I am the owner of a trading company specializing in sofa fabrics! The order-taking situation in the first half of this year was not ideal and not as good as last year. Recently, orders have begun to increase one after another, and I am very happy! At present, we have an order of 20,000 meters. The dyeing has been completed and only the finishing coating is left. Yesterday, we sent the fabric to the coating factory and finished it. Then it can be packed and shipped! But something thrilling happened in the next twelve hours. Let me tell you about it.
Twelve o’clock
Si hour 9:00-11 :00Just when I was feeling complacent, I received a call from the coating factory, telling me that the factory had been notified and had stopped production! My mood suddenly exploded like a thunderbolt. This batch of goods is for export and is ready to be loaded into the cabinet tonight!
Noon 11:00-13:00After calming down, I started to think of ways to deal with the matter. I called the customer first to inform him, but the customer said that the position had been reserved and could not be delayed, otherwise it would have to be shipped by air. The loss would be too great, and he told me to find a way.
Weishi 13:00-15:00I immediately rushed to the coating factory to check the situation. Oh my god, there were more than a dozen people surrounding the boss’s office! Everyone is asking the boss when production will resume and when work can be scheduled on the machine. But the boss’s answer was also very helpless. No one knew exactly when production could resume, and they could only wait for notification.
Shenshi 15:00-17:00The coating factory has no hope of resuming production. After some consideration, it was decided to have the coating done elsewhere. I immediately called a coating factory in Xucun, Haining, and finally begged the boss, who finally agreed to help me work overtime. I immediately drove there in a pickup truck.
Youshi 17:00-19:00 At the same time, I contacted two coating factories in Wuxi and Jiangyin. After asking my grandfather and grandma again, the boss agreed to help rush the goods. . We contacted two trucks, loaded up the cloth and rushed there.
Xu Shi 19:00-21:00 When I arrived at the coating factory in Xucun, when I was about to use the machine to do it, the boss raised the price again. The price originally negotiated on the phone was 1 yuan/meter, which was 0.2 yuan/meter more expensive than Shengze. However, in order to ship the goods, this 0.2 yuan was nothing, so we agreed at that time. But now the price has been increased again, to 1.5 yuan/meter! I felt bitter in my heart. I had already brought the goods over and was in a hurry to ship them. It was impossible not to do it, so I had no choice but to agree.
Hai Shi 21:00-23:00After negotiating the price, the boss immediately stopped other work on the machine and switched to doing my work. After personally seeing that there was no problem with the quality after coating, I rushed home and prepared to rest. It was already 11 o’clock in the evening.
Ziushi 23:00-1:00 After I got home, I lay in bed sleepless after a tiring day. When I came to my senses, I calculated an account and found that there was no profit in this order. . The prices for the two batches of goods shipped to Wuxi and Jiangyin also increased by 0.2-0.3 yuan/meter. In addition, the freight for one car is 850 yuan, and the round trip freight for two cars is 3,400 yuan! In total, I lost nearly 10,000 yuan on this order! The profit of the entire order is not even 10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to paying for it out of pocket. But if we don’t go through such trouble to rush the goods, we will lose more than 10,000 yuan for delayed delivery!
Chou Shi 1:00-3:00 On the other hand, the other side started to worry about another order. His mind was filled with how to deliver the order, and he couldn’t sleep at all. It is not yet known when the coating factory will be able to resume production. Another order of 70,000 meters of cloth is waiting for production alone in the coating factory, and it is not known when it will be delivered.
Yinshi 3:00-5:00 After a sleepless night, I simply got up and drove to Wuxi and Jiangyin. I was worried about the two batches of goods there. When I arrived, the goods there were almost finished, and the quality was not much different from Shengze’s, so I felt relieved.
Mao Shi 5:00-7:00 Finally, this batch of goods was completed in rapid processing and has been sent to Shanghai for warehouse. It was already 5 o’clock in the morning. After a busy day, I finally let go of my worries.
Chenshi 7:00-9:00Just now, I received the good news that the coating factory has resumed production. Everyone is celebrating! My order of 70,000 meters has been placed. Not only do I not have to pay compensation for delayed delivery, I also don’t have to spend more money to rush the goods! The above is my twelve hours, but most textile people live like this.
The sudden suspension of production disrupted the original production plan and caused a series of problems for subsequent orders. Although everyone believes that the suspension of production will not last long, it will still have a great impact on the company. Finishing is a supporting industry for textile fabrics and is indispensable to the entire industry chain. This is the saying that one hair can affect the whole body.
Since the environmental protection rectification, everyone’s awareness of environmental protection has also increased, and the entire industry can understand and accept it, and the mentality has become more optimistic. However, given the overall sluggish market environment this year, the impact of environmental protection on orders is indeed difficult for companies to bear for a while.
From the suspension of production and the transfer of orders, to shipment, and then to the resumption of production, it took a full twelve hours! These twelve hours were thrilling to me, and every minute and every second was unforgettable! It’s not easy being a textile person! I would also like to say “Thank you for your hard work” to those friends who are fighting on the same front as me!
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