All round car designer

Chapter 204
As the largest automobile city in the United States, and even in the world, Detroit is definitely a microcosm of the development of the American automobile industry. It is no exaggeration to say that Detroit's position in the auto industry is like Wall Street's position in the financial industry.At that time, the headquarters of Ford Motor, the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States, was located in Detroit.

Although it is said that since the 80s, affected by the sluggish economy of the United States, coupled with the impact of competition from European cars and Japanese cars, Detroit's auto industry has been greatly affected, but it still cannot change its position in the U.S. auto industry. core position.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Fei, who had rested all night, finally recovered from yesterday's exhaustion, and his whole body became more energetic.

According to the arrangement of Futong Motors, today Johnson will take Zhou Fei and three people to conduct a series of visits. In the morning, he will first visit the construction base of the joint venture factory, and in the afternoon, he will have a selective visit to the production workshop of Futong Motors.

As for tomorrow, Zhou Fei will exchange opinions with the senior management of Futong Motors on the construction of the joint venture factory, and determine the start time of the factory construction and other related issues.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Johnson's car stopped at the entrance of the hotel on time, and Zhou Fei, Zhang Xiang, and Li Jianneng were also ready to visit.

"I don't know how the three rested last night. If there is any place where the hospitality is not good, please forgive me, Mr. Zhou." After meeting, Johnson said very politely.

"We rested well, thank you Mr. Johnson for your concern." Zhou Fei also responded with a smile.

Johnson waved his hand, "You are welcome, Mr. Zhou. I will accompany the three of you throughout the next two days. If you need anything, please come forward. We will do our best to meet Mr. Zhou's request." .”

After the three got into the car, Johnson led the way and drove towards their destination in the morning.

Soon, the group stopped in front of a large area of ​​land owned by Futong.

"Mr. Zhou, this is the construction site of the joint venture factory we selected. It was originally reserved for the upcoming launch of new cars by our company, but after the signing of the joint venture agreement with your company, our company decided to allocate this land to joint venture factory."

After getting out of the car, Johnson introduced with a smile while leading a few people in.

"Looking at the area covered here, it should be more than the annual production level of 40 vehicles?" Zhou Fei looked at the open space in front of him and asked curiously.

"Indeed, if all of them are built into golf production bases, the annual output can reach at least 60 units. If the sales of golf in the European and American markets are really hot and we need to expand production capacity, we are also well prepared." Johnson laughed. explained.

It has to be said that Futong Motors has considered it quite comprehensively, and even the expansion of production capacity has been prepared in advance.

However, in Zhou Fei’s view, the annual production capacity of 40 units is enough to meet the needs of the European and American markets. Including the production capacity of this car in China, the global annual output of Golf has reached 80 units. It was very popular in the previous life, and 80 vehicles are enough to meet all market demand.

If there are more words, it is really a mythical level!
Immediately afterwards, Johnson introduced the surrounding industrial ecological environment one after another. Being selected by Forton means that there must be no shortage of parts suppliers around. Except for the parts assembly, all other parts can be delivered to the factory immediately within one hour, and there will never be failure to assemble due to parts supply problems.

"I wonder if Mr. Zhou is still satisfied with this piece of land?" After turning around, Johnson asked with a smile.

"Very good. Is it worth our investment whether it is the infrastructure or the location environment? If the joint venture factory is built here, it is definitely a very good choice." Zhou Fei nodded with a smile, and said with admiration .

Although Lao Mei is sometimes quite annoying, she is indeed good at doing things rigorously, which is definitely not to be blamed.

"Since Mr. Zhou is satisfied, we can rest assured. Next, I will take you to the headquarters of our Ford Motor Company to have a rest. After lunch, I will show you our production workshop." Johnson glanced at the time Said.

In the following time, Zhou Fei followed the arrangement of Futong Motors completely. The factory he visited in the afternoon was the largest production base of Futong Motors in the world. The annual production capacity of various models has reached a terrifying 200 million!

This production base is not only the largest of Futong Motors, but also the largest automobile production base in the world. As soon as you enter the park, you can feel the grand momentum. At a glance, all the factories and parking lots are in operation. There are tens of thousands of product cars on the Internet...

Walking into the workshop, the degree of mechanization is far higher than that of Feichi Company. The welding workshop is basically operated by welding robots. Occasionally, one or two operators can be seen busy in Nuoda's workshop.

In the final assembly workshop, logistics transport trolleys and manipulators can be seen everywhere. All tightening tools are equipped with the most accurate electric tightening machines to ensure that the tightening torque meets the requirements of the process documents.

In comparison, in this regard, Feichi Company is much inferior. In terms of mechanization, the four major workshops of stamping, welding and coating are still mainly manual assembly, especially the final assembly workshop, which has not even achieved semi-mechanization.

This point is also related to China's current national conditions. The higher the degree of mechanization, the more labor will be replaced by machinery. This is definitely unacceptable for China, which pays attention to the employment rate.Since Feichi company has enjoyed so many welfare policies, it naturally has to consider for the local government.

In addition, the company's operating expenses are also an important reason why Feichi's mechanization is not high. If Zhou Fei wants to expand the company's business scope on a large scale in a short period of time, he can only use limited funds in the most needed areas. place.

After the company's capital chain is stabilized, Zhou Fei can naturally choose to increase the degree of mechanization of the factory according to his needs.

"When the scale of our Mercedes-Benz company can be as large as that of Foton, then we will really rise."

Zhang Xiang looked at the large number of vehicles rolling off the production line in the assembly workshop, and his tone was not without envy.Although Mercedes-Benz has developed rapidly, it is still a small company compared to Futong Motors.

"Futong Motors has been established for almost 100 years. Our Mercedes-Benz company has only been established for a long time. It is not even a fraction of him. Take your time. I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Zhou, one day we will catch up with or even surpass Futong. It’s accessible by car.” Li Jianneng on the side smiled and said confidently.

"Lao Li's words are right, and my requirements are not high. By the tenth anniversary of the establishment of Feichi, I will make the company's production and sales capacity reach the level of 300 million vehicles!"

Zhou Fei replied ambitiously.

(End of this chapter)