The first day of resumption of work under the epidemic situation: People and companies are living first

Although resuming work, it is not easy to resume production.

February 10, according to the regulations of some cities, is the day when some enterprises are allowed to resume work.

On the 9th, Li Fei, Chairman of ZF Intelligent Systems (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has been busy arranging the resumption of work the next day, welcoming about 50% of employees to return to work. From the fourth night of the Chinese New Year, Zephfer’s management meets every two days to discuss order delivery, outbreak protection and rework preparation. Not only did they prepare protective supplies for resumption of work, they also bought medical insurance against new coronary pneumonia for employees.

“Whether it is for individuals and businesses, living a healthy life is the primary goal of this year!” On February 6, Li Fei wrote a letter to employees, saying in the letter, “In very unusual times, I hope everyone can use a broad mind, With a long-term vision and a positive attitude, we will overcome the difficulties and overcome the difficulties! ”

“Originally, we expected sales to double this year. It is estimated that they can still grow, but certainly not so much.” Li Fei told First Financial reporter.

Resumption of production after resumption

On February 9, the “Shanghai Municipal Economic and Information Commission’s Notice on Resuming the Work and Resuming the Production of Enterprises” stated that the resumption of enterprises adhered to the “Four Priorities”-for the prevention and control of epidemics, which concerns the national economy and the people’s livelihood, and guarantees the urban operation and The enterprises that are necessary for the people’s life must give priority to the resumption of work. According to the “four heroes”, the enterprises with high economic contributions give priority to the resumption of work. The enterprises with sufficient market orders and effective prevention and control measures will give priority to the resumption of work. Return to work.

Zhefu Intelligent System (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the only manufacturer in China that provides a comprehensive intelligent safety prevention and control closed-loop solution for thermal runaway of new energy vehicle power lithium-ion batteries. During the fight against the epidemic, the Wuhan area bus group was also provided with free supplies for the maintenance of the lithium battery safety system of new energy vehicles to ensure the normal operation of the bus during the epidemic.

Zhefu will resume work on February 10, but Li Fei said that resume production is not easy.

Zhefu 2/3 of the employees are foreigners, about 60 people. At present, some office personnel such as sales and after sales have opened remote offices. Foreign employees on the production line, especially employees in key areas, must comply with regulations and isolate in situ. “At present, I can’t come back. Even if I return, it will be quarantined for 14 days. So although I resume work, I can recover up to 50% of capacity.

The employment problem also plagues the industry giants who share the journey.

After the city was closed in Wuhan, photos of doctors wearing protective clothing stepping on a bicycle have spread widely. At the moment of traffic control, bicycle sharing has become a travel choice for many people.

According to the Big Data from Harbin, after the outbreak, the riding behavior in Wuhan has changed significantly: within two or three days before and after New Year’s Eve, the proportion of riding within 100 meters of the hospital increased by 5 percentage points. The percentage of cycling has also increased significantly.

“In special times, when urban public transportation is shut down, residents have a rigid demand for shared units, and the complementary role that bicycles play in public transportation is greatly reflected.” The relevant person in charge of Haro Travel said.

Along with the further strengthening of the national epidemic prevention and control, Haro Travel announced on January 19 that all frontline workers in the country to fight the epidemic will be free to ride. As of February 9th, Harbin Travel has provided 310 units of bicycles and mopeds with monthly unpaid bicycles to 310 units nationwide including medical, disease control, urban management, sanitation, public security, and traffic police. More than 35,000 free cycling cards.

At the same time as supporting the first-line personnel in the fight against epidemic diseases, the Hello travel also had to bear the huge impact of the epidemic: due to traffic interruption and personnel control, the business of shared travel also fell sharply, and orders fell sharply.

Winter cycling is already an off-season for the industry. Adding to the impact of the epidemic, the bike sharing business has been greatly affected. Taking the Shanghai market as an example, the current order volume for Harbin bicycles is 1/6 of the daily average. Order losses in other regions are more obvious. At the same time, the orders for the Harbin mopeds and the Harbin windmills have all fallen significantly, resulting in a huge loss of overall revenue for Harlots.

In addition, due to the shortage of operation and maintenance personnel, bicycles and mopeds cannot be maintained in a timely manner. The shortage of electric cars and lost-connected cars has risen a certain percentage every day across the country, causing significant losses of assets for enterprises.

At present, the number of registered users in the country has exceeded 300 million, ranking first in the industry. Among them, Haro Bicycles and Haro Mopeds have settled in more than 360 and 260 cities across the country, respectively, and the downwind business has also been launched in more than 300 cities across the country.

February 10 was also the day when Haro returned to work. However, affected by the epidemic situation and the delayed resumption policies in various places, Haro also encountered a most direct problem: Many front-line operation and maintenance personnel were unable to return to the working city on schedule. According to the current statistics of returning to work, the proportion of bicycle and moped operation and maintenance personnel may only be about 50%.

“Even if the local enterprises resumed work on February 10th, according to the current situation of the epidemic development, the epidemic prevention and control in various places will continue for a long time, which will still have a negative impact on the travel industry including us. It will continue. We are also looking for ways to save ourselves. “The head of the Harbin bicycle business said that during the epidemic, the overall distribution of operation and maintenance personnel has been tilted, that is, priority is given to the limited operation and maintenance personnel in the epidemic-related disinfection. Waiting for the post, this will sacrifice some daily orders.

Asynchronous supply chain

In addition, enterprises are not separate individuals, but a link in the industry chain. Li Fei said that the current national vacation time is not uniform, especially in different provinces and cities, the resumption of work time is not uniform, and the resumption of business needs approval, which will lead to the unsmoothness and unevenness of the industry’s supply chain. Difficult to start.

“Existing raw materials can be produced for up to a week. We are urging our suppliers to deliver quickly, but they also have problems of resumption and capacity.” Li Fei said.

Zhefu’s suppliers are located in Wuxi, Changzhou, Wuhu, Ningbo and other places. They are mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River Delta region. However, due to the strengthening of epidemic prevention and control measures in various places, traffic is blocked and villages are closed. So although some suppliers say that they can be delivered in principle, they need to wait further.

Li Fei said that the orders on hand were obtained years ago, and some orders may be too late to be delivered, and some orders are urgent, and customers demand that they be delivered on time. However, Li Fei said that in the actual operation process, because the workers were unable to return to the factory to return to work on time, the customer’s production plan was actually postponed. “Everyone is facing a situation like this: even if they can resume work on time, they may not be able to resume production on time.”

Zhefu’s customers are mainly in the bus industry. Li Fei said that under normal circumstances, procurement in the bus industry is concentrated in March, April, and May, but everyone is busy fighting the epidemic. Orders in the first half of this year are expected to have a big impact.

The asynchronous resumption of work upstream and downstream of the industrial chain also affects the business advancement of Harbin Travel.

The person in charge said that due to the delayed resumption of work by upstream parts suppliers and vehicle manufacturers, and limited logistics and transportation due to the current epidemic situation, 60% of new car delivery in February is expected to be delayed by one month. New investment vehicles and new cities in 2020 are expected to be greatly affected.

Significant increase in operating company costs

In addition to the resumption of work and production, prevention and control of epidemics is also a top priority for enterprises. Enterprises have to bear the impact of business, and simultaneously bear operating costs including manpower and anti-epidemic materials are still increasing significantly.

Before the spring, Harbin Travel officially established an epidemic prevention working group in Shanghai to uniformly deploy security and epidemic-related work and coordinate the nationwide resources. In order to ensure the safety of vehicle use, the Harbin bicycle and moped operation and maintenance team also immediately launched and effectively completed the vehicle non-discriminatory killing work. The average daily disinfection frequency of each person was more than 3 times (5 times in key cities). The operation vehicles of the company have carried out killing operations more than tens of thousands of times.

However, due to the current channel control of anti-epidemic materials such as masks, enterprises face difficulties in purchasing. “Limited procurement channels have led to increased costs, coupled with the difficulty of express delivery. Only the cost of anti-epidemic materials for enterprises has so far exceeded 8 million yuan, and it is still rising.” Said the above person in charge of Haro Travel.

In addition, the labor cost in special periods is also higher than the labor cost of the part-time staff on the ground in normal times, which has led to a huge cost in terms of both labor and material resources for travelling on Hello.

Taking dispatching as an example, the operation of shared bicycles is extremely dependent on the transfer of offline logistics vehicles. Due to the dual factors of the Spring Festival and the Wuhan epidemic, the offline logistics costs have risen sharply, and the labor costs have also increased significantly, which has doubled the overall dispatching costs. .

Zhefu purchased masks, disinfectant alcohol, and hand sanitizer at high prices, and arranged for the aunt to perform daily disinfection of bathrooms and public areas. The employees’ body temperature was tested twice a day. In the event of an abnormal body temperature, they will be reported in time and immediately quarantined.

The objective reality is that there is a shortage of anti-epidemic materials on the market at present, and masks, alcohol, and disinfectant that can be purchased normally cannot meet the needs of employees to provide necessary protection after the company starts, and hidden safety hazards still exist.

Therefore, Li Fei also suggested that the government should allow enterprises to purchase masks, alcohol, disinfectant and other anti-epidemic materials with a certain quota according to the number of registered employees to ensure the health of employees. Included in the company’s labor protection supplies for management.

Li Fei believes that this will also have a notable impact on the operating cash flow of the enterprise, and the cost of expenditure will increase. “Originally companies would consider reducing costs every year, but now they are rising instead of falling.”

Overcoming difficulties

A number of companies interviewed by the reporter have reported that they hope that the government will take special measures to reduce the burden on enterprises and overcome difficulties in a special period.

“The biggest impact of the epidemic on enterprises is the issue of cash flow and operating costs. What is needed most is tax reduction, fee reduction, and loan increase.” Li Fei said that improving cash flow is very important for enterprises now.

He said that business operating costs are increasing, but sales are not up. At the same time, the accounts receivable period of enterprises is also lengthening. “Everyone is facing such a difficulty. Our customers have said that their payment will be postponed, and we don’t know when they will be able to pay us. The increase in accounts receivable will reduce the company’s cash flow.”

Ma Chunlei, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Government and director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that in a large number of investigations since the end of January, it has been found that temporary cash flow difficulties and high cost pressures are the most pressing problems facing many enterprises at present, and they are also the first to cut in. point.

Liu Ping, chief engineer of the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission, also said that during the epidemic prevention period, some companies reduced their production and caused a reduction in revenue, labor costs and the increase in raw material and logistics costs. Some supporting industrial chains and supply chains were restricted, especially cash flow. These are the more prominent issues facing enterprises.

On February 8th, “Several Policies and Measures to Support the Stable and Healthy Development of Epidemic Support Service Enterprises in Shanghai” (hereinafter referred to as “Article 28”) was released, targeting three major types of enterprises (key enterprises participating in epidemic prevention and control, which were affected by the epidemic Large related industries, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, and various types of enterprises that have delayed resumption of work) have taken accurate measures to help companies overcome difficulties.

The package of support policies, including rent reduction and exemption, tax and fee reduction, postponement of adjustment of the social security payment base, and continuous borrowing without pressure on loans, will not be extended until 3 months after the end of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

Through various comprehensive policy measures such as “reduction, remission, retreat” and other preliminary measures, the “28 Articles” can reduce the burden and cost of Shanghai’s enterprises by more than 30 billion yuan. Li Fei said that these measures are more important for improving the company’s cash flow.

In addition, the company also put forward suggestions and needs for business development after the epidemic.

Ge Jizhong, chairman of Shanghai Xinfanguanguan Co., Ltd. and deputy chairman of China Customs Association, told CBN reporters, “What measures does the government have in the future development of the international market? Can we organize our private enterprises to go abroad and participate in international exhibitions? Or support private enterprises to organize international forum meetings and give economic subsidies. This is also a preparation for investment promotion for the second half of the Expo. ”

At present, Shanghai is also actively coordinating the security work of epidemic prevention supplies, labor, raw material supply, logistics and transportation, and supporting the orderly resumption of production and production of various enterprises.

On February 8th, the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia of New Coronavirus Infection in Shanghai held a meeting. Li Qiang, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and leader of the Municipal Epidemic Prevention and Control Work Leading Group chaired the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting emphasized that it is necessary to give full support to the development of enterprises, adopt comprehensive and precise policies, cope with uncertainty with policy certainty, and help enterprises stabilize their confidence and expectations. In response to the current difficulties of enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, increase support, reduce the burden on enterprises, and optimize enterprise services. It is necessary to speed up the refinement of the plan, simplify the operation process, and do a good job of policy promotion and interpretation, so that enterprises have more feelings and gains. We must pay close attention to economic operation and make relevant policy reserves.