Chapter 40 Vigorous operation after a new product is rolled off the production line
Sending off the unexpected visitors without danger, Cao Yang continued to take He Qingquan to compete with the stamping equipment.
And in the past few days, another major event has happened in Nanshan Auto Parts Factory.
"Factory director, our wheel bolts have been successfully trial-produced."
"From the tensile strength, yield strength and dimensional accuracy measured so far, there are no problems."
"The corrosion resistance cycle test of SST and CCT is being carried out today, and the SPEC tests related to wear resistance, oil resistance, and weather resistance are also being carried out as planned."
Cai Rong is going crazy busy this time.
On the one hand, there was such a freak as He Qingquan under his subordinates, which indirectly brought him a lot of pressure.
On the other hand, the factory began to enter the new field of wheel bolts, and he also had a lot to learn.
Seeing that all the equipment was installed in place and the wheel bolts began trial production, his pressure did not decrease at all.
"How long will it take?"
Cao Yang is very confident in the technology given by the system.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about whether the wheel bolts will not meet the requirements of the drawings and SPEC.
For him, testing is nothing more than a process.
"At present, the SST test takes 960 hours, that is, 40 days, which is the longest time spent in the single product test."
"On top of that, some customers may request a vehicle test, which is a more uncontrollable schedule."
In Cai Rong's view, the progress of the wheel bolt project of Nanshan Auto Parts Factory has been very fast.
In less than a year, the product has been released.
And it is also the products of Ford and General Motors that are advancing together.
However, Cao Yang is obviously still not satisfied with this speed.
The Nanshan Auto Parts Factory is only producing two products now, and even if he already has points to redeem for new products, he does not have enough money to invest in the new production line again.
After all, no matter how much money the nut plate makes, it is not as fast as the equipment is invested.
In addition, it takes time to train and recruit personnel, so even if Cao Yang's current points can be exchanged for some new technologies, there is no action for the time being.
He had to wait for the wheel nuts to enter mass production before starting a new project.
Of course, this is the case now.
When the scale is done, there is no shortage of personnel and funds, and you can start working on several projects at the same time.
At that time, it was the time when Nanshan Auto Parts Factory was developing rapidly.
"According to you, how soon will we be able to supply wheel nuts to General Motors and Ford?"
"Factory director, even if the other party does not require the vehicle durability test, it will be three months later at the earliest before it can start mass production and supply."
Cai Rong gave a more ideal answer based on the test schedule and the schedule of the follow-up internal review of the OEM.
However, Cao Yang was not satisfied with this answer.
"Our wheel nut production line can be mass-produced, but we have to wait for the other party's approval."
"It's so slow, and we are directly pushing forward with the single-product trials, and at the same time, we are in contact with the global procurement centers of General Motors and Ford Motors, and we send our parts to them for simultaneous confirmation."
"At the same time, the change process that should be followed should also be promoted to compress the time as much as possible."
"On the General Motors side in particular, we signed an agreement that they need to buy 20 million dollars of parts from us."
"If the agreed amount is not reached, they will have to make up the money directly to us."
"Therefore, GM's procurement center should also be more active in promoting these proposals."
"For specific content, you can find the purchasing and sales department to do it together."
Cao Yang's instruction made Cai Rong feel a lot of pressure.
That's not the normal way to do it.
Generally, if a supplier has a new part to switch in mass production, it must be after the single product test and the vehicle test are completed, and then the change process will begin.
Now it's moving forward at the same time.
Do you really think Ford and General Motors are their own?
Cai Rong only dared to complain in his heart, and he still obediently pushed forward in action.
"By the way, you call Dai Hanbiao over again, and I will ask him to start preparing for the production of wheel nuts."
Without waiting for Cai Rong to say anything, Cao Yang added.
This time, Cai Rong couldn't help it.
"Factory director, isn't it a little too early to prepare for production now?"
"Let's not talk about whether all the tests are OK or not, even if there is no problem, we will not start production until the customer approves it."
Cai Rong felt that his factory director was in a bit of a hurry.
It's completely out of the process.
There are tens of thousands of parts on the car, and every change of the part is very deliberate.
Otherwise, there would have been an unknown number of problems.
"After GM and Ford approve it, we can order materials, prepare them for production, and then export them to the United States, which will take at least two months in between."
"Time is not waiting for me, I can't afford to waste these two months."
"Now we are ready to go into mass production, first produce a batch of parts, and then ship them directly to the United States, and when our parts arrive, almost the intermediate procedures have been completed, and we can start supplying them."
Cao Yang's words stunned Cai Rong.
How else can it be done like this?
He has been working in technology for more than ten years, and he has never heard of such a plan.
I don't even dare to think like that.
If there is a little problem in the middle and some modifications need to be made to the product or production conditions, then all the parts produced in advance will be scrapped.
Normally, the probability that some problems will need to be modified is almost 100%.
This also means that Nanshan Auto Parts Factory has to scrap a large number of wheel nuts.
Even after the localization of wheel nuts, the cost is much lower than that of the original manufacturer, and it can't withstand such a toss.
"Factory director, I think it's too risky to start mass production now."
"At that time, all the money we make from the production of nut plates may be lost, or even not enough."
"We just got out of the brink of bankruptcy last year, and it will happen again."
Cai Rong still has feelings for Nanshan Auto Parts Factory.
Naturally, I don't want Cao Yang to toss around there, and when the time comes, his work will be gone.
"Normally, it's very risky."
"But I have confidence in these wheel nuts."
"Besides, haven't you already determined some of the basic physical and chemical properties of the finished product, and there is no problem?"
Cao Yang knew that his operation was a bit violent.
So he was also very patient to talk to Cai Rong.
"If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, factory director, at least we have to wait until our SST test is done before judging, it will be safer, right?"
Cai Rong still wants to work hard.
But Cao Yang couldn't listen to it, "You just do what I say, and if there is really a problem at that time, it will be regarded as paying tuition." ”
Cai Rong: ......
This tuition fee can be a bit expensive!
Could it be that Mr. Cao wants to take the back road of Mr. Dong, who was stamped by Chuncheng?