In fact, in the past few days, when various peers beat up the water dogs and accused the NSK Group of fraud, NTN, which is also a Japanese company, was the one who rushed to the forefront and made the loudest noise.

The reason for this kind of performance is, of course, mainly because of the lack of heart of being a thief, and now shouting a little louder can reduce some suspicion.

But beyond that, it also grabs a lot of attention.

Even many of the original NSK Group customers began to contact NTN.

After all, the premium of these first-line bearing brands in Europe is indeed higher.

If there are alternatives with the right quality and price, no one will be able to get along with the money.

After all, the two are both Japanese companies, and they are similar in terms of product cost performance, performance calibration and usage habits, so the handover should be relatively smooth.

You can't have a problem with one Japanese company and another Japanese company has a problem, right?

Why don't you say that there is a problem in the entire Japanese manufacturing industry?

How is that possible?

Wouldn't it have been discovered a long time ago if there was such a big problem?

As a result, under the guidance of such a simple logical deduction, NTN Group's stock price and performance have ushered in a wave of contrarian rises in the past few days.

Of course, at such a critical juncture, they did not dare to be too arrogant to commit crimes against the wind, and quietly came to a product replacement.

In fact, the performance of the past false label is reduced, and then it is lowered by half a grade and sold at a lower price.

Since the purchase price from Huaxia is low enough, even so, there can still be quite exaggerated profit margins.

As for Volkswagen, Peugeot and other companies that did not include NSK in the supplier list in the first place, they have breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, there is a bit of schadenfreude.

After all, although Fiat's initiative to expose the shortcomings this time can be regarded as a wave of word-of-mouth, the loss is also bad enough.

Even if you can get the money back through a lawsuit, it will take a lot of time, and this is not the production that is destined to be affected by the change of suppliers in the short term.

……

Turin, Italy.

Headquarters of the Fiat Group.

Andrews Guarino, director of procurement and supply chain, is working with his deputy on a scorching list of suppliers.

A month ago, the group suddenly received a piece of information from its partner in Huaxia, Jinling Automobile Company, that NSK Group, one of the important suppliers, was suspected of falsifying quality inspection data.

At first, Guarino didn't really believe it.

However, after seeing the evidence submitted by Huaxia, he immediately realized that the word "suspicion" was still too euphemistic.

It's a real hammer.

Although so far, NSK bearings have only been installed on non-European models, and Fiat is not too large in the market outside Europe, so it has not caused any irreparable impact.

But according to the original plan, a large number of European and global models will be rolled out next year.

If not properly handled, this black swan event may even directly disrupt the replacement schedule of the entire group's brands.

If the NSK Group were an Italian company, I'm afraid the mafia would have already done it a long time ago.

In short, since that day, Guarino has hardly slept soundly.

"Director, according to the report of the Jinling Fiat Joint Venture, they have replaced the NSK Group models with two brands of bearings made in China in the field of commercial vehicles since last year."

Deputy Superintendent Robert Giani opened a folder and handed it to Guarino:

"Judging from the feedback data in the last six months, no problems have been found, and all the data meet the requirements."

"Moreover, they will sample each batch of goods and then randomly send them to different third-party agencies for testing."

Obviously, the last sentence is very pertinent.

Guarino, who had always been frowning, did not respond immediately, but took the folder and looked down at the contents of the report.

"Half a year...... I'm afraid it's a bit short, right? ”

He hesitated:

"If there is any problem, then next year's replacement of our new models, I'm afraid it will really have to be shelved......"

Commercial vehicles are generally used in harsher environments than passenger cars, but even so, a few months can not be considered to have passed the market test.

The current Guarino is already a bit afraid of the well rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years.

"Two days ago, NTN also sent us their supply orders, and I think they are all Japanese companies, and the transition is relatively ......."

Halfway through, he stopped.

Because I saw the price column in the schedule of the report.

If it weren't for trusting his deputy's ability to do his job, Guarino would even wonder if he had made a mistake in counting the decimal point.

It is true that this data is the domestic price in China, considering that Jinling Automobile and this Luoyi Bearing Group are their state-owned enterprises, so it may even be an internal price.

If it is exported to Italy, there will definitely be other costs involved, and the arrival price of the terminal will definitely be higher.

But he has been in this line of work for more than ten years, and it is roughly estimated that even if you take into account the intermediate costs and the profits that the other party must set aside, it will be about one-third cheaper than the quotation given by NTN in his hands.

Considering the millions of cars sold every year, this is obviously not a small amount of money.

"Otherwise, we can consider Huaxia enterprises as alternative suppliers, and they will provide 5%, or 10% of the product loading trial, and if no problems are found in a few years, then gradually expand the scope of application?"

Gioani apparently saw what his boss was struggling with, and instead proposed a compromise.

"It's ......"

Guarino's brow finally stretched slightly, and he was about to nod his head when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps on the floor with high heels outside.

Immediately after, there was a knock on the office door, and an anxious-looking secretary stood in the doorway, poking his head in slightly.

"Simone?"

Guarino and Gianni turned their heads together.

Superintendent, TV News...... I'm broadcasting about a few other Japanese companies, and I think ...... You should take a look. ”

Simone, the secretary, was out of breath and apparently trotted all the way over.

The two people who were originally sitting next to the coffee table looked at each other.

Obviously, looking at Simone's appearance, this is not like three or two sentences that can be made clear.

So, the three of them rushed to a conference room downstairs as quickly as possible.

One of the televisions inside is broadcasting business news.

"Two Chinese companies sued Japanese companies for infringing their goodwill rights......"

The right of goodwill should be studied more by legal scholars.

In common law countries, there are some relevant precedents, but on the side of civil law systems, there is not much to learn from on how to define, recognize and protect the right to goodwill.

Therefore, when he saw this title, Guarino was stunned for a moment.

However, after all, he has been in a high position for a long time, and it is impossible for him to lose his temper because of this little thing, so he quickly understood the meaning of this news.

Without the knowledge of the Chinese companies, the two Japanese companies put their own labels on the products produced by the latter and sold them all over the world.

Therefore, the plaintiff argued that although there was no economic problem in this process, the intangible assets such as the brand image brought about in the process of product sales were deprived by the defendant company, and therefore demanded compensation, an apology and a formal statement of the incident to restore the reputation.

"Heh......"

Guarino scoffed and shook his head:

"Which two Japanese companies did this, it's really ......"

The disdainful words came to an abrupt end in the middle of the sentence.

Because the next picture on the TV cut out the interview with the legal staff of the defendant company.

And the subtitles below read-

(Defendant) Legal Counsel to NTN Corporation.

"Huh?"

Guarino, who was still holding the mentality of eating melons just now, went numb directly:

"This Japanese company ...... Don't be all the way, right? ”

(End of chapter)