Chapter 268 Discussion

"Alright, that's all for the content. Everyone, if you have any suggestions or ideas, feel free to speak up."

After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, his gaze swept over the employees in the meeting room.

He didn't know much about management, but his wife had told him that if he didn't understand something, he shouldn't make decisions lightly; he could listen to others' ideas.

He thought it made a lot of sense. Many of the employees in the meeting room were college graduates, who knew more than him, and would surely have many practical suggestions.

"General Manager Jiang, I have some thoughts."

Jiang Cheng followed the voice and saw that it was Xu Yaning, the head of the Clothing Factory's design department, who had spoken.

Xu Yaning was a crucial talent for the Clothing Factory. The various clothing styles in the workshop now were all from Xu Yaning and her team.

Since such a talented person had ideas, he naturally dared not neglect her.

"Please speak."

"I'd like to know what areas the Clothing Factory will be involved in in the future. Our design department needs to prepare in advance. If too many areas are involved, our design department may need to increase the number of designers."

Xu Yaning spoke slowly.

Currently, the Clothing Factory's designs were in the sports and casual wear fields. Their design department, with four people, could manage from design sketches to sample garment production.

However, if they expanded into more areas, the four of them would definitely not be able to handle it.

"General Manager Chen stated that after the Clothing Factory gradually expands, it will progressively involve all areas related to clothing. Currently, the newly renovated workshop will involve shoes."

"If you have any ideas or requirements, just bring them up."

Jiang Cheng looked up at Xu Yaning. He knew a bit about the machines in the workshop, but he was completely clueless about design.

Xu Yaning pondered for a moment, then slowly began to speak.

"If that's the case, the design department will at least need to add designers specializing in footwear. If more areas are added, corresponding designers may also need to be increased."

"Okay, you can communicate with the Human Resources Department about what kind of designers you need, and they will proceed with recruitment. Are there any other questions?"

Listening to Xu Yaning's words, Jiang Cheng nodded.

"No, but if the design department's staff increases in the future, the current design department's studio will definitely not be enough and will need to be expanded."

"Okay, I understand this matter."

Jiang Cheng wrote down Xu Yaning's concern in his notebook. The design department office being too small was a critical issue.

Although it wasn't affecting them yet, it definitely needed to be resolved in advance. Otherwise, if they waited until the problem occurred, it would be too late to solve it.

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

After resolving Xu Yaning's issue, Jiang Cheng looked at the other employees.

Soon, he saw Cai Jing raise her hand.

"Minister Cai, please speak."

Cai Jing was personally promoted to head of the purchasing department by General Manager Chen, so she must be very capable.

"General Manager Jiang, if the Clothing Factory expands, then the company's employees will definitely increase significantly. However, with the current size of the employee cafeteria and dormitories, they will certainly not be enough to support the number of employees after the Clothing Factory's expansion."

Cai Jing stood up and spoke slowly.

After she was promoted to head of the purchasing department, taking over Li Shen's position, she also had to deal with some logistics matters.

The cafeteria and employee dormitories were naturally within her scope of management.

So, when she heard that the Clothing Factory was going to expand further, she immediately thought of this issue.

"Hmm! I will figure out a way for this."

Jiang Cheng also noted down the issues of the cafeteria and employee dormitories in his notebook. These were all problems that the Clothing Factory would face after expansion and had to be taken seriously.

He then continued to inquire with the other meeting members.

After a while,

The meeting drew to a close, and Jiang Cheng directly announced its end.

He didn't idle after returning to the office, immediately calling the Mechanical Factory to inquire about shoemaking machines.

After all, the new workshop had already been renovated, and all that was missing were new machines and new employees.

During the Spring Festival holiday,

The Clothing Factory had a collective holiday, with no one left to work overtime, so the new machines and new employees were not yet fully prepared.

However, he had already inspected the new machines at the Mechanical Factory during the holiday, and he had understood the basic machine models, types, and prices.

Now he just needed to communicate with the Mechanical Factory to finalize the order for the machines, and they could be delivered to the Clothing Factory.

The employee issue was also easy to solve.

Currently, the benefits at Changfeng Clothing were evident to all. As long as the recruitment information was released,

It was estimated that there would be no need to wait for recruitment on job websites. Simply by word of mouth among employees of other companies in the Industrial Park, many employees would likely come to apply.

He still remembered the incident when the new workshop was built, and 90% of the Mechanical Factory's employees came to apply at the Clothing Factory.

Although that situation at the Mechanical Factory was caused by some of its employees instigating from behind the scenes,

Even if it didn't attract most of the employees from other companies, just attracting a small portion of employees from each company in the park would be enough to recruit all the employees for the new workshop.

So, he wasn't very worried about the employee issue.

After communicating with the Mechanical Factory, they guaranteed that all machines would be delivered to the Clothing Factory within three days, and corresponding technical personnel would come for debugging.

Hanging up the phone,

Jiang Cheng sat in his office chair, his brows furrowed as he looked at the many problems recorded from the meeting that needed to be solved.

These problems,

Seemingly simple, actually presented many difficulties.

The design department office, the cafeteria, and the employee dormitories—these three issues all involved space.

But the Clothing Factory currently only had this much workshop space, with no extra space for expanding employee dormitories and the cafeteria…

If they were to rent new workshops, there were no extra vacant workshops in the Industrial Park currently.

However, if they rented workshops in other Industrial Parks, the distance would be too far and very inconvenient.

Moreover, these were all construction-related issues.

The more critical issues were related to company operations. With the recent addition of employees from nearby clothing factories, Changfeng Clothing already had many clothing franchise stores.

During the New Year holiday, these franchise stores had also been successively renovated and had begun operations.

However, due to the lack of brand recognition and the not-so-low prices, the sales feedback so far was not optimistic.

Some stores even went several days without selling a single piece of clothing.

This was a very fatal problem.

Even though he hadn't attended many years of school, he knew that if no one bought the clothes produced, the Clothing Factory would definitely lose money!

He used to be just the head of the Clothing Factory's production department. Although he was aware of the Clothing Factory's current financial losses,

As the head of the production department, even if he knew, he couldn't help much and didn't have the ability to help.

He could only try his best to improve the quality of the clothing, at least so that customers couldn't find any flaws in the clothes when they made a purchase.

But now that he had become the general manager of the Clothing Factory, he had to find a way to make the company profitable. This was his responsibility as the company's leader.