Foxconn said cutting 60,000 reported false, automatic operation trend-Foxconn, layoffs-IT information

Recently, the media reported that Fu Zhikang to reduce labor costs at its plant in Kunshan city, Jiangsu Province, introducing robots and 54% cut the number of workers, reduced from 110,000 to 50,000 people. Fu Zhikang subsidiary Foxconn technology, after Foxconn said the message for the public disclosure of Kunshan City Government was foreign media reports. While Liu Kun, a Foxconn spokesman told the China business newspaper said that Foxconn is currently for industrial automation upgrades. This message is not from Foxconn. Reporters call the Kunshan City Government, has not been the latter denies.

But in recent years, frequently exposed in manufacturing information such as downsizing, declining performance, beautiful recently publicly responded to buy KUKA group are due to manufacturing costs in China began to rise rapidly, rising labour costs, due to the appreciation of the Renminbi exchange rates and energy costs, labor costs rose faster than productivity growth is the main reason. Veteran industry observers said Liang Zhen-Peng, upgrading industrial automation is necessary. Different companies make different choices in the face of a different era, industry will be shuffled.

Denies massive layoffs

Recently, the United States CNBC's Web site said Fu Zhi Kang is located in Kunshan industrial zone, has laid off 60,000 workers and robots instead of production, to reduce labour costs. It is understood that the Kunshan city, Jiangsu is one of China's major electronics manufacturing center here is accelerate the strategic transformation of the electronics industry, Fu Zhikang with plenty of robots to replace human workers, if true, Foxconn will cut 50,000, according to previous media reports, Kunshan City Government survey, as many as 600 companies already plan to introduce machines in the near future workers. Kunshan, a total of 4,800 Taiwan enterprises, more than 60% per cent of its GDP. If automation is progressing, may force of 2.5 million people out of work. On this, newspaper reporter call Foxconn, Fuji Kang Spokesman Liu Kun response newspaper reporter, Fuji Kang and no for aggressively layoffs, and online reported said Fu Zhikang is located in Kunshan of industrial zone has fired has 60,000 name employees for not real message , "We note to media recently on Kunshan Park operation status of reported, actually Kunshan park employees number is in past six or seven years between natural reduced of results, and is not is layoffs. "Mr Liu said. Reports that foreign media reports data from the Kunshan City Government survey, journalists call the Kunshan City Government, Kunshan City Government also responded that data was not disclosed.

Foxconn technology, a "slimming" plans are not passive loss State layoffs and spending cuts. In 2010 before and after Foxconn already plans to use robots to replace workers, this programme is being carried out in an orderly manner. Liu Kun, industrial automation is to let them have a large number of technical personnel and patent accumulation, ensure that the group leader. In recent years, the industrial automation and industrial transformation and upgrading is currently promoted by the national development strategy, Kunshan City Government is also encouraging local enterprises to carry out upgrading of industrial automation. In addition, rising labor costs, labor, inefficient industrial automation upgrades is also prompting companies to move. Machines instead of manual part can liberate employees to complete more complex work, improve production efficiency, so as to ensure the quality of employees. Foxconn's continued introduction of robots, reduce the number of employees, purpose is to reduce the costs to companies improving corporate profits.

It is understood that Foxconn recently disguised downsizing situation. As Apple announced first quarter of 2016, declining sales caused concern, performance of the Smartphone and the PC market as a whole is not optimistic, Foxconn, Huawei, Lenovo OEM for Apple assembled PC, phone orders also diminished, some of the loss of labour also exists on the production line. Foxconn's Shenzhen flat exterior line cord length to reporters, his Department is mainly responsible for the films stuck iPhone glass, to receive orders in the first half of the season, after August is high season in the previous off-season cases generally require more than more than 60 workers, which has now left more than more than 20 workers. At present, the wages of Foxconn's workers pay mainly is constituted by basic salary and overtime, the interviewees said, "this months orders for less, we have less overtime, overtime we pay less, allowing some people to leave. ”

"Job cuts" accelerate industry

Labor needed less and less, more and more robots, apparently has become the trend of escalation.

It is understood that, with large household appliance companies, manufacturing industry in recent years spared no effort in production line automation, Foxconn, beautiful, large manufacturers such as Haier is frequently exposed downsizing plan. But at the same time, machines replaced men in many organizations is not new. Such as beauty and 2015 years of robots in the world "four families", one of the Japan Yaskawa industrial robot was established and service robotics, buy and 29.2 billion yuan this year in Germany KUKA robot company.

At present, the layoffs of Chinese enterprises technically cannot be called "laid off", should be called the establishment. Layoffs are initiative, is a passive act of attrition. Downsizing is the result alternative scheme of the robot. Robots use more and more corporate downsizing. Companies have chosen robot are mainly taking into account the recent labor tensions, China's rapid increase in labor costs and other reasons, home appliance industry observer Liu Buchen believes that Robotics and artificial to have a great deal of difference, namely robots for producing standard benefit, which standardized large-scale industrial manufacture is the most crucial factor. Can improve product uniformity and yield so as to enhance the "made in China" in the global competitiveness. In fact, downsizing is the necessity of enterprise transformation, rather than crisis, may also be an opportunity. "Intelligent manufacturing 2025, factory automation businesses laid off workers and has a direct relationship. "Liu Buchen said. In addition, Liang Zhen-Peng said: "the automatic upgrade is the trend, upgrading enterprises for production line automation, promote input-output ratio, increase production efficiency, improving the operating position, number of employees does not need so many layoffs are normal. "At the same time, Liu Buchen predicts that different enterprise facing the new era has a different approach, some enterprises in the competition in this round of automatic upgrade will be eliminated. "Because of the strength of enterprises, capital of robot production, reducing labor costs improve business profitability; businesses that had no power, no financial strength to buy robot, will have to bear labor shortage and higher labor costs, resulting in a further decline in its competitiveness. Thus resulting in the strong stronger and the weak being weaker. This is shuffling. ”

Worth noting is that "at present, robots of mainstream enterprise plans are still in the process of implementing, the industry reshuffle is still underway, has not arrived when the dust settles. After three years with the outcome is expected. "Liu Buchen said.

富士康称裁员6万报道不实，自动化生产为大势所趋 - 富士康,裁员 - IT资讯

日前，多家媒体报道称，为降低劳动力成本富智康在其江苏省昆山市的工厂中引入机器人，并削减54%的工人数量，从原来的11万人减到5万人。富智康为富士康科技的子公司，后经富士康回应称此消息为昆山市政府公开披露也被外媒报道。而富士康新闻发言人刘坤则对《中国经营报》记者表示，目前富士康正在进行工业化的自动化升级。此消息也并非出自富士康。本报记者致电昆山市政府，也未得到后者的否认。

但近年来，制造业频繁被曝出减员、业绩下滑等信息，美的日前就公开回应称收购库卡集团是由于中国的制造业成本开始快速上升，于劳动力成本上涨、人民币汇率升值和能源成本上升所致，劳动力成本上升快于生产力增长是主因。资深产业经济观察家梁振鹏表示，工业化自动化升级势在必行。不同企业在面临不同的时代会做出不同的选择，行业也将进行洗牌。

否认大举裁员

日前，据美国CNBC网站消息称，富智康位于昆山的工业区已经辞退了6万名员工，并用机器人代替生产，以此降低劳动力成本。据了解，江苏昆山市是中国主要电子产品制造中心之一，这里正在加快电子行业战略转型，富智康用大量的机器人取代人力代工，如消息属实，富士康将裁员5万，而据此前一些媒体报道称，昆山市政府调查显示，多达600家企业已经计划在不久的将来引入机器工人。昆山共有4800家台湾企业，占其GDP的60%以上。如果自动化计划进展顺利，可能迫使250万人失业。对此，本报记者致电富士康，富士康新闻发言人刘坤回应本报记者，富士康并没有进行大举裁员，而网上报道称富智康位于昆山的工业区已经解雇了6万名员工为不实消息，“我们注意到媒体近期对昆山园区运营状况的报道，事实上昆山园区员工数量是在过去六七年间自然减少的结果，而并非是裁员。”刘坤表示。而报道称外媒报道的数据来源于昆山市政府调查，而记者致电昆山市政府，昆山市政府也回应未对外公布这一数据。

富士康科技的这一“瘦身”计划并非亏损状态下的被动裁员、减支。在2010年前后富士康就已经有用机器人来代替工人的计划，如今这项计划正在有条不紊地开展。刘坤表示，工业自动化改造是让企业拥有大量的技术人才与专利积累，确保集团处于领先地位。近年来，工业自动化及产业转型升级是国家目前大力推行的发展战略，昆山市政府也在鼓励当地企业进行产业自动化升级。除此之外，劳动力成本上升、劳动效率低下也是促使企业进行工业自动化升级的举措。机器代替人工能够解放一部分员工，令其完成较为复杂的工作，提高生产效率，从而保证公司员工的质量。富士康不断引入机器人，削减员工数量，目的就是减少公司开支，提高公司利润。

据了解，富士康近期也存在变相瘦身的情况。随着苹果公布2016年第一季度财报，销量下滑引发关注，整个智能手机与PC市场的表现并不乐观，富士康在为苹果、华为、联想等代工组装的一些PC、手机上的订单也减少了，一些生产线上也存在劳动力流失的情况。富士康深圳园区平板外观生产线线长对记者表示，他所在的部门主要负责贴苹果手机玻璃上的膜，上半年为接收订单的淡季，8月份以后才是旺季，在以前淡季的情况下一般需要六十多名工人，而如今只剩下二十多名工人了。目前，富士康工人工资的薪资主要是由底薪和加班费构成，这位被采访人表示，“这几个月订单少了，我们加班费也少了，不加班我们的工资就少了，从而使有些人自动离职。”

“减员”加速行业洗牌

劳动力所需越来越少，机器人越来越多，显然已经成为制造业升级的趋势。

据了解，随着近年来大型家电企业、制造业不遗余力地进行生产线自动化改造，富士康、美的、海尔等大型制造业频繁被曝出减员计划。但同时，机器替代人在很多企业并不新鲜。如美的2015年就与同为全球机器人“四大家族”之一的日本安川电机建立了工业机器人及服务机器人公司，在今年又以292亿元的价格收购德国机器人库卡公司。

目前，中国企业的裁员严格来讲不能叫“裁员”，应该叫减员。裁员是主动行为，减员是被动行为。减员主要是机器人替代计划推行的结果。机器人使用越多，企业减员量越大。而企业选择机器人代替人主要是考虑到近年来用工紧张、中国劳动力成本快速上升等原因，家电行业资深观察人士刘步尘认为，机器人制造和人工制造有一个很大的区别，即机器人制造对于生产标准化大有裨益，而标准化恰恰是大规模工业制造最关键的要素。可以提高产品统一性和良品率，从而提升“中国制造”在全球的竞争力。事实上，减员是企业转型的必然，非但不是危机，或许还是机遇。“企业进行裁员与智能制造2025、工厂自动化有着直接关系。”刘步尘认为。此外，梁振鹏也表示：“企业的自动化升级是大势所趋，企业对生产线进行自动化改造升级，提升投入产出比，提升生产效率，改善企业的经营状况，对员工数量就不需要那么多，裁员是正常情况。”同时，刘步尘预测，不同的企业面对新时代有不同的做法，有些企业在这一轮自动化升级的比拼中自然会被淘汰掉。“因为有实力的企业，有资金实现机器人生产，从而降低人工成本提升企业盈利能力；那些没有实力的企业，没有资金实力购买机器人，将不得不同时承受用工荒和高人工成本，从而导致其竞争力进一步下降。从而形成强者愈强，弱者愈弱的局面。这就是洗牌。”

值得注意的是，“目前，主流企业的机器人计划仍在推行过程中，行业洗牌仍在进行中，还没到尘埃落定的时候。预计三年后会见分晓。”刘步尘表示。