Revelation from American auto parts peers: Doing special work to make small businesses stronger
Is there any relationship between the scale and advantages of the automotive industry? The Chinese gear industry delegation visited the American business community and found that the advantages of the enterprise are not in scale. Â
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Small Enterprises' International Competitiveness in "Specialization"
China's gear industry delegation visited the automotive gear industry in the United States ORION, a small-scale enterprise, and cold forming technology companies in the United States gained enlightenment: Small businesses also have big advantages.
ORION has 55 employees in the United States. It has four branches overseas and more than 10 employees. It is a typical small enterprise.
Although the scale is very small, all members of the Chinese gear industry delegation found during the field visit: ORION is a technology-based enterprise with international competitiveness in the testing, testing and automation technology of auto parts products. Car companies and world's top auto parts companies such as Bosch, Delphi, Visteon and BorgWarner.
ORION President Rob Pilat briefed the Chinese Gear Industry delegation on the advanced role of advanced product testing technology and test equipment in the research, development and product industrialization of new key automotive parts and components and led everyone to visit the production site.
ORION can professionally design, program, and manufacture complex test and automated production equipment.
Li Shengqi, secretary-general of the China Automotive Automatic Transmission Innovation Union, said in an interview: “The technology and products of this small enterprise are the weakest, most scarce and most urgent needs of the Chinese gear industry.â€
Huang Tingbo, general manager of Jiangsu Spaceship Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters: "ORION's technology and products can be used both for automotive transmission research and development institutions, but also for automotive transmission production enterprises, in the Chinese gear industry has a vast market."
John Donnelly, the President of American Cold Forming Technology Company, enthusiastically introduced the company's situation and management philosophy to the Chinese Gear Industry Delegation, led the company's core members to open and interactive exchanges with everyone, and accompanied them to visit the cold forming and processing production site and the parts inspection and measurement room.
This is a micro-enterprises with only 15 employees. It mainly provides high-quality and high-volume cold extrusion dents processing, design and manufacture of rake tools, and grinding, and customer batch production of emergency bottleneck emergency services. It is the design and manufacture of dental caries tools and their precise positioning and rapid response to the market.
Li Shengqi said: "This micro-enterprise is very unique and worthy of being used by many companies in the gearing industry in the transformation and upgrading industry in the industrial chain division of labor and cooperation to enhance the market competitiveness of the entire industry."
Chen Jiancheng, chairman of Wenzhou Tianhe Auto Parts Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters: “I have participated in many delegations abroad for visits in China and have not been able to visit small businesses as I wish, but have not realized my desire to visit internationally competitive small businesses. This time participating in the China Gear Industry delegation to visit the United States has satisfied my desire and I am very happy!"
Chen Jiancheng, Chairman of Tianjin Taiwei Gear Co., Ltd. Min Junmin, General Manager of Tianjin Tianhai Synchronous Technology Co., Ltd. Zhang Xueze, General Manager of Tianjin Tianhai Precision Forging Co., Ltd. Weng Jun, Deputy General Manager of Tianjin Zhongde Transmission Co., Ltd. He Junzheng, Shandong Mengwo Transmission Wu Wei, General Manager Assistant, Shang Zhiyun, Deputy General Manager of Tangshan Tongli Gear Co., Ltd., and Hou Kui, Minister of Marketing of Nanjing Kerun Industrial Media Co., Ltd. and other members of the Chinese Gear Industry Industry Group shared the same consensus: “These two small companies The reason for having a strong international competitive advantage is that it has a strong ability to innovate and a highly socialized division of labor that is professional, dedicated, and specialized, and a completely flattened, efficient, and efficient management model from top to bottom, which is worthy of deep research and study by Chinese companies."
The complete vehicle package determines the competitive advantage
Greg Hamel, Global Strategic Sourcing Director of Ford Motor Company, Jenny Hu, Gregg Ong, Scott Low, Chief Engineer of Ford Motor Company, and Kevin Zhang, Ford Chief Engineer of Ford Motor Company, the first SUV of Ford Motor Company, discussed in depth how to strengthen cooperation and cooperation in the industry chain for mutual benefit and win-win results. The problem.
In the face of the Chinese gear industry delegation, Greg Hamel said with emotion: "We also have competitive pressures. As long as your parts and components have the advantages of technology, quality and cost, how can we not purchase?"
Representatives of the delegation learned that Ford Motor Company insisted on the concept of “joint success†with suppliers and requirements for suppliers’ quality assurance ability, and firmly believed that Chinese gear industry companies will be involved in the globalization of parts procurement for Ford Motor Company and the implementation of China’s localization strategy. Win the opportunity.
The China Gear Industry delegation visited Ford Motor Company’s largest transmission plant in the world and was warmly welcomed by its management. After an in-depth discussion, members of the delegation gained experience in large-scale, high-efficiency production quality assurance of longitudinal rear-drive hydraulic automatic transmissions (RATs), and management and logistics management of multi-category quick-change suppliers.
Ford Motor Company has no longer mass-produced the 4 RAT and plans to mass-produce 10 RAT. Ford Motor Co., Ltd. headquarters transmission factory currently has more than 800 blue-collar employees, more than 100 white-collar workers, currently has 870,000 units of 6 RAT annual production capacity, is to 1.2 million units 6 RAT annual production capacity.
Non-profit organizations help supply chain optimization
Xia Langde, CEO of the American Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), introduced the history and functions of AIAG to the Chinese Gear Industry delegation.
AIAG is a non-profit organization jointly established by GM, Ford, and Chrysler three major automobile companies in 1982, providing vehicle manufacturers and parts suppliers with the only platform to jointly solve the problems affecting the global automotive industry supply chain.
The Chinese gear industry delegation found that the AIAG advantage is the uniqueness of this platform.
AIAG's mission is to reduce costs and complexity through collaboration, improve product quality and the environment, ensure human health and safety, and speed product launch through supply chain optimization.
Schaller and AIAG other experts discussed the issue of how to open up the international high-end car market, and had a lively discussion with all members of the Chinese gear industry delegation. The members of the delegation made clear the conditions and capabilities that the parts and components companies must have to become first- and second-tier suppliers of multinational automotive companies.
The American Auto Parts Industry Alliance (abbreviated as APA) is the AIAG supplier system training business training base authorized by China. Its President Dr. Xie Xixian said: "APA will do its utmost to provide China's gear industry enterprises with the best quality, most authoritative and most professional supplier system training. APA is China's gear industry enterprises to enter the US market, the most close and most powerful partner."