"I'm used to it now. On the contrary, I feel more comfortable living in the company than at home. The entire factory area is closed, and our company is the only one within the fence, and we can walk around the company for a while." Although the accommodation conditions are difficult, Shanghai Yang Enhuan, deputy general manager of Toujing Diagnostics Technology Co., Ltd., described the days of resumption of work and production to Yicai in a relaxed tone as much as possible.
Now, he and his employees sleep on a cardboard floor. During the day, he has to put away the cardboard and the quilt and continue to work. Taking a shower is even more inconvenient, so he can only use a bucket to rinse it.
This is a microcosm of some pharmaceutical companies that are still maintaining production capacity since March 27.
Since the general considerations for resuming work and production in Shanghai were introduced at the press conference on Shanghai's epidemic prevention and control work on April 22, under the current epidemic conditions, the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have been coordinated to ensure the safety, stability and safety of the industrial chain and supply chain. An important task for the safety of urban operation.
Yicai understands that manpower, raw materials and logistics are the three barriers for enterprises to resume work and production. More and more enterprises are overcoming difficulties and striving to get on the right track of resuming work and production.
Strive to ensure personnel arrangements
Personnel arrangement is the first hurdle for resuming work and production.
Although the food and lodging is difficult, some companies will give employees certain subsidies to stabilize their emotions.
Some factories set up a "resting period" of about 7 to 10 days for recalled employees to ensure that employees have no problems with nucleic acid testing and antigen testing before they are incorporated into teams.
However, even for companies that were previously operating at low capacity during the shutdown, adding new staff in the short term will not be easy.
Li Guangbing, general manager of Shanghai Zhaowei Bioengineering Co., Ltd., told Yicai that the company has a total of 682 employees. At present, 398 people have resumed work and production, which is still less than the 410 employees during the lockdown period, because "some employees There were difficulties at home, and they were sent back when they could ensure that they met the requirements of epidemic prevention."
"Until the goal of social clearing is achieved, we are still relatively cautious in this regard. We cannot introduce too many employees at once, which will put too much pressure on our operations."
Li Guangbing told reporters that because the factory is located in a chemical industry zone, there were no basic living facilities such as accommodation, and employees could only be accommodated in the factory building and conference room. Fortunately, the park also helped to contact the catering company, which solved the problem of employees' dining.
Nucleic acid is also a major challenge, and some enterprises that have resumed work need to solve the problem of nucleic acid detection by themselves.
Some companies told Yicai that nucleic acid testing and antigen testing cost nearly 1,000 yuan per 100 employees per day.
At present, the enterprises that have resumed work and production mainly rely on the "living forces" who were the first to live in the factory.
Enterprises are also doing their best to provide basic living security and psychological counseling for these employees.
The impact of raw material shortage is gradually emerging
Raw materials are the second barrier to resumption of work and production.
"Right now, the biggest impact on the resumption of work and production is raw materials. Workers can work shifts with relative flexibility, but without raw materials, products cannot be produced." This is a common problem.
"The proportion of anti-epidemic materials in the company's revenue is actually not high, but because of the needs of anti-epidemic, we are organizing the production of anti-epidemic materials, and the two lines will be carried out at the same time. Earlier, there will be advance stocking, but now the raw materials are used for production. The impact is starting to show." Yang Enhuan introduced that Shanghai Toujing Diagnostics Technology Co., Ltd. mainly produces two categories. Anti-epidemic materials include sample preservation solution and nucleic acid extraction reagents for new crown nucleic acid detection, and another product is tumor marker detection kits, Molecular detection kits, etc.
During this period of time, the price of raw materials fluctuated greatly. Taking sampling swabs as an example, the original factory price was more than one cent, but it rose to three cents or even higher during the period of supply and demand imbalance.
Regarding the shortage of raw materials, the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission and other departments will hold coordination meetings, and all relevant departments are working hard to ensure the production of anti-epidemic material enterprises.
Li Guangbing has a deep understanding of this point.
His company, Zhaowei Bio, is the largest manufacturer of nucleic acid detection reagents in China, and the core upstream raw material that cannot be separated is acetonitrile.
However, the original supplier also in Shanghai stopped production due to equipment failure, resulting in a shortage of raw materials.
As far away as Lianyungang, Sierbon Petrochemical has a monthly production capacity of 1,500 tons of acetonitrile, mainly for long-term customers and overseas customers, and only a small part of the spot is left for sale.
Through the coordination of the Fengxian District Government, the Municipal Economic and Information Commission and the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Anti-epidemic Agency, a letter was sent to the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation, and the solution was solved by sending a car to Lianyungang to pick up the necessary materials for epidemic prevention and control.
As Zhang Wei, deputy mayor of Shanghai, said at the press conference earlier, the production of materials is a necessary prerequisite for enterprises to resume work and production, and the coordination work of relevant parties is still advancing.
Logistics is the key
The smoothness of logistics is a key factor affecting the resumption of work.
In terms of raw material procurement, it is divided into domestic and imported.
If the supplier is in Shanghai, thanks to the pass issued by the relevant parties, although the transportation capacity is relatively limited, the normal transportation of raw materials in the Shanghai area can be guaranteed.
However, in cross-provincial logistics, it is still a big problem that drivers are difficult to find.
Taking Jiaxing, Zhejiang to Shanghai as an example, the usual shipping cost of 1-2,000 yuan has now risen to 7-8,000 yuan, because the driver's isolation fee and lost work fee must be included.
Foreign raw material suppliers are also reluctant to ship to China due to concerns about road losses, especially the protein raw materials required by the medical industry need to be stored at -20 degrees Celsius or 2~8 degrees Celsius.
If the customs clearance or the transit time is too long, it may cause the deterioration of the product raw materials.
"We are not directly involved in the import business, but we hope that some policies related to customs declaration and import and export can be extended to our upstream agents." Yang Enhuan expressed his expectations to Yicai.
Not only raw materials, but logistics also have an impact on shipments.
Goods that can be transported at room temperature need to rely on the express delivery system, but some companies responded that "the express delivery system is basically completely stopped", and some products need to be transported by professional cold chain logistics companies.
The cost of the cold chain company consists of two parts: the transportation cost and the door-to-door delivery fee. The transportation fee is based on the city of arrival and the amount of goods transported. It did not increase during the epidemic, but the door-to-door delivery fee will rise from 300 yuan to 2,000 yuan each time. Yuan/time.
"The delivery time of product transportation will be extended a lot, and there have also been some problems of product failure due to too long transportation time." Yang Enhuan mentioned the impact of logistics on product sales.
After all the difficulties, the company is still on the road to resumption of work and production.
The interviewed companies said that the overall production capacity during the lockdown period was about 30% of the daily production capacity, but it can now be restored to 60% to 70%.
Li Guangbing also told Yicai that at present, if the production capacity of enterprises in various districts can be cleared from the social aspect, he plans to add another 10% of the manpower. The safety of epidemic prevention comes first.”