PROGRESS OF CAMPAIGN TO RAISE PRODUCTIVITY OF RUMANIAN ENTERPRISES

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• Publication Date: July 29, 1952
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REPORT
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
Rumania DATE OF
INFORMATION
1951
SHOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
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Economic - Labor productivity
Biographic
DATE DIST. 44'
Monthly periodical
Bucharest NO. OF PAGES
Jul 1952
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Sep 1951
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C. Barbulescu
Engr St. Fulop
Every effort is being made in the*RPR (Rumanian Peoples Republic) to in-
crease the productivity of labor. This is one of the steps in a campaign to im-
prove the quantity and quality of production. Labor productivity exceeded tRe
plan for the first 6 months of 1951, In the chemical industry, for example,
the rise in labor.productivity averaged 110.3 percent.
One of the methods used is the introduction of innovations end rationaliza-
tion procedures. For example, at the 23 August plant 94. innovations or new
work methods were introduced at a saving of 47,981,809 lei. At Sovrommetal in
Resita 109 new methods were introduced leading to a saving of 90 million lei.
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Competitions have led to the extension of the use of Soviet methods. For
example, in the first half of 1951 in the machine-building industry 245 workers
used the Kuznetsov method, 594 workers used the rapid-cutting method for metals,
1,769 used the Nina 1!aaarova method, 250 the Antonina Jandarova method, and 1,666
the Kotlyar method.
Many Stakhanovlte workers became widely known for their achievements. Among
them were Ion Furtuna, a lathe operator of Steagul Rosu Jteagul Rosu Railroad
Car Plant77 and E. Teleky of Unio [lnio Railroad Equipient Plantf who are al-
ready working on their 1953 quotas, leading miners Gaza Cogetin, Ion Ciupea, Ion
Duli,'Carol Student, and Oh. Irimie, who in August 1951 were working 'n their
1952 quotas, textile workers Aurelia Sarkaozi, Elizabeta Morer, and Rozalia Zahan,
steelworkers Ion Geras and Jacob Nicolee, and lathe operators Nicolas Iutes and
Nicolae Stuparu of the 23 August plant.
A second step in the'campaign'for better production was the organization of
economy brigades throughout the country. At the Sovromtractor Plant 80 groups
succeeded in saving 55,438,662 lei. At the 23 August plant, 56 individuals saved
2;803,640.1ei and 122~? ups were able to save 10,685,333 lei. The economy bri-
gade-of the SM Uzina LISM Steel Mill in Hunedoara achieved economies of
P,803,640 lei. The Cheorgiu-Dej brigade of Steagul Rosu in Stalin saved tens of
millions. of lei.
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Enterprises have been spurred on to greater production. Among 30 plants
which von the Red Banner for production were Sovrommetal of Resita, Steagul Bosu,
the Grivita Rosie Atelier (Grivita Rosie Railroad Shop), Stance ftanca Cement
Plantf in Braila, the Tarnaveni chemical plant, Refinery No 1 of Sovrompetrol
in Ploesti, the Herja mine in Baia Mare, and others.
The cost of production is being cut by the conservation of raw materials.
Since raw materials constitute up to 70 percent of the total cost of production,
every possible means of conserving them is being sought. Raw materials i- the
machine-building industry may be conserved bythe standardization of products,
and the discovery of parts requiring less metal. For le, Engineer Bragaru
Parteni of Timpuri Noi j impuui Noi Iron and Metals Plant? developed a com-
pressor weighing 125 kilograms, as compared to the old type weighing 850 kilo-
grams. Workers in Sovromtractor changed manufacturing methods in order to be
able to use smaller quantities of nonferrous metals.
Nonferrous metals are being conserved through the use of scrap and wastes.
The percentage of rejects must be reduced by cutting waste and by raising the
quality of products. Rejects must be used in some manner. The principal cause
of rejeota and of the high consumption of raw materials, fuels, and electric
power is the failure to respect established rules. Efforts to improve the
quality of products and thus cut losses have been unsatisfactory. The metallur-
gical industry i= especially guilty. At some enterprises the percentage of re-
jects rose in the second quarter 1951. At Steagul Rosu rejects reached 12 per-
cent in lathe shops. At the 23 August plant this was 8.8 percent, at Progresul
Progreeul Railroad Equipment Corporations in Braila, 18 percent. At the CSH
Hunedoara Iron and Steel Combine) the percentage of poor -quality steel during
August 1951 was 11 percent, in Victoria Calan /steel plan) 10.7 percent.
Collective enterprises must observe regulations for the reduction of the
percentage of rejects. By a better organization of production processes and
by the rationalization of techniques, rejects can be reduced to a minimum. In
light industry Soviet methods have been ap lied to improve the quality of prod-
ucts.. The Vlasov method used at Buhusi LBuhusi Textile Mill] contributed to
the improvement of the quality of weaving and reduced waste 4 percent.
The utilization of wastes constitutes an important source of materials.
At Sovromtractor in Stalin, the Vasile Luca economy brigade saved 776,664 lei
by the use of waste materials and scraps. Steagul Rosu saved 7,041,808 lei by
using wastes. Bela Brainer Bela Brainer Knitting Mill17 in Bucharest utilized
odds and ends in the manufacture of children's garments and thus reduced cost
prices of the various types of garments by 2.5 to 10 percent.
Economies are being made in the use of raw materials by the application of
new methods. Sovrommetal in Resita reduced fuel consumption 2.8 percent for
each ton .f steel produced and 16.4 percent for each toy of silicon brick.
(bileetives in the sheet metal. and furnace sections of the CSH have reduced coke
consumption 1.9 percent for furnaces and 9.05 percent for sheet metal. The use
of electric power has been reduced 6.6 percent. Steagul Rosu in Stalin cut
consumption o' fuel. for Siemens Martin furnaces 21.6 percent and for the pro-
duction of cast iron 32.4 percent. Electro-Precizia /anufsctures electrical
instrumrntg in Sacele reduced the consumption of fuel, electrical energy, and
water 3 percent, which constituted a saving of 6 million lei, Petroleum workers
were able to reduce the use of electricity and'fubi, achieving savings of
95,308,576 lei in honor of 23 August 1951.
Enterprises under the Ministry of Light Industry were particularly success-
ful. Bela Brainer in Bucharest achieved savings of materials of 1,423,500 lei
by introducing new cutting methods. 30 Decembrie f3_0 December Textile Collet-
tiveg succeeded in reducing the consumption of caustic soda 422,441 lei. The
conservation of materials must be pursued even more vigorously. Iulia Radu
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of the cutting section of Flecara Rosie fflacara Roaie Knit Goods Fac:oryi7
in Bucharest net an excellent example by saving 138 hides, which were sufficient
to iaske 100 pairs of slippers.
? The RPR needs increasingly large quantities of fuels. Fuel conservation r.-ill
permit more production, and should be practiced everywhere. The IRE (Regional
Electrical Enterpriae) of Stalin reduced consumption norms on that it was able
to conserve 6.8 billion horsepower, the equivalent of 690 tons of crude oil. With
this quantity it was possible to produce 3,700 tons of clinker. The same cannot
be said for the IRE in Galati, which exceeded consumption norms for fuels by 3
percent in the second quarter 1951; nor ci the IRE of Bucharest, which exceeded
norms 2 percent. In the entire electric power production sector 21 billion horse-
power above the figure provided by the plan were consumed. This represented the
equivalent of 2,100 tons of crude oil, enough to produce 13,125 tons of steel.
Steel. enterprises were able to cut coke consumption. Plants under the
Ministry of Metallurgical and Chemical Industries reduced consumption by 3 per-
cent of the norm for the second quarter 1951, after having conserved 7,200 tons
of coke in the first quarter. Furnace No 2 at CSH conserved enough coke in the
first quarter 1951 to produce a potential 1,000 tons of steel.
Wood explol:.ation and processing industries were successful in saving waste.
The wood enterprise in Stalin achieved an index of consumption of 99 percent of
plan in the first quarter 1951, and saved 2,000 cubic meters of waste materials
in the second quarter. The enterprise in Targu Mures realized an index of 98
percent in the first quarter 1951 and conserved 7,000 cubic meters in the second
quarter.
Enterprises must make every effort to mooilize present reserves for the
conservation of equipment. The Kuznedsnv methoA is especially effective. At
the Lupeni mines 36 mine railroad cars were reconditioned, and 40) meters of
chain conveyers, 20 mine hammers, and other equipment were repaired. In the
petroleum industry, tubing, gusher caps, fittings and other equipment were re-
ccnditioned for further use, thus avoiding the production of replacements.
Every effort is being made to find substitutes for nonferrous metals from
cheap domestic sources. The results of competitions for the conservation of
nonferrous metals have been remarkable. Thus, in the electrical equipment in-
dustry, savings in honor of 23 August 1951 totaled 51.,094 kilograama, as corn-'
pared with pledges of 17,095 kilograms. The 23 August plant, achieved a Paving
of 24,344 kilograms, as compared with pledges of 5,000 kilograms. Other in-
dustrial enterpriset have also done their part. Filimon Sarbu LFilimon Sarbu
Oil Factory?7 conserved materials by building a nitrogen plant entirely of scraps.
The products of this plant are superior to imported nitrogen compounds and per-
mitted the saving of 10,.144,389 lei in the first half of 1951. The Gesmuri
enterprise found a new methoa of manufacturing stained glass from domestic sources.
Mechanization of production has also led to greater volume of output. In
the first half of 1951 mechanization led to greater achievements in the building
of the Scanteia Lpublisbing7 house by Sovromconetriictia Enterprise No 1. Sov-
romconstructia Enterpt_:e Y. succeeded in raising labor productivity 13.8 per-
cent through .iechanization. in forest exploitation. mechanization of brigades
has proved successful. The Bernat. Andrei Combinat ;,Andrei Sernat fforestry7
Combine) in Vatra Pornei reached the highest productivity In its sector, produc-
ing .936 cubic meter of wood per capita per hour, as compared with the pre-
vious figure of ,750 cubic feet, as a result of mechanizati n, Timpuri Nol
cut the production time of TN LTimpuri Nol 60 motors from 30 hours to 8 hours
by installation of an assembly line.
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The use of rev methods has also contributed to productivity. In light in-
dustry, especially in textiles, the use of the Voroshin method of cleaning ma-
chines and shops raised productivit 8.6 percent. Especially good results were
obtained by Tena 'Peba Cotton Mill in Arad. TL., use of the Samoilov method
involving the parallel winding of 18 threads simultaneously raised productivity
34 percent. In construction proper organization of work and materials has led
to greater achievements, At the 1 Mai plant of Sovromnetrol in Polesti the
introduction of two thread milling machines and three socket threaders quadrupled
production and saved 5,000 hours of machining a month.
In general it has been found that productivity of an enterprise could be
increased by greater use of machines within the work hours and by the extension
of the working time of machines. The more efficient use of machines and equip-
ment led Sovromlemn to produce, in the second quarter 1951 alone, enough ma-
terials above the quota to build 2,370 workers apartments'. One of the chemical
plants in Valea Calugare surpassed its index for the use of equipment by 2 per-
cent, and in June 1951 was able to produce a supplementary 300 tons of sulfuric
acid. In the wool industry the index of utilization of raw materials surpassed
the plan for the second quarter 1951 by 4.9 percent. The Oltenia Cotton Mill
surpassed its plan 14 percent. In contrast, a number of enterprises, such as
Progresul, failed to fulfill plans for increased utilization.
A number of enterprises extended the use of machines beyond the regular
duty hours, that is, they increased their indexes for extensive utilization.
Thus, Progresul [Progresul Metallurgical Piantg under the General Directorate
of Machine and Heavy Equipment Construction improved the use of machine tools
in the second quarter 1951 an average of 3. percent over the first quarter 1951.
In contrast, Steagul Rosu remained 2 percent under the quota for the first
quarter 1951.
Productivity hat also been raised through the prevention of industrial
accidents. Refinery No 1 in Ploesti lost 322 workdays because of accidents
involving equipment in the first quarter 1951. Other enterprises do not make
full use of equipment. Among those guilty of this error are; The Bfrnmt Andrei
Plant in Vatra Domel, Bela Brainer in Bucharest, the Uzina Chemice Romans
(Rumanian Chemical Plant), and others.
A number of enterprises have been euccesafu: in the reduction of absences
without cause. Thus, in the Herja mine, abeence5 in the first half of 1951 were
54 percent less than in the second half of 1950. Similarly, at the Sovrommetal
steel plant in P.esita the number of absences was reduce 36.8 percent.
The following table shoes the increase in labor productivity in two typical
plants which have instituted the methods described above.
Labor Productivity (lei
Av Savings (lei) _
Jan
Mar
Jun
Jan
Mar^
Jun
23 August,
Per worker 84,500
125,915
130,987
8,125
9,162
9,305
Bucharest
Per empl_yee 57.500
94,013
99,788
9,151
9,959
9,900
Victoria,
Per worker l',2L3
45,744
67,956
8,296
6,317
9,406
Arad
Per employee 11,673
34,400
52,651
8,837
9,117
10,097
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