Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1778 Three-step plan

"GAZ 24 is indeed a good car, but compared with the Santana sedan, it has lagged behind by a whole generation. I also know that this car is the pride of your Gorky Automobile Factory, but the world is developing too fast, and you can only be eliminated if you stand still , people cannot always live in the glory of the past." Duan Yun smiled slightly, and then said: "As for the development of our group's own brand cars, that is also my dream, but before that, we need to digest and absorb Santana and Volvo. There is an old saying in China about the related technologies of the two cars, that is, we have accumulated a lot of money, and only when our technical reserves and accumulation reach a certain level, will we be able to develop cars with ease, and we will have the opportunity to make classic models.”

"Mr. Duan is right. There is no rush for this kind of thing. The development of a car is related to the success or failure of a company. If the car model is developed successfully, it can make the company profitable for many years, but if it fails, the loss will be huge. Not only In terms of money, it will also cause great damage to the brand and reputation of our group company, so we must be cautious when developing new cars!" Zhang Weiguo also said at this time.

It’s a bit different from the thinking of Soviet experts. In fact, Zhang Weiguo and Zhukovsky are both deputy chief engineers of automobile factories, and they are at the same level. In addition, in the 80s and [-]s, China and the Soviet Union were both socialist All countries are in the planned economic system, but Zhang Weiguo went to Shenzhen a few years ago. During the time he worked in Tianyin Group, his thinking has also undergone great changes, especially for the market economy. We have a relatively deep understanding of the business model under the system, so we have a very cautious attitude towards the development of any new product.

On the other hand, Zhukovsky, because before the Soviet collective, he had been working in a state-owned automobile factory. At that time, the Soviet Union, like China, adopted a planned economy model. Therefore, in Zhukovsky’s view, as long as he can Develop a durable car with good performance indicators, even if the task is completed, and rarely consider the marketing, consumer psychology, product positioning, and cost-effective aspects of the car. To put it bluntly, Zhukovsky is A pure car expert, his understanding of business matters is far from deep enough, or very superficial.

"Old Zhang is right!" Duan Yun glanced at Zhang Weiguo approvingly, and then said: "We really need to be very cautious about our group's development of self-owned brand cars. It’s been a long time, but I can afford to wait for at least two or three years. At present, our task is to absorb and digest the relevant technologies of imported cars, especially the R&D of the localization of Santana cars. Everyone must invest 10% If you can’t even complete the task of localizing Santana cars, don’t talk about researching and developing your own brand of cars. Even if you can make them, it’s still a backward product…”

"President Duan is right!" Zhang Weiguo echoed.

"I now have a three-step plan to develop the company's automobile industry. The first step is to become a supplier of parts for Santana cars, and at the same time absorb the imported Volvo delivery technology and do a good job in technology accumulation." Duan Yun paused , Then said: "By the end of this year at the latest, I hope that our Shanghai branch can complete the mass production of car gearboxes in the market, at least to ensure about 1 sets per month and 400 Santana car gearboxes a year." In order to achieve this goal, the group company will increase investment, and the technical problems that need to be solved will be handed over to everyone here..."

Since 1992, the annual output of Santana cars has exceeded 3 units, and among these cars, the current annual output of Santana car gearboxes at Shanghai Automotive Gear Factory is about 1 units, which means that there are still 2 More than [-] gearboxes need to be imported from Germany.

Of course, Duan Yun wanted to fill this hole in one go, but it is very difficult to achieve such a large production capacity. You must know that after the Shanghai Automotive Gear Factory was selected as the supporting manufacturer of the Santana car through inspection, it initially It can only produce less than 2000 automobile gearboxes per year. Later, Chase Germany provided some technical and equipment support. It took nearly 4 years to increase the annual output to 11 units. It can be seen that the production difficulty of this gearbox is still very high for the current Chinese technical level.

Even with advanced machine tools and Volvo's related production equipment, it is almost impossible for Duan Yun to reach an annual output of 1 or even 2 gearboxes before the end of the year. With the scale and situation of the company, it is quite difficult to reach a monthly output of 400 units before the end of the year.

"400 units a month..." Hearing this, Zhang Weiguo frowned slightly, but still said: "President Duan, we will do our best..."

In fact, Zhang Weiguo is also a very hardworking person, but it is indeed difficult to achieve a monthly output of 400 units before the end of the year.

The main reason is that the current sample has not passed the test in Germany, and it will take at least two months, that is to say, there will be no relevant results until mid-June or early July, and at that time, we can start Prepare for mass production.

In the remaining 5 months before the end of the year, the commissioning of related equipment, the establishment of production and quality inspection systems, the training of workers, and the improvement of warehousing and logistics will all take a certain amount of time, especially in equipment commissioning and worker training. On the one hand, it takes a lot of time and energy, so there is already a lot of pressure on this factory to be put into production before the end of the year.

In addition, the output of 400 gearboxes per month does not sound like much, but in fact, considering the lack of running-in of the early equipment, the lack of proficiency of the workers, and many other factors, the product qualification rate is not high, which will greatly delay the production progress. We must know that when the Shanghai Automotive Gear Factory first started producing Santana car gearboxes, the pass rate in the first half of the year was even less than 6%, and the difficulties outsiders could not imagine.

"It's not about doing your best, but what you have to do!" Duan Yun glanced at Zhang Weiguo, and then said, "I know you have a heavy burden now, but opportunities wait for no one. If our opponent Shanghai Automotive Gear Factory After completing the production expansion, we will have nothing to do with the localization of Santana car gearboxes in the future. Do you still remember when you came to Shenzhen and saw the most slogans?"

"Remember, of course I remember, time is money, and efficiency is life." Zhang Weiguo replied, then gritted his teeth and said: "President Duan, I understand, I promise to complete the task by the end of the year!"

(End of this chapter)