After an afternoon and a night of jet lag, Zhou Jingming and the four of them finally adapted to the time here in Detroit, in fact, Zhou Jingming is okay, he has been running around in Europe and the United States some time ago, and the jet lag is not difficult for him, but people like He Yingxun who went abroad for the first time are not good, and they still look sluggish.

"The Yankees eat this stuff every morning? Add ham to the bread? Forget the bun fritters, don't even drink soy milk, and say that the United States is the richest country in the world, why are their people living like this?" He Yingxun said with a sandwich in his hand and complained while eating.

Before going abroad, He Yingxun still had great illusions about the United States, but the pain of jet lag coupled with the inadaptability of the diet made He Yingxun disappointed in the United States, and he had to sigh that China was better.

"You want to eat bun fritters, right? I'll take you to Chinatown tomorrow, that's it, hurry up and finish it, and I'll go to the factory later." Zhou Jingming smiled and said angrily.

"What the hell is Chinatown, the street of candy sellers?" He Yingxun muttered quietly, and stuffed the sandwich into his mouth.

After breakfast, the four of them came to the branch factory in Detroit under the leadership of Xu Weidong, to be honest, this is also the first time Zhou Jingming saw what the branch factory looked like after it was built, before that, Zhou Jingming only came here once on the day of the factory groundbreaking, and then because of various things, he did not care about the progress here, but handed over this matter to Xu Weidong to manage on his behalf.

"How do you feel more magnificent than our domestic headquarters?" Wang Yuanchao couldn't help but say as soon as he got out of the car.

"It's really better than our headquarters, and it feels more technological. Zhao Ke also nodded.

Zhou Jingming smiled, "This is the factory area that has just been built, our domestic headquarters, how could there be so much money when it was established, basically it was used in factory equipment, and after the branch in Gusu City is built in a few months, you will find that it is bigger and better than here in Detroit." ”

At this moment, in front of their eyes, is the newly built Tianming company's branch factory in Detroit, facing the gate, is the branch of the comprehensive building, the branch of the functional departments will be used here for office, a total of six floors, from the outside, very magnificent.

After entering the factory, several people will feel the luxury inside the factory, whether it is the workshop of the vehicle factory, or the workshop of the engine factory, it is more advanced than the current workshop in China, the vehicle factory here, and even has begun to try to use the material trolley automatic batching, and the domestic workshop is still pure manual feeding, that is to say, the degree of automation here is much higher than the domestic workshop.

From the perspective of the scale of the factory, the branch factory in Detroit is about the same as the main factory in Shencheng, and the area is not much different, but in terms of investment cost, the investment amount in Detroit this time is more than twice that of the main factory at that time, and the main funds are used to upgrade the equipment on the factory floor.

Taking the vehicle factory as an example, the four major workshops of stamping, welding and coating, the assembly and the welding workshop have used manipulators to the maximum extent to hoist large parts, especially in the welding workshop, welding robots have also begun to appear on the production line.

With such a degree of automation, the funds required will naturally exceed the investment funds required for domestic production solely by manual production.

Not only the degree of automation of the production workshop has been improved, in order to ensure that the assembly accuracy meets the requirements, the process capacity index can be kept within a certain value range, and all the key process tightening points in the factory are tightened by electric tightening machines, so that the torque requirements of each key process can meet the corresponding requirements, and try to ensure that there will be no quality problems in this regard.

After looking around the major workshops of the factory, everyone has only one feeling, that is, the money is not spent in vain, Tianming Company has invested so much money here, and the factory built is definitely world-class.

"If nothing else, it can produce about 80,000 Kirin cars a year, but with the current level of production lines in the factory, even if it reaches the level of 100,000 cars a year, I wouldn't be surprised. On the way back, Zhou Jingming said with a smile.

Overall, he was very satisfied with the construction of the Detroit plant.

"With this factory, we can share most of the pressure in China, and we don't have to transport cars from China all the way here, and we can save a lot of money just in terms of transportation costs. Zhao Ke also nodded with a smile.

Even if the annual output is calculated at 80,000 units, Tianming Company will no longer have to be stretched as it is now, and can further expand its sales in the US market.

On the third day of coming to Detroit, the opening ceremony of the first wholly-owned branch of Tianming Automobile Company overseas was officially held, and all domestic representatives led by Zhou Jingming were present, and the Detroit city government also sent several congressmen to congratulate.

After a series of activities, at 10 o'clock in the morning, all the factory workshops in the factory area started production at the same time, announcing the official end of the investment project in Detroit.

After the matter in Detroit is over, Zhou Jingming did not continue to stay here, and there are still things to be done in China, and he needs to go back to preside over the overall situation.

"Are you sure you won't go back with us?" Before leaving, Zhou Jingming and Wang Yuanchao found Xu Weidong and asked.

"I've been here for almost half a year, and I've figured out a lot of relationships, and the factory has just started production. Xu Weidong smiled and shook his head.

"That's fine, if you don't go back, I can't tie you back. Zhou Jingming said helplessly.

"Alright, you two hurry up, they're waiting, I'll let you know as soon as there's anything. Xu Weidong hugged Zhou Jingming and Wang Yuanchao left and right, "The eldest child's lifelong event has been solved, you should also pay attention to the third child, I and the eldest are also so happy, and the province will worry about you every day......"

After returning to China, Zhou Jingming's life returned to normal, still at two o'clock every day, the company ran back and forth with his family, and Xu Weidong watched from Detroit, and there should be no problems at the factory, so that Zhou Jingming could rest easy and concentrate on domestic affairs.

On the other hand, after half a year's efforts, the International Automotive Working Group, on the basis of the first draft, after a series of reviews and improvements, officially released the first version of the 16949 quality management system on March 20.

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