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In recent years, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has asked all units in the industry to implement a new concept of development, in which lean logistics concepts such as cost reduction and efficiency, energy saving and emission reduction, and recycling are highlighted. How to find the best balance of cost, efficiency and effectiveness by optimizing resource allocation is the key to the effectiveness of lean logistics improvement work. As a logistics enterprise based on tobacco industry for many years, Shandong BlueSword Logistics Technology Co.
In 2015, Zhangjiajie Tobacco Monopoly Bureau (Company) cooperated with Shandong BlueSword to carry out technical transformation of the existing logistics sorting equipment, and with an investment of more than 300,000 RMB, the sorting efficiency of the equipment increased from 9,000 items/hour to more than 14,000 items/hour in more than half a month. With the great assistance of Shandong BlueSword Company, the technological reform of tobacco enterprises has achieved such a lean input-output ratio.
Save project input, break through technical difficulties, and make hard efforts to reduce costs and increase efficiency
The improvement of equipment configuration is the primary task of technical reform work. In order to save inputs, Shandong BlueSword and the technical reform team of Zhangjiajie Municipal Bureau (Company) Logistics Center conducted research and formulated several sets of technical reform plans, and the final choice was to use old parts to make technical improvements to the sorting line.
To this end, Shandong BlueSword transformed the original single-layer strip tobacco belt in tandem to a double-layer belt in parallel and merging and coding operation mode, which improved the sorting and conveying efficiency. At the same time, a packing machine was added after the merging and coding, and this packing machine came from the old automatic plastic sealing packing machine which was idle in Xiangtan Company, and it was used together with the existing packing machine to ensure the overall improvement of system efficiency. Shandong BlueSword project manager and after-sales service department director Zhang Min told reporters that this sorting line transformation does not change the overall space layout of the existing sorting line form, to ensure the optimization of the system on the basis of upgrading, the maximum savings.
Under the premise of "saving", technical innovation is also essential. In order to guarantee the effective improvement of the efficiency of the technological improvement sorting line, Shandong BlueSword adopted the industry's advanced technology, such as the optimal configuration algorithm for the sorting of cigarettes, to improve the overall sorting efficiency of the sorting line by using the method of segmented sorting of the upper and lower lines and the merging and coding of cigarettes on the line, and adjusting the number of upper and lower line sorters according to the analysis of the actual order data of Zhangjiajie Tobacco to ensure a balanced ratio of the upper and lower line sorting channels, so as to ultimately improve the sorting efficiency of the whole line. efficiency. "Before the transformation, a single order of cigarettes had to go through all the channels to be completed. And after the transformation, the upper and lower lines discharged cigarettes at the same time, which greatly shortened the order discharging time and increased the operational efficiency of the sorting machine by more than 40%." Huang Yong, director of the logistics center of Zhangjiajie City Bureau (company), said that through the use of high-tech in the industry, many problems at the technical level, such as the technical reform and operation of the system, were effectively solved, and the tasks set for the technical reform of the system were completed.
Provide quality services and strengthen personnel training to add soft strength to the technical transformation
In the process of technical transformation, the service of logistics technology company is a strong reflection of the overall strength of the company. In order to minimize the impact of system upgrade on sorting operation, Shandong BlueSword and Zhangjiajie Municipal Bureau (Company) cooperated fully with the technical reform team and used the staff's vacation time to work overtime and compete for time to implement the operation. The technical reform project, which takes 3 months to implement, was completed by Shandong BlueSword in just half a month. "The project was completed precisely by using the holiday period before New Year's Day, and both of us were very efficient and the plan progressed smoothly." Zhang Min said, "half a month of system commissioning and trial operation, the total construction period of only one month that is to ensure that the technical transformation system before the opening of the door officially put into operation."
The effective operation of the equipment is inseparable from the careful maintenance of the operator. Previously, due to the lack of equipment maintenance personnel, Zhangjiajie City Bureau (Company) was lacking in equipment operation and maintenance management ability, and the sorting personnel were not familiar with the working principle and specific operation methods of the equipment. In view of this, Shandong BlueSword formulated a practical training program for the technological improvement project of Zhangjiajie City Bureau (Company) and assigned professional and technical personnel to conduct special training on business knowledge related to semi-automatic sorting lines, which strengthened the skills and level of standardized operation of sorting personnel. "Now we have changed the equipment maintenance management mode from after-the-fact maintenance to before-the-fact conservation, which enables us to discover abnormalities in the use of equipment in a timely manner and to maintain the equipment in a more targeted manner." Huang Yong said, "Through BlueSword's training, we have benefited a lot and really improved the maintenance level of our technicians."
At the same time, in order to cooperate with the technical reform of the system, Shandong BlueSword assisted Zhangjiajie Municipal Bureau (Company) to establish and improve the specialized sorting line personnel management system, and formulated the "Zhangjiajie Tobacco Sorting Line Job Responsibilities Manual" and "Zhangjiajie Cigarette Sorting Line Use and Maintenance Manual", which clarified the job responsibilities of employees in each position and the correct use and maintenance methods of the equipment, and achieved good follow-up service results.
Through this technical improvement, Zhangjiajie City Bureau (Company) has effectively shortened the working time of sorting staff, significantly improved labor intensity, and greatly reduced safety hazards, initially achieving the construction goal of lean improvement. Nowadays, the improvement in sorting efficiency has directly led to a significant increase in economic benefits, and the efficiency of sorting operations in the logistics center has increased from 180 pieces/hour to 280 pieces/hour. Through about 1 year of consolidation and operational improvement, the actual sorting efficiency of the sorting equipment after the technical improvement was stabilized at over 14,000 pieces/hour as of the end of 2015, with a 56% increase in sorting efficiency, exceeding the set target of the technical improvement. "The transformation can save an average of 4 hours of operating time per day, and together with various cost inputs such as electricity and meals, the economic benefits are very considerable." Huang Yong concluded.
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