In this way, small investment and rolling development is a very suitable path.

Yangcheng Honda, which is in the same city, relied on similar concepts to develop rapidly.

"There is another issue that needs to be considered, which is whether we should produce large stamping parts such as four doors and two covers ourselves. This is related to the issue of whether we should invest in a stamping workshop ourselves."

"I personally suggest that the Yangcheng Huaqiang Factory invest in building a large-scale stamping production line and hot stamping production line nearby, which can provide our models with four doors, two covers and body frame parts."

As the head of the purchasing department, Su Mingxing is naturally responsible for the parts that Nanshan cannot produce itself.

Which parts are produced in-house and which parts are purchased from outside certainly needs to be discussed further.

But for large covering parts such as four doors and two covers, you need to think carefully in advance.

When investing in large-tonnage stamping equipment, the preparation period for factories and equipment is relatively long.

He didn't want to see the group's car-making project fall apart here.

"There is no problem with this direction. You can have a chat with Mr. Guo from Huaqiang Factory first to see if he has any ideas in this regard."

Large stamping parts are related to the appearance of the car body and are relatively important.

Normally, you must produce it yourself.

However, Yangcheng Huaqiang Factory can also be regarded as an affiliated enterprise of Nanshan, with 30% of the shares owned by Nanshan.

So it is not unacceptable to leave the order to them.

After all, the most difficult part of this part is the mold design.

As long as the equipment is put in and the molds are in place, production is not that difficult.

"There is another problem. Although we can now produce powertrains, we can also produce many parts on the body and chassis."

"But to assemble a vehicle, you still need to purchase a large number of parts from outside, and you need to accept at least a hundred new suppliers to produce a complete vehicle."

"Then what logic should we use to select these suppliers also requires a general direction within the company."

Su Mingxing must be most concerned about the business he is responsible for.

Supplier selection is a relatively sensitive topic.

Naturally, he hopes to move forward after clarifying a general direction.

"This is very simple. Look at who is using it in the industry, and we will use it for the time being, and then introduce more manufacturers to compete in the future."

"Core parts are basically produced in Nanshan Auto Parts. Most of the other parts are relatively low-tech and can still be produced by some domestic manufacturers."

"The big principle is that there is no need to import parts from abroad, and even materials should not be purchased from abroad as much as possible."

Although a stable supply chain is very important for OEMs, Nanshan has been able to produce its own gearboxes and engines, as well as some core parts for the car body. At this time, it is difficult to continue to introduce some suppliers to supplement and improve the entire supply chain.

Not high at all.

Some parts can be produced by existing suppliers.

For other parts, we can learn from the supply systems of Yangcheng Honda, BYD, Xifeng Nissan and other companies, and there won't be any big problems at all.

"There is a problem that I think everyone needs to pay attention to from the beginning."

"Car production seems very simple, and many domestic independent brands can produce it."

"But everyone must also know that self-owned brand models will always have various minor problems. Unlike other joint ventures, there may not be any problems within a few years."

"This involves a complete system, especially quality management and the stability of large-scale mass production."

Luo Hongxing, who had been silent until now, also stood up and spoke at this time.

As a former vice president of Ford Motor Company, he is relatively low-key in the company.

But it doesn't mean that his level is not good.

"If you want to say which industry has the most complex industrial chain and the most parts, it probably has to be the aerospace and military industry, not automobiles."

"If you want to say which industry has the highest safety requirements and the lowest tolerance for quality defects, it may still not be automobiles, but the aerospace and military industry."

"As for which industry is developing and changing the fastest, it is still not automobiles, but electronic information-related mobile phones, computers and other industries."

"Even if we say which industry has the largest production volume, it is not cars, but consumer electronics such as mobile phones and computers."

"But I think the automotive industry is the benchmark for the manufacturing industry, because although the above industries have high requirements in certain aspects, they are seriously biased. Although the automotive industry does not have the highest requirements in every aspect, when taken together, the requirements are

Very high.”

"Except for the automotive industry, no other industry has the above characteristics at the same time."

"It is precisely because of this that when producing cars, we have to adopt a higher level of management. Ultimately, the management level of the automobile industry is the highest in the manufacturing industry."

"There are so many parts in a car, and mass production can magnify the problem."

"Any small problem becomes a huge problem as long as it is multiplied by the quantity of mass production, resulting in huge recall costs and repair costs."

"So I think error prevention needs to be fully considered in the initial design and production process."

"For example, if some parts are missing, then we might as well design them so that if this part is not installed, the entire product cannot be assembled."

"Some parts are easy to install backwards, so design them so that if they are installed backwards, they won't fit in."

"As for error-proofing in the manufacturing process, since I am running a small-batch production line, the degree of automation is probably not particularly high."

“This makes the need for error prevention much greater.”

"Actually, I think that even for small-volume production lines, parts that can be installed with equipment should be solved with equipment as much as possible."

"Imagine that a purely handmade line makes a thousand products every day, but people may always be negligent. Even a 1% negligence will produce 10 defective products."

"As for machines and equipment, as long as the parameters are set, they will continue to operate according to the existing procedures, and the chance of error is small."

"It just so happens that our group has its own equipment industry and the robots are also doing very well. We can give full play to our advantages."

Seeing that everyone was listening attentively, Luo Hongxing opened his mouth to express his opinions.

He felt that everyone was still a little too optimistic.

Although he is also very supportive of building cars, support is support, and difficulties must be realized in advance.

A car is not as simple as a sofa and four wheels.

"What Mr. Luo said makes sense. Both the design department and the production department need to combine the perspective of error prevention and quality requirements in the early stages."

Cao Yang is still very confident in Luo Hongxing's professionalism.

Otherwise, he would not be allowed to concurrently serve as the vice president of the automotive project.

"Mr. Cao, I think it is necessary to start working on personnel recruitment and management processes immediately."

At this time, Liu Youmei, the Minister of Personnel and General Affairs, also pointed out the difficulties he would encounter.

"When we want to recruit people, most of them must be from other domestic OEMs. However, the German, American and Japanese models all have different styles. When our company recruits people, do we need to focus on it?

?”

Nanshan will definitely not recruit talents that can be found domestically from abroad.

The costs are completely different.

However, the issues mentioned by Liu Youmei do need to be considered.

Although a company will eventually form its own style.

But in terms of management, which system is preferred can still be classified to some extent.

"The Germans are good at avoiding mistakes in processes and rules. Their company is characterized by a lot of processes."

"The advantage is that it can ensure stable product quality and solid technology. The disadvantage is that the process is complicated and it cannot respond to changes quickly."

"Japanese people are good at reducing waste. They often think about what is unnecessary, but they are also obsessed with details, so they came up with lean production. This is also the reason why Japanese products are cost-effective, leading in technology, and solid in quality.

"

"Americans are good at innovation and are not bound by processes and rules. Things that do not follow processes and rules often happen. This seems to be similar to us Chinese people."

"So they can quickly respond to market changes, but they are often technologically advanced but the quality is mediocre."

Seeing that Cao Yang did not interrupt him or give a direct answer, Liu Youmei added some analysis beside him.

If Nanshan wants to recruit people, the most important thing must be to recruit people from companies such as Yangcheng Honda, Modu Volkswagen, Modu General Motors, Spring City Volkswagen, Spring City Toyota and Changan Ford.

Domestic companies such as Geely Automobile and Chery Automobile are not Liu Youmei's choices for the time being.

"This problem is easy to solve."

After hearing Liu Youmei's words, Cao Yang made a decision quickly.

"For example, R&D talents can be poached from the Pan-Asia Technology Center. General Motors has cultivated a lot of talents there over the years."

"For quality management, we can recruit people from Toyota and Honda's joint ventures. They have relatively high quality control requirements."

"As for procurement and project management, we can recruit people from Modu Volkswagen and Spring City Volkswagen."

"As for the sales department, some of them can be recruited from companies that sell complex imported cars such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, as well as from the sales departments of independent brand car companies such as Chery and Geely."

"We will make full use of whichever feature is beneficial to the company's development."

"In the end, after fusion, we formed our own characteristics."
To be continued...