People’s Daily commented on “Winning the bid at a low price””: There is no quality without profit!

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"People's Daily" published an article with the original title "Quality should be the foundation of an enterprise" on Page 5 on May 31, 2017. The full text is now published for the benefit of readers. Products are not only the foundation of an enterprise, but also the basis of economic activities. Only when every product has quality and every enterprise aims at quality can economic development be of higher quality. “In bidding, the lowest price can win the bid, so everyone does not compare with quality, only with price. ”The Ren Congress that was launched not long ago * * During the National Product Quality Law Enforcement Inspection, some business owners complained that the phenomenon of “low-price winning” in bidding in some places has become a prominent obstacle for enterprises to improve product quality and needs urgent governance and regulation. Generally speaking, according to market rules, the bid price or winning price in a tender shall not be lower than the cost price. However, in reality, some bidding units ignore quality requirements in the bidding process and only focus on price, resulting in the winning price being lower or even much lower than the cost price. In order to obtain profits, these companies that won the bid at a price lower than cost can only reduce costs in raw material procurement, production and manufacturing, and sacrifice product quality to make up for losses, resulting in the phenomenon of "bad money drives out good money". During law enforcement inspections, one family had obtained“ * * Quality Award" from cable companies: Manufacturing companies have no profit margins and are forced to cut corners and exceed the bottom line. In fact, it is not uncommon for products to be of substandard quality or even lead to safety accidents due to winning bids at low prices. “The phenomenon of "winning the bid at a low price" has something to do with the lax enforcement of laws and regulations and imperfect regulatory mechanisms. Fundamentally speaking, it is caused by an insufficient competitive environment that encourages the survival of the fittest. While some companies use a lot of profits every year to engage in research and development, innovation, and improve product quality, some companies can still compete on the same stage and even succeed by cutting corners and counterfeiting. If things continue like this, no company will be willing to spend energy on R&D and innovation. This not only seriously disrupted the market order, but also dealt a blow to the entire manufacturing industry. The solution is naturally to further improve the market environment, let companies speak for themselves with product quality, and let quality products stand out loudly and stand firm, thereby laying the foundation for product quality for a major manufacturing country. What is comforting is that in today's Chinese market, space is increasingly narrowing for profit by cutting corners and even counterfeiting. On the one hand, as the regulatory authorities supervise the entire process from pre-bid, winning to post-bid, bidding activities are gradually standardized, and the possibility of seeking gray interests through winning bids at low prices has been eliminated. * * reduce. On the contrary, some companies that win bids at low prices often delay delivery due to extremely low profits and cannot guarantee quality, causing the tenderer to pay a higher price. In the field of engineering, some people jokingly refer to this phenomenon as "starving colleagues to death, exhausting themselves to death, and cheating owners to death." On the other hand, with the overall transformation of China's manufacturing industry, survival will become increasingly difficult for companies that are unwilling to invest in product quality. We should adapt to and grasp this trend that is conducive to improving product quality, make current legal regulations more operable, maintain the market rules of survival of the fittest, give law-abiding companies a green light all the way, and illegal companies be blocked at every turn, and let companies take the initiative to be responsible for products, consumers, and society. Quality is the foundation of an enterprise. my country's Product Quality Law also stipulates that enterprises must bear the main responsibility for product quality. Improving product quality ultimately depends on the enterprise itself. Only when every product has quality and every enterprise aims at quality can economic development be of higher quality. Currently, the Chinese market is realizing consumption upgrading and the industrial structure is quietly changing. High-end manufacturing, modern service industries and other fields will become hot spots for industrial investment. The competition in these fields will be more intense, and the requirements for quality and brand will be higher. Only by adhering to quality-oriented and raising quality issues to the level of values ​​and modern corporate concepts can we catch up from behind and establish our own advantages in international competition. author: Wang Bixue, reporter at People’s Daily Politics and Culture Department