In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bluestar Dongda launched an emergency response promptly. Adhering to the unity of the company, the Party committee team adhered to the front line 24 hours, and the production, supply, marketing, storage and transportation, and other links were linked efficiently, to ensure the effective connection and orderly promotion of production and operation.

Party committee team: Sticking to the front line for 24 hours

Bluestar Dongda had made full preparations before the epidemic spread further. On March 10, Chairman, General Manager and Party Secretary Liu Yi presided over the meeting of the Party committee to study and judge the possible impact of this round of epidemic and formulate emergency measures. On March 11, before the city lockdown management, Liu Yi again organized a special meeting on epidemic emergency prevention and control and made detailed arrangements for production and operation and material support. From that day on, the Party committee team started the all-weather on-the-job shift mode. They commanded and dispatched epidemic prevention and control and production and operation in the Zhangdian Plant and Maqiao Plant, respectively.

With the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March 12, all districts and counties of Zibo City had implemented temporary lockdown management over residential areas and road traffic. On March 13, Huantai County, where Maqiao Plant is located, implemented personnel motionless, home motionless, in-situ motionless and original post motionless.

To ensure the normal transportation of raw materials, products and related materials, Liu Yi urgently handled special passes for the two plants through active communication and coordination with government agencies. Other members of the Party committee team were also busy working in their respective posts, providing a sufficient guarantee for the orderly production and life of the company.

Raw material supply: Adjusting the purchase direction

In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, strict road control measures had been taken, and the transportation of raw materials was limited. Under such difficulties, it wasn't easy to purchase high-quality and low-cost raw materials. These situations require paying close attention to the control information at any time, adjusting the procurement direction, and trying to select suppliers for short-distance transportation in Dongying and other provinces. In addition, Bluestar Dongda was required to persuade suppliers to ensure the supply of raw materials through professional business negotiation skills and eliminate the idea of suppliers taking the opportunity to raise prices, ensuring the profit margin of the company. While ensuring the supply of raw materials and packaging barrels, the Purchasing Department also coordinated with suppliers to help purchase vegetables, meat, and other materials to ensure the living needs of left-behind employees.

Under the overall command of Ma Huiling, Deputy General Manager and member of the Party committee, the supply, production and sales were linked efficiently. Qu Xintao and Ma Mingjuan of the Purchasing Department said confidently, "At present, there are sufficient production raw materials and living materials. Please rest assured that we will ensure the quality and timeliness of procurement."

Polyether production: Maintaining the status quo

During the outbreak of the epidemic, the HSE working group of Shandong Bluestar Dongda was still active. Niu Yungao, the safety administrator of the polyether branch, was still feeding back the rectification of hidden dangers and submitting special operation plans. "No matter what the external environment is, as long as we are still producing, we should be strict in requirements and management as usual," said Wang Yan, head of the reaction section of the polyether branch. Since some shift workers were quarantined at home due to community control, employees at work should be more energetic and do their job well.

The on-site operators in the reaction section overcame various difficulties and conscientiously completed the inspection, feeding, hidden danger rectification, on-site promotion and other work. Computer operators paid close attention to each production line to ensure the stability of process parameters and communicated with the site at any time.

Wang Yan once said, "The stability of Dongda's product quality has always been the best in the market. We can't lower our pursuit of product quality because of the reduction of on-site staff." Dongda's production cannot slow down when the city presses the "slow button", and the order cannot be disordered. Our work enthusiasm and product quality should be as usual.

Production assistance: Welcoming the real arrival of spring

Li Qiangqiang from the second branch of Maqiao Plant is a young father whose child is less than two months old. "I work in a highly professional power distribution operation position. It will be difficult for people who are not familiar with this work to take up the post. If lockdown management is implemented, I choose to stay in the factory," said Li Qiangqiang. He was off duty but rushed back to the Maqiao Plant at 9:00 p.m. on March 11.

After returning to the plant, Li Qiangqiang and Wei Xueping worked the day shift and night shift, respectively. The two men fully undertook the power guarantee work of the Maqiao Plant. Qiu Chuanjun, Li Ming, Zhao Zhenhua and Mi Chunsheng, who are in the dynamic biochemical post, had been paying attention to the operation of various indicators of utilities and were busy with dosing and sludge treatment. Zheng Meng of the maintenance and operation assurance post, and Wang Shugang of the instrument operation assurance post, were responsible for the maintenance of equipment and instruments in the Maqiao Plant. In addition, to provide employees with as much rest time as possible, on the premise of ensuring the normal operation of production assistance posts, Branch II tried to adjust part of the work to the daytime and deal with emergencies at any time.

According to the expert Zhang Wenhong, this epidemic is "late spring coldness". "We will stay at Maqiao and make great efforts in production assistance to welcome the real arrival of spring," said Li Qiangqiang.

Cargo receiving and dispatching: Everyone is versatile

Recently, the production dispatching center of Zhangdian Plant and the Branch III of Maqiao Plant are also running with high simplification and efficiency. "Scheduling, forklift, finished products and unloading of raw materials are all very important and cannot be left behind," said Wang Fei, Vice Plant Manager of Branch III. He stayed in the Zhangdian Plant. To ensure timely implementation of work, all the personnel, who remained at the post according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, are competent. They have to do some "part-time work" based on undertaking the "main item".

Zhang Qian is the only female employee left behind in the production dispatching center/Branch III. She is responsible for the work of weighbridge and finished products in two plants. "I can do both jobs, so I went back to the plant before lockdown management, which can reduce one on-the-job employee and reduce the pressure on the company's epidemic prevention and control," said Zhang Qian.

Li Yang and Shen Changming are respectively responsible for raw material preparation and finished product delivery in the two plants, and assist in packaging and barrel transportation. Wang Yong and Shi Guohua take turns to dispatch in the Zhangdian plant. After completing their work, they also "checked and filled vacancies" everywhere. "Mr. Liu just said at the work meeting that we should reflect our own values. Look, the opportunity is coming!" said Shi Guohua.

Quality monitoring: Sample preparation and training are carried out simultaneously

As the "gatekeeper" of raw materials access and products release, the left-behind employees of the Quality Control Department are also dedicated, as always.

Due to the lockdown management, each shift in the Zhangdian Plant has been reduced from 4 to 2, and the workload of each person has increased a lot. However, the work such as the inspection and routine inspection of plant products, biochemical sewage treatment inspection, access inspection of incoming raw materials, and raw material inspection in PO tank farm can not be reduced. "Although I'm a little busy, I'm very down-to-earth. In this special period, it's also a valuable experience to share and struggle with my colleagues in the factory," said Li Ge. To relieve the working pressure on the team, Cai Yuchen, who stayed in the old factory, also took the lead. In addition to assisting in sampling and sample preparation, he also contracted the daily trivial affairs such as ERP system maintenance and certificate printing. "As the only male employee in Zhangdian Plant, I should take on more work," said Cai Yuchen.

There were also several new employees left behind in Maqiao Plant. Under the leadership of the master, they not only completed the work tasks but also received operation training. "The emergency has provided me with better learning opportunities. I don't like the COVID-19 pandemic, but I want to thank it this time," said Lu Rui, a new employee.

Product sales: Making every effort to guarantee key customers

Both the acquisition of raw materials and the transportation of finished products face the same difficulty—transportation.

When Zibo just announced the first confirmed case, Xu You, a member of the Party committee and Manager of the Sales Department, was full of thoughts about how to contact trucks and ensure key customers if the epidemic spread. With this "anxiety", Xu Youquan arranged for the salesperson to contact the transportation company in advance. After contacting many parties, the sales department found a truck to distribute cargo to the company. On March 15, with the help of the company's leaders, a truck permit was successfully handled. This truck transported the products from Zhangdian Plant to the designated location, where it delivered them to customers every day. In order to improve transportation efficiency, the truck also provided the transportation of some raw materials and packaging barrels. "Even if the cost is increased, the materials used by key customers must be guaranteed, so we changed the original railway transportation to automobile transportation," said Xu You.

To ensure the smooth and normal progress of sales work, the Sales Department has arranged left-behind personnel in both plants. Before the lockdown management, Wang Yongqiang rushed to Maqiao from Linzi District and began his "independent" work. In addition to contacting sales and transportation businesses, he also undertook the business of delivery and storage. "On a busy day, the day passed quickly, and I didn't feel dull," he said.

Those who are united win, and those who share the same storm prosper

The reason why Bluestar Dongda can stand in the head position of polyether manufacturing depends on the iron plate-like strong joint force. In the battle to ensure production by fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff of Bluestar Dongda defended their positions regardless of the post, gender, and age.