Perfection of Rebirth

Chapter 816 Supply Chain Issues

People in Tianchao often don't pay special attention to the interior of the first car, but Jiang Hui knows that these things will really affect word of mouth.

In the past, the interior VOC of some brands exceeded the standard, and the odor was very strong, and it was still very smelly after one or two years of use; or the various decorative parts were full of plastic, so that consumers did not want to buy a second car or replace the car. Will consider the same brand again.

On the contrary, some companies that have done a good job in interior details have more repeat customers.

Many consumers bought an entry-level model of this brand for their first car, and directly bought a high-end model of this brand when they bought their second car.

Although people in China still pay the most attention to appearance and price when buying cars, the world's largest market will eventually mature. Jiang Hui hopes that Guanghui Automobile can become a century-old enterprise, instead of launching one model and selling two The year quickly faded away.

"Have the suppliers of our purchased parts for this model been finalized?" Jiang Hui asked his concerns while sitting in the car.

"At the end of last year, all the formal decisions have been made and all suppliers have been notified to open molds and prepare parts," Kato replied quickly.

Notifying the supplier to open the mold is a very important time node, and Jiang Hui still has this concept.

Before the mold is opened, most parts suppliers need to invest relatively little capital.For example, the drawings of various stamping parts used in the welding workshop are designed by the Guanghui Automobile Research Center. What the supplier needs to do in the early stage is to quote the quotation to the Guanghui Automobile Purchasing Department, and at the same time review its own production capacity planning to verify this. Can the parts be produced by ourselves.

In fact, these jobs don't cost much money.

However, when Guanghui decided that these parts should be made by a certain supplier and officially notified them to open the mold, it was different.

At this time, the real money will be spent.

If the mold is made by the supplier themselves, then they need to start formal mold design, purchase materials and some accessories, all of which cost money.

If the mold is made by the supplier looking for a specialized mold manufacturer, it is even more necessary to pay a sum of money in advance to the mold manufacturer and sign a formal contract with them, and then cancel it later, the cost will be high.

Therefore, it is very important and prudent to notify the supplier to open the mold.

However, by this time, it often means that the basic development of the model has been basically completed, and the rest is mainly about verification and mass production at the factory.

"What is the situation of our supplier system? How stable is it?"

Jiang Hui asked another question that is very important to automobile companies.

There are more than 1 parts in a car. No matter which car company it is, it is impossible to make all the parts by itself, which is unrealistic and economical.

Professional things are left to professional people to do, and the parts are the same.

However, the relationship between this professional organization and the OEM is sometimes very important.

Regardless of the fact that China's auto industry is about to overtake the United States to become the world's largest market today, all core component manufacturers in the auto industry are foreign-funded enterprises.

Just take a look at the annual ranking of the top [-] auto parts companies.

Bosch, Denso, Magna, Continental, Delphi, Aisin Seiki, Johnson Controls, Valeo, Lear, ZF, TRW, BASF, Yazaki, Sumitomo, Toyota Boshoku, Dana, JTAG Special, Hitachi, Kang Nike, MAHLE, Autoliv, BENTELER...

In the entire list, you will not find a Chinese company.

Domestic auto companies, regardless of whether they are joint venture brands or independent brands, there is no company that does not use the products of these companies.

Especially the parts related to the body electronic system and safety system are basically foreign brands used.

If you really want to talk about the difference, it is nothing more than that you are using Bosch, I am using Denso, and the brands are different.

"Mr. Jiang, Guanghui Automobile is a newly established company after all. Although our planned number of models is as high as [-] units per year, not every supplier has confidence in us." Pi Wei took Jiang Hui's hand in a bit embarrassed The problem.

"Some suppliers are unwilling to cooperate with us?" Jiang Hui said, frowning.

"There is no one who says no to cooperation, and generally as a supplier, you will not say so directly. But from their quotations, we can see that some suppliers have no sincerity for cooperation. Like It is the car air conditioner. We have quoted the price to Denso, Delphi, and Valeo, but the price quoted by Denso is twice that of Delphi, which is almost 1000 yuan more expensive, and there is no sincerity at all,” Pi Wei said.

Although Jiang Hui likes that all parts of Guanghui Automobile are purchased from domestic private companies, the auto parts companies of Tianchao are indeed not so up-to-date.

Except for parts with relatively low technical content such as stamping and injection molding, private enterprises that meet the requirements can basically be found in China, and other parts are much more difficult.

For things like car air conditioners, domestic appliance companies such as Gree and Midea do a good job of air conditioners, but car air conditioners and home air conditioners are completely different things.

People don't even have the idea of ​​getting involved.

Although the refrigeration principle of automobile air conditioners is the same as that of domestic air conditioners we are familiar with.

Both use the principle of R12 or R134a compression to release the instantaneous rapid expansion of the volume to absorb a large amount of heat energy refrigeration principle

But car air conditioning refrigeration and heating are independent systems!
And home use is a system!
Household air conditioners generally use mechanical compression refrigeration devices. There are four basic components: a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser, and a throttling device. The four are connected and filled with refrigerant.

The compressor is like a galloping heart, making the refrigerant flow continuously in the air conditioner like blood, realizing the adjustment of the room temperature.

Automotive air conditioners are generally composed of compressors, electronically controlled clutches, condensers, evaporators, expansion valves, liquid storage dryers, pipes, condensing fans, vacuum solenoid valves, idlers and control systems.

Structurally, it is very different from the household air conditioner.

The most important thing is that the car air conditioner is a mobile air-conditioning device. Compared with the fixed air-conditioning system, its dynamic and rotating conditions are more severe. With the vibration of the car, the refrigerant of the air-conditioning system is more likely to leak than the fixed one. The repair and maintenance of the system is also more frequent than that of the fixed type. The air duct system in the air conditioner often sucks in dust when fresh air is sucked in, blocking the filter and evaporator, and the refrigerant is often released into the atmosphere during the cleaning process.

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