Recently, employees like Wang Qian and Liu Jun at the Jinan Yuxing Water Purification Plant have seen their names being put on the methods of various operations they have been responsible for carrying out. These methods have achieved remarkable increases in the efficiencies of industrial processes, increasing quality and lowering costs. Other staff members at the workshop have even begun calling these methods “Wang Qian Procedure” and “Liu Jun Operation”. At the moment, Wang Qian Procedure has been applying for a patent.
Jinan Yuxing has focused on motivating its staff to come up with innovative ideas revolving around “improving quality, increasing output, and reducing consumption”, and has carried out a great deal of research into creating an effective incentive mechanism. Progressive operational methods have been invented by workers and these methods represent practical contributions made to the enterprise by staff members.
For instance, there is an important water demineralization pre-treatment process where the quality of the water passing through the multi-media filter and activated carbon filter has a large impact on the running and costs of the demineralized water station. In the past, maintenance of the multi-media filter came with all kinds of problems such as time-consuming washing, difficulties in controlling the backwashing strengths, as well as the leaking of large amounts of filter materials during the automatic procedure, which plagued the whole workshop. Wang Qian kept these problems in mind and made significant headways in preventing material loss, backwashing water and time consumption. The “Liu Jun Operation” can save 10 cubic meters of water when backwashing an activated carbon filter, making up a total of 40 cubic meters saved per day.
This was the first time that the naming campaign was held, and it caused a sensation among the staff members. The campaign gives incentives for staff members to innovate, and today one good suggestion after another are being taken from staff members and implemented. Water consumption resulting from demineralization has been brought down from 1.5 ton per ton to 1.480. Costs for November have been reduced across the board, and consumption of raw materials is taking place at the highest levels of efficiency.