Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 40 Vigorous operation of new products after they come off the production line

After seeing off the unexpected visitor without any danger, Cao Yang continued to take He Qingquan to compete with the stamping equipment.

In the past few days, another big event happened at Nanshan Auto Parts Factory.

"Director, our wheel bolts have been successfully trial-produced."

"There are no problems with the current measured tensile strength, yield strength and dimensional accuracy."

"The corrosion resistance cycle tests of SST and CCT will start today, and related SPEC tests of wear resistance, oil resistance, weather resistance, etc. are also being carried out as planned."

Cai Rong is going to be crazy busy during this time.

On the one hand, he had a freak like He Qingquan under his command, which indirectly put a lot of pressure on him.

On the other hand, the factory has begun to enter the new field of wheel bolts, and he also has a lot to learn.

Seeing that all the equipment was installed in place and trial production of wheel bolts began, his pressure did not lessen at all.

"How long will it take to complete?"

Cao Yang is very confident in the technology provided by the system.

So there is no need to worry about whether the wheel bolts will meet the requirements of the drawings and SPEC.

To him, testing is nothing more than a process.

"The current SST test takes 960h, which is 40 days, which is the longest time among single product tests."

"In addition, some customers may require complete vehicle testing, and this schedule is relatively uncontrollable."

In Cai Rong's view, the Nanshan Auto Parts Plant's wheel bolt project is progressing very quickly.

In less than a year, the product has been released.

And the products of two car companies, Ford and General Motors, are being promoted together.

However, Cao Yang is obviously still not satisfied with this speed.

Nanshan Auto Parts Factory only produces two products now. Even if he already has points that can be redeemed for new products, he does not have enough funds to invest in new production lines again.

After all, no matter how much money is made from the nut plate, it cannot be spent as fast as the investment in equipment.

In addition, the training and recruitment of personnel also take time, so even if Cao Yang's current points can be redeemed for some new technologies, there is no action for the time being.

He has to wait for the wheel nuts to enter mass production before officially starting a new project.

Of course, it is now.

When the scale is increased and there is no shortage of personnel and funds, you can start working on several projects at the same time.

At that time, Nanshan Auto Parts Factory was developing rapidly.

"According to your statement, when is the earliest we can supply wheel nuts to General Motors and Ford?"

"Director, even if the other party does not require the durability test of the entire vehicle, it will take three months at the earliest before mass production and supply can begin."

Cai Rong gave an ideal answer based on the test schedule and the follow-up internal review schedule of the OEM.

However, Cao Yang was not satisfied with this answer.

"Our wheel nut production line is ready for mass production, but we have to wait for the other party's approval."

"This is really too slow. We are directly promoting single product testing while contacting the global procurement centers of General Motors and Ford Motor Company and sending our parts to them for simultaneous confirmation."

"At the same time, we will also promote the change process that needs to be carried out to compress the time as much as possible."

"Especially with General Motors, we have signed an agreement and they need to purchase US$2000 million in parts from us."

"If the agreed amount is not reached, they will pay us directly."

"So GM's procurement center should be more active in promoting these proposals."

"For the specific content, you can ask the purchasing and sales department to work on it together."

This instruction from Cao Yang put Cai Rong under great pressure.

This is not a normal way of doing things.

Generally, if a supplier has new parts that need to be switched during mass production, the change process will definitely start after the single product test and the complete vehicle test are completed.

Now it is advancing simultaneously.

Is it because Ford and General Motors are owned by their own companies?

Cai Rong only dared to complain in his heart, but still moved forward obediently in action.

"By the way, call Dai Hanbiao over again, and I'll ask him to start preparing for the production of wheel nuts."

Before Cai Rong could say anything, Cao Yang added another sentence.

At this time, Cai Rong couldn't help it.

"Director, is it too early to prepare for production now?"

"Let's not talk about whether all the tests are OK. Even if there are no problems, we normally have to wait for the customer's approval before we start production."

Cai Rong felt that his factory director was a little too hasty.

This is completely inconsistent with the process.

There are tens of thousands of parts on the car, and the changes to each part are very careful.

Otherwise, there would have been countless problems long ago.

"After GM and Ford approve it, we order materials, prepare for production, and then export and transport it to the United States. It will waste at least two months in the middle."

"Time waits for me. I can't afford to waste these two months."

"Now we are going to start mass production directly. We will first produce a batch of parts and then ship them directly to the United States. After our parts arrive, the intermediate procedures are almost completed, and we can start supply."

Cai Rong was stunned by Cao Yang's words.

Can you still operate like this?

He has been working in technology for more than ten years and has never heard of such a plan.

I don't even dare to think like this.

If something goes wrong 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 possibility that some problems will arise and need to be modified is almost 100%.

This also means that Nanshan Auto Parts Factory will scrap a large number of wheel nuts.

Even if the wheel nuts are domestically produced and the cost is much lower than that of the original manufacturer, they still cannot withstand such trouble.

"Director, I think it is too risky to start mass production now."

"By then, all the money we earned from producing nut plates may have been lost, and it may not even be enough."

"We just got out of a situation that was on the verge of bankruptcy last year, and we will be there again."

Cai Rong still has feelings for Nanshan Auto Parts Factory.

Naturally, I don't want Cao Yang to mess around there, which will ruin his work.

"Normally, the risk of doing this is very high."

“But I have confidence in these wheel nuts.”

"Besides, haven't you guys already determined some basic physical and chemical properties of the finished product, and there are no problems?"

Cao Yang knew that his operation was a bit fierce.

So he talked to Cai Rong patiently.

"Haste makes waste, director, at least we should wait until our SST test is completed before making a judgment, will it be safer?"

Cai Rong still wants to try harder.

However, Cao Yang couldn't listen to it anymore, "You just do what I say. If something really goes wrong then, you'll just have to pay the tuition."

Cai Rong:......

The tuition may be a bit expensive!

Is it possible that Mr. Cao of his own family will follow the path of Mr. Dong of Spring City Stamping?