Ch 6 Food factory set sail

Capitalists are all profit-seeking! -Capital

　　 Carl Butler's efficiency is very high, and the result is very gratifying. The owners of eight factories are willing to sell.

No one wants to do an unprofitable business. In Austria, which has completed industrialization, the flour mill is already a sunset industry, and the cruel competition makes it impossible to see the money.

　　Ferdinand gave Carl the matter of negotiation, after all, the old butler's talent in this area made him ashamed. The previous supermarket purchases proved this, and Ferdinand himself is really not suitable for bargaining.

　　Finally, Ferdinand bought a flour mill called "Cateve Porto" for 18,000 pounds.

　　 The machinery and equipment were purchased a year ago, with more than 180 skilled workers, more than 50 employees, full firepower, and a daily output of 2,000 tons of flour.

　　 After buying these machines, Catwey Porto did not run at full capacity, and the employees have been compressed from more than 500 people in the heyday to the present.

　　 Even so, Katwe Porto is struggling to support, hovering on the edge of loss and profit.

　　 Ferdinand was very satisfied with this acquisition, the new boss must have a new look, and then changed the name of Catvi Porto.

　　 "Shuanghui Food Development Co., Ltd.", this tall name is the new name of the flour mill, heralding a new beginning. Well, it's actually a spoof of Ferdinand. He plans to pirate all familiar brands in the future.

　　 Ferdinand retained the original factory director Wei Lian Schubert. In the fiercely competitive Vienna, the flour mills were able to maintain their profits, which proved his ability.

　　 In fact, the original Catvi Porto, the operation is still very good, it is well managed inside and out, and the cost is reduced to a minimum.

　　 But in terms of sales, it can be said to be a mess. There is no brand and no large wholesaler. The products are mainly sold to the vast countryside.

　　 There is no way, as a rising star, the market in the city has been carved up. Being able to open up the rural market is also enough to show that the boss has a strategic vision, but unfortunately he is too advanced. The rural areas of this era are so poor that it is a dream to complete the rural encirclement of the city.

　　 But now with Ferdinand, everything is not a problem. Of course, in the short term, supermarket sales are limited, and the rural market still cannot be abandoned immediately.

　　 Ferdinand, as the boss, personally went to the factory to appease the employees. He made a promise in public, never defaulted on wages, and checked the status of the factory.

　　 Finally, when he saw the dark bread, he was moved with compassion and announced that he would increase the original food standard by 20%, and he immediately won the support of the workers.

　　 sent management personnel, because of the cooperation of the workers, after a short period of running-in, the factory continued to operate.

　　 In order to improve production efficiency and stimulate workers' enthusiasm for production, Ferdinand proposed a constructive bonus plan to Wei Li'an.

　　Wei Li'an quickly took out the reward system in accordance with the reality and reported it to him.

　　 Ferdinand is very satisfied with Wei Li'an's approach. As a boss, he can be generous to the workers, but it is the opposite to the manager. Like many bosses, only he can be a good person and buy people's hearts, while a manager must be evil and save him money.

　　Wei Li'an's plan is to increase the average monthly output of workers on the existing basis, or increase the overall quality. For every one percent increase in output or quality, the team will receive a bag of flour as a reward.

　　 This measure is not expensive. The flour is produced by itself and the cost is very low. Workers can also take it home and eat it by themselves, which has the same effect as a direct bonus.

　　Ferdinand also discovered that Wei Li'an still has a basic conscience, and he added benefits to the workers as much as possible without harming his own interests, which made Ferdinand even more satisfied.

"Mr. Wei Li'an, you have done a beautiful job with this plan, and the workers need to be motivated. Then, go down and count, all employees working in the factory, how many family members they have, can buy from the factory at the ex-factory price in the future. To the corresponding rations." Ferdinand once again adopted a strategy of buying people's hearts.

　　 "Okay, Your Highness~ I'll do it right away!" Wei Li'an said excitedly

　　 From the factory to the retail, the price of flour has increased by at least three layers. Moreover, flour is the staple food in Europe, so the living expenses of workers will be greatly reduced, which is equivalent to an increase of two or three layers of salary.

　　 This is Ferdinand's idea of ​​the best way to improve the living conditions of the workers as much as possible under the conditions of reproduction and without harming the existing interests.

　　Facts have proved that Ferdinand's strategy is correct. With the expansion of his industry, the more welfare policies his workers enjoy. When the labor movement flourished in the future, his factory was always the most stable, and the influence of the union was much weaker here.

　　 Time flies, the flour processing factory is quickly on the right track, the output is increasing, and the quality is constantly improving. When it finally stabilized, total output increased by nearly 30%, and premium products also increased by 11%.

　　 And the price he paid was only a few hundred extra bags of flour every month. On average, every worker could get two or three bags of flour.

　　 Wei Li'an was very angry when discounting the rewards, and it was basically full. However, when giving out the rewards, he changed the rewards into small bags with no ethics, because he didn't make it clear at the time and the workers had nothing to say.

　　 This is a large and small package specially developed to adapt to supermarket sales. There are big bags of 50㎏, middle bags of 20㎏, small bags of 10㎏, and small bags of 5㎏, and even small packages of 1㎏ have been developed. Of course, on average, the smaller the package, the higher the unit price.

　　 Wei Li'an is still a bit human, and he didn't replace it with the smallest packaging, otherwise the workers would really want to cry. Now it is 10㎏ a bag of flour, two or three bags are enough for one person, so the workers still took it away happily.

　　 Ferdinand was afraid of bad debts, so he separated the finances of the factory and the supermarket very early. Even supermarket purchases must be paid and settled with reference to market prices.

　　 Because of the increase in supermarket sales, the flour mill quickly became profitable, and it made a profit of 300 pounds in the first month, although it was not as good as a supermarket.

However, Ferdinand is still very satisfied. This is a good start. The factory's production capacity has only been opened by one-third, and many products are sold to the countryside, and there is almost no profit. If all can be self-produced and sold , There is still a lot of room for improvement in factory profits.

　　 Ferdinand came up with the most commonly used trick for later generations. It was very unethical and changed into different packaging bags, and came up with seven or eight brands for customers to choose from. Like unscrupulous merchants in later generations, they sold the same flour at different prices, and they were very profitable.