textile Factory cannot find good supply for the time being, it can first cooperate with the Red Cotton Textile Factory.
Xia Qingyuan said: "I plan to take a batch of goods back to test the sales. If the sales are good this time, we can strengthen further cooperation."
When Director Fan heard this, he was naturally happy: "We still have a lot of models that we haven't taken out yet, so I'll take you to see them right now.
You choose first, and I will calculate the discount for you when the time comes."
Xia Qingyuan also smiled and said, "Thank you, Director Fan."
Winter clothes are no better than summer clothes. There are not as many styles and fewer colors.
But there are windbreakers, cotton-padded jackets, jackets, woolen coats, and even cashmere sweaters and coats, as well as down jackets that are only popular abroad.
The women's models are richer in color than the men's models, but most of them are more resistant to stains, but they are enough.
Xia Qingyuan plans to pick up some goods in Phoenix and then go to Manda to have a look. The quality and craftsmanship may be worse there, but the styles should be richer.
Lao Dai also picked out clothes with Xia Qingyuan. He also wanted to get a better discount if the two of them bought large quantities of goods together.
Axiang looked at these clothes and couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear because of their novelty.
When did you see such clothes in Diancheng?
Often a jacket is worn for several years until the cotton wool inside becomes hard and hard to bear to throw away.
Just when Axiang sighed, Xia Qingyuan called her: "Axiang, come here."