Song Qinghui: Promoting a co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism in the context of weak pig price trends is an innovation

Song Qinghui, a well-known economist, told the "Securities Daily" reporter: "Makihara shares in the situation of weak pig price trend to implement a co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism, not only the company reduces production costs, management costs, production efficiency is improved, employee income is also improved, conducive to the sustainable development of the company." For more than 30 years, Makihara has been insisting on leading the company's development with scientific and technological innovation, and this way of detailed management to reduce costs and increase efficiency is actually management innovation, and may become a management method learned by the industry in the future. ”

How does the "contract system" work? Field visit to Makihara Zhoukou breeding farm The company said that the normal flow of personnel and the production index have improved significantly

Securities Daily reporter Xiao Yanqing

At the time when the pig cycle continues to grind to the bottom, Makihara optimized its management model to expand its internal potential, and the trial implementation of the "contract system" in some breeding positions attracted market attention. In this regard, Makihara Co., Ltd. recently responded that this "contracting system" is actually a co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism, allowing employees to become the main body of management, which is an optimization and innovation in management.

So, how exactly is the so-called "contracting system" of Makihara "contracted", and how effective is the co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism? Recently, the reporter of "Securities Daily" walked into the breeding farm of Makihara shares in the Zhoukou area of Henan to find out.

"Contracting" production tasks

It is reported that the background of the launch of the "contract system" is that in the process of implementing intelligent breeding methods, some breeding technicians can not fully master the application of intelligent equipment and the phenomenon of standardization of new breeding technologies, in order to promote the implementation of new technologies as soon as possible, further tap potential, reduce costs and increase efficiency, explore co-creation and sharing incentive mechanisms, the purpose is to encourage outstanding employees to raise more units of pigs, dig potential inside, fully implement new technologies, raise pigs better, lower costs, batch profits are greater, Individual employees also earn higher incomes.

Makihara has been piloting the "contract system" in the nursing section of its breeding farm since July and August this year, and has not yet been piloted in other sections.

According to the company, the director of the three breeding farms of Zhoukou Makihara took the initiative to try this co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism in August this year.

Take Tian Qiuling, an excellent breeding technician in the three breeding farms of Zhoukou Makiyuan, as an example, when the field mobilized to pilot the "contract system", she wanted to raise more pigs and make more money, and she also felt that she had the ability to lead the team to do this well, so she took the lead in standing up and competing to become the first contractor of her company.

How does the "contract system" work? Field visit to Makihara Zhoukou breeding farm The company said that the normal flow of personnel and the production index have improved significantly

Tian Qiuling said that after competing to become a "contractor", he was in charge of a total of nine breeding units in a row of pig houses, and found three "partners" to manage the breeding together. Compared with the original work content, on average, one person is still responsible for 2 to 3 breeding units, the work tasks have not changed much, and all production materials are still provided by the company.

So does this kind of contracting of production tasks require the contractor to bear the risk of breeding? In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Makihara said: "In order to motivate employees to achieve the agreed production target, employees will pay a deposit of about 1,000 yuan for each contracted breeding unit, and the deposit will also be returned after the target is reached at the end of the batch; In the process, the site manager will also help the 'contractor', continue to follow up the work of the 'contractor', assist in solving technical problems and management difficulties in the process, and ensure the achievement of production goals. ”

Production indicators have improved significantly

The reporter learned in the interview that after Makihara Co., Ltd. piloted the "contract system" in the company's breeding farm, the production indicators of some breeding farms were significantly improved, which not only reduced costs and increased efficiency of the company, but also increased employee salaries to varying degrees.

Zhang Zhiwei, director of Zhoukou Makihara Breeding Farm, said: "At that time, the pilot was not on our site, but after listening to the explanation of the company's plan, I took the initiative to ask for it, because our farm area is large and the difference in employee skills is also large, resulting in uneven production results; Now we are piloting the 'contracting system', which can give full play to the value of some outstanding employees, let them bear greater responsibilities, lead some employees with weaker technology to improve breeding skills and enthusiasm, so as to achieve the purpose of improving efficiency, and at the same time their own and employees' income has also been improved, and our comprehensive performance in the whole group has also been raised from the top 100 to the top 5. ”

According to reports, the three breeding farms of Zhoukou Makiyuan through the trial of the "contract system", the survival rate, daily weight gain and other indicators have increased significantly, the survival rate of piglets has increased from about 93% to about 98%, the total weight of the litter on the 21st correction has also been improved, the backward batch has gradually increased, and the technical level of breeding technicians has also been continuously improved, realizing the reserve of outstanding talents.

According to the salary data of Tian Qiuling's team provided by the company, Tian Qiuling's average monthly salary in the past six months was 12,800 yuan, and after contracting 9 units of breeding tasks in September, the monthly salary reached 34,000 yuan. The other three partners also saw significant increases in their salaries.

Zhang Zhiwei said that the performance of Tian Qiulin's team played a leading role in demonstration, and when the second competition came, outstanding employees enthusiastically signed up, and other venues also came to learn from experience. "At present, we have 5 'contractors' and 2 'contracting' candidates."

Industry insiders believe that Makihara Co., Ltd.'s trial implementation of the "contracting system" in some positions is actually the "contracting" of production responsibility, not the "contracting" of production materials, which is equivalent to setting up a team leader in the front line of breeding, optimizing the company's talent training mechanism, and reserving grassroots management talents for the company, which is actually the company's attempt to be more detailed and efficient in management.

Will Makihara's trial of the "contract system" lead to a large-scale movement of personnel? Regarding the large-scale layoffs of online transmission companies, the relevant staff of the company responded: "The essence of the 'contracting system' is to let employees become the main body of management, optimize the original management method, and those who have not competed for 'contractor' can also independently choose to be 'contractor' team members or other auxiliary positions, and the personnel are still flowing normally." ”

How is the pig price market after the market

Some analysts believe that the pig price has continued to grind to the bottom recently, and Makihara has tried to create a new model of sharing and incentive to expand potential in multiple ways and reduce breeding costs, and at the same time is expected to stimulate the vitality of employee operation to better hedge the "pig cycle".

Recently, a number of listed pig enterprises such as Makihara Shares, Wenshi Shares, New Hope, and Dabeinong announced pig sales data in September 2023, and pig prices generally declined in September.

For the trend of pig prices after the market, Shi Xiangying, a pig researcher at Huarong Rongda Futures, believes that there is no large total contradiction between the supply and demand fundamentals in the fourth quarter, and the market is mainly driven by the uncertainty of the pace of the pig end and whether the demand can exceed expectations (not exceeding expectations for the time being). If the profit margin is opened again, it is expected to drive the market to increase weight again, driving the current pig price upward, and the pig price in the future market, but if the profit margin is difficult to rise, and the increase in weight from September to November is limited, it is good for pig prices in December and January next year.

Famous economist Song Qinghui

Song Qinghui, a well-known economist, told the "Securities Daily" reporter: "Makihara shares in the situation of weak pig price trend to implement a co-creation and sharing incentive mechanism, not only the company reduces production costs, management costs, production efficiency is improved, employee income is also improved, conducive to the sustainable development of the company." For more than 30 years, Makihara has been insisting on leading the company's development with scientific and technological innovation, and this way of detailed management to reduce costs and increase efficiency is actually management innovation, and may become a management method learned by the industry in the future. How does the "contract system" work? Field visit to Makihara Zhoukou breeding farm The company said that the normal flow of personnel and the production index have improved significantly

(Edited by Qiao Chuanchuan)