Chapter 59: The Story of an Ordinary Production Change Request
Automobile OEMs have high requirements for the production stability of parts.
The confirmation of various CP values and CPK values is closely related to these.
For automotive parts suppliers, any changes in materials, component sources, equipment, production sites, etc., must be reported in advance and acknowledged before implementation.
These are emphasized in the requirements of "change point management" of each OEM.
As a supplier of nut plates, Nanshan Auto Parts Factory needs to replace stamping equipment to produce nut plates, which naturally needs to be reported.
However, since they are the second-tier suppliers of Chuncheng Volkswagen and Modu Volkswagen, they report to the Chuncheng Stamping Plant.
After that, the Chuncheng stamping plant will report to the main engine factory and obtain the recognition of the change.
"Lao Wang, for such a simple process change application, we flew to Yangcheng, is it unnecessary?"
"Anyway, those presses are all producing nut plates, and it's the same for any one."
Liu Darui has opinions on Nanshan Auto Parts Factory.
At the beginning, he was scolded for the nut plate mold.
So if he can't go on a business trip to Nanshan, he won't go.
But this time, it was Wang Le who lifted the hat of general manager Dong Chun and forced him to go on a business trip with him.
"Liu Bu, there are several presses for the production of nut plates in Nanshan Auto Parts Factory, if it is changed between these units, I will naturally not let you make a special trip."
Wang Le came to the scene to confirm so actively this time, obviously there is a reason.
You must know that before this business trip, Zhang Fugui and Cai Rong from Nanshan went over to report to him once.
"How?"
"They've got new equipment?"
Liu Darui's words were a little sour.
The development of Nanshan Auto Parts Factory is so fast that they are a little unaccustomed to it.
"If we continue to buy Aida or Schuler presses, then we don't need to make a special trip."
"Just make sure that their changed dimensions are fine."
When Wang Le said this, Liu Darui was a little curious.
"Could it be that they bought equipment from a third manufacturer?"
"When the time comes, won't the equipment on site be Wanguo, and all of them will have it?"
"It's very difficult to manage, aren't they afraid of problems?"
As the head of the technical department of Chuncheng Stamping, Liu Darui often needs to follow the procurement to the secondary supplier to do some audit work.
Wanguo brand equipment is obviously what they don't want to see.
"It's hard to manage, that's their own problem."
"Anyway, the nut plate is produced using the PRG process, as long as the equipment is suitable, it doesn't have much impact if you change it."
"But this time, they directly used their own equipment, and they kept selling to us, trying to convince us to buy his press."
As soon as Wang Le said this, Liu Darui understood why he needed to drag himself to the scene in person this time.
However, he is not optimistic about Nanshan's self-produced equipment at all.
"When it comes to PRG technology, Nanshan is one of the best in China."
"I admit it!"
"But the design and production of PRG presses is completely different from PRG molds, and there is no stamping factory in the industry that produces its own presses."
"They are fooling around like this, don't damage the mold when the time comes, it won't affect our supply."
Liu Darui's focus is not at all on Nanshan's self-produced presses.
He was just worried about whether the molds he supplied to him would be damaged.
If the mold is broken, it will take time to remake or rebuild.
If you are not careful, you will have supply problems.
Especially during this time, Chuncheng Automobile Group and Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. established a joint venture company, and the entire Chuncheng Automobile Group is learning Toyota's lean management and production model.
In order to minimize the cost, the Spring City Stamping Factory does not do too much nut plate inventory.
At that time, the mold will be broken, the inventory will be used up, and the Modu Volkswagen and the Spring City Volkswagen will be discontinued......
Thinking of that scene, Liu Darui felt a lot of pressure.
"Probably not......
Hearing what Liu Darui said, Wang Le was also a little weak-hearted, "Since Nanshan Auto Parts Factory dares to invite us to come over for a visit to the site, it shows that the level of the press they produce by themselves should be okay." ”
"At least from the equipment parameters they provide, the size parameters of the nut plate that have been changed are not weaker than before the change."
In this way, the two have been chatting about Nanshan since they got on the plane.
When they came to Nanshan Auto Parts Factory, they naturally didn't listen to any report first, and came directly to the scene to see the situation of the equipment.
"25 stamps in a minute?"
"I remember using Aida's press 22 times a minute, right?"
Liu Darui held a stopwatch in his hand and pinched the watch himself to confirm the production beat.
For the stamping factory, in the case of satisfying the quality, it is definitely hoped that the speed of stamping is as fast as possible.
But this is closely related to the situation of equipment, molds, and parts.
The faster the stamping speed, the higher the requirements for equipment and molds, and at the same time, the parts are also required to be simpler.
Now the parts have not changed, the molds have not changed, but the stamping speed has increased.
Although it has only increased 3 times, it is still a very scary statistic.
"Liu Bu, your memory is really good."
"It seems that you know the situation of every part."
"You're right, the production cycle time of our nut plate was really about 22 times a minute."
"However, our self-developed press has made some improvements to the crank linkage mechanism and motor, which can improve the production cycle time while ensuring the quality of parts and the safety of the equipment."
Cai Rong was full of confidence, and introduced Liu Darui with a smile.
To be honest, its own equipment center was able to produce 600 tons of PRG equipment, and various parameters also comprehensively surpassed the existing equipment of Huitian and Schuler, and Cai Rong did not believe it before.
But facts speak louder than words.
"Is this really your own machine?"
Wang Le circled around the press several times, constantly comparing it with the press next to Huitian.
During this time, due to the Chuncheng stamping factory in the review of the introduction of special PRG stamping equipment, Wang Le can also be regarded as a good study of this kind of press.
Ordinary people want to fool him, but it's not that easy.
"Wangbu, from the design to the assembly of this equipment, all of it is completed by our equipment center in Nanshan."
"Judging from the current confirmed situation, the parameters in all aspects are comprehensively superior to those of Aida and Schuler."
"But our cost is only half that of Schuler, and it is about 30% cheaper than the press in Aida."
"The most important thing is to buy our press, you don't have to worry about any after-sales problems."
At this time, it was naturally Zhang Fugui's turn to appear.
As the head of the purchasing and sales department, he will not only need to consider the sales of parts and components but also the sales of equipment in the future.