As the saying goes.

Again and again, two and four, and again and again.

If a company has a problem, it can be regarded as an example.

Two can also be interpreted as a small probability event that happens to occur.

However, now so many Japanese companies have exploded one after another in just one month.

And it's all big thunder related to quality problems.

That's worth talking about.

It can't be a huge number of cases, right?

So, in the face of indisputable facts, Guarino finally began to realize that something was wrong.

"Director, at this time of news, there are already good things that the media is preparing to do a program on this matter."

After the main content of the news was played, Simone took two steps forward and switched the TV screen to the one that had just been recorded.

That's the teaser for a car show.

"They said that they would buy several batches of wheel bearings marked with the NTN brand from the after-sales service of different car brands and send them directly for inspection to see if there are any characteristics on the bearing materials that the two Huaxia companies said."

"Hmmm......"

Guarino nodded slightly:

"You can pay attention to this show, and you will remember the video when the time comes."

"Okay."

Simone nodded.

After confirming that nothing else happened, he left the room.

"Hoo ......"

Guarino, who exhaled a long breath, didn't even return to his office, and sat down in a chair with a bit of a depression.

Although legally speaking, the matter of NTN and Xingcheng Special Steel has just begun, and the claims of the two Huaxia companies are definitely true without real hammering.

But for a senior practitioner like him, outside the law, he will naturally have his own judgment.

There is no need to even analyze the evidence, judging from the performance of the NTN Group in the interview, he did not dare to respond to the question head-on......

Nine times out of ten, this is true.

"In vain, I just wanted to find another Japanese company to replace the NSK Group......"

Thinking that he had almost regarded the NTN Group that had the East Window incident as the main supplier for the next step, Guarino was afraid for a while.

If he had made the decision two days earlier, or if the matter had been revealed some time later.

The Fiat Group directly became a pure clown.

The deputy Robert Giani, who had not spoken just now, was also a little confused by this sudden news at this time, and asked hesitantly:

"That'...... Director, let's change the new supplier......"

"Shelving it for now, preparing to submit a report to the board of directors, explaining the recent situation, remember to focus on the Japanese problem, and take the two of us out."

Guarino leaned his whole body back on the back of the chair, and the whole person looked more vicissitudes than just now:

"In addition, we can already send someone to make informal contact with the Luoyi Bearing Group in Huaxia, as long as the board of directors nods, we will start formal negotiations."

Although it was Giani who first proposed to include Huaxia enterprises in the supplier list, such a resolute decision was obviously somewhat unexpected by him:

"Uh...... Won't it be too rushed, after all, the result is still ......"

Halfway through speaking, he was interrupted by his own boss waving his hand:

"Don't wait for any results."

"I kind of understand why Jinling Fiat said that the replacement of Japanese models with bearings produced in China has a high degree of matching."

"It's all the same factory, the same assembly line out of the product, their own substitution, that matching degree is not high......

Speaking of this, he didn't hold back himself, and laughed out loud.

"By the way, one more point."

After calming down his emotions a little, Guarino emphasized again:

"In the future, for all suppliers, whether they are European, North American or Chinese, even if they make a slight concession on other conditions, they must be clearly written in the contract, and we will conduct random sampling inspections for each batch of goods!"

He was scared.

The cost of attrition is high.

That's a matter for the marketing department.

Their supply chain department really can't afford to toss like this.

"Speaking of the director, will there be more intensive special inspections for Japanese companies in the future?"

Giani asked as he pulled a notebook out of his pocket and scribbled it down.

But there was no response for a while.

He subconsciously raised his head, and then found Guarino on the other side of the conference table looking at him with compassion.

Caring for the mentally handicapped .jpg eyes

After a moment of silence, the latter finally spoke again, in a categorical tone:

"In the future, as long as I am in the procurement and supply chain management for a day, I will not deal with any Japanese supplier companies!"

"As for the ...... who have already signed a contract"

Guarino touched his chin and pondered.

Although he has blacklisted all Japanese companies in his heart, from a legal point of view, as long as the other party is not at fault, it must not be a casual breach of contract.

However, in this situation, it is obvious that he, the supply chain director, needs to carry out risk management and control in advance.

Soon, he came up with a way to get the best of both worlds:

"Jiani, you go and contact the quality inspection department, and ask them to focus on checking the Japanese suppliers who have a business relationship with us now, and where there is a problem with the product."

"Especially the parts involving vehicle safety, such as Takata's airbags, must be strictly investigated."

"In addition, I remember that the French PSA Group also uses Takata's airbags for many models, and I can also contact them to see if we can jointly put pressure on the supplier to change."

What he said was already very clear.

It is to let the quality inspection department check "where there is a problem", not "whether there is a problem".

In other words, you have to find some fault for me.

It's best to be able to terminate the contract directly, and you have to be able to get some compensation for taking a step back.

"Okay, I'll do it."

Giani breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the dense array of items in his notebook.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a stable life in the next period of time......

……

Compared with Fiat, who is just afraid, it is the Germans who really break the big defense.

They originally wanted to have fun watching their Italian and French counterparts, but they ended up eating melons directly to their own homes.

You must know that the proportion of NTN bearings used in Volkswagen Group models is much larger than that of NSK bearings in Fiat Group before.

Huaxia, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

Lan Xinzhi hurriedly walked into Ding Gaoheng's office with a document.

Chang Haonan was also in at this time.

"Mr. Chang, the German Volkswagen Group asked us through the joint venture company on the Huaxia side whether we could disclose the relevant evidence of NTN and Tsubaki Nakajima's fraud in the origin of the product, and ...... They also wanted to know if NTN had any cases of falsification in product performance other than the place of origin. ”

Hearing this, the other two people in the office smiled almost at the same time.

"To disclose the evidence, we still need to connect with the courts in Europe, but considering that we are suing in Germany, it should not be a big problem and we can agree."

Chang Haonan replied after a little thought:

"As for whether there is a situation of product performance fraud, you can delay them for a while, and say that we are also sorting out the evidence in this regard, and we can't provide it for the time being, and it is not too late to mention this matter after several of our Huaxia brands have gained a firm position in Europe."

Ding Gaoheng took the letter printed with the heads of the people in Spring City, took advantage of Chang Haonan's answer, read it twice from beginning to end, and nodded with satisfaction:

"It seems that Xiao Chang's actions this time have an immediate effect!"

As he spoke, he flicked the document in his hand with his fingers:

"The Germans can't sit still......"

Lan Xinzhi, who had just recorded Chang Haonan's opinion, raised his head again:

"Not only the Germans, but almost all of Europe are now checking the Japanese companies in the supply chain, and we have found out a lot of things that we don't know."

"For example, the airbags of the Takata Group were found to produce sharp fragments during the bursting process, which directly threatened the safety of passengers, the flame retardant materials produced by the Toray Group were falsified in the flame retardant coefficient test, and the performance was not up to standard, and the metal materials produced by Hitachi Chemical Group had unqualified mechanical properties......"

"There are still some things that we haven't collected, and there are still some that we haven't had time to sort out, in short, the two major industries of automobiles and aviation in Europe have basically blacklisted the number of Japanese companies."

Hearing this long list of contents, even Ding Gaoheng sighed:

"I can't imagine it...... I didn't last even a month for this image made in Japan......"

Of course, Chang Haonan was mentally prepared for this.

Especially things like airbag doors, which were very big incidents in the last life.

"When you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back......"

(End of chapter)