Chapter 608 Overdraft and repayment
As the saying goes.
Again and again and again, not again and again and again.
When a company has problems, it can be regarded as an isolated case.
Two families can also be interpreted as small-probability events that happen by chance.
However, now so many Japanese companies have experienced thunderstorms one after another in just one month.
And they are all related to quality issues.
That's worth talking about.
It can't be a massive number of cases, right?
So, faced with the undoubted facts, Guarino finally began to realize that something was wrong.
“Director, just as the news is being released, some good media are already preparing to make 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 segment just recorded.
Guarino nodded slightly:
“You can pay attention to this program and remember to record it when the time comes.”
The Fiat Group has directly become a pure clown.
"OK."
“Stop it for now and prepare to submit a report to the board of directors to explain the recent situation clearly. Remember to focus on the Japanese problem and pick out the two of us.”
“Well...Director, let's change to a new supplier...”
Although legally speaking, the NTN and Xingcheng Special Steel matter has just begun, and the claims of the two Chinese companies must be true without substantiating them.
There is no need to even analyze the evidence. Judging from the fact that NTN Group was hesitant during the interview and did not dare to respond directly to the questions...
Guarino leaned his whole body on the back of the chair, and his whole person looked more vicissitudes than before:
“In addition, we can already send people to have informal contact with the Luoyi Bearing Group in China. As long as the board of directors nods, we will start formal negotiations.”
Guarino felt terrified when he thought that he had almost regarded the NTN Group, the company behind the scandal, as his next main supplier.
“They said they would purchase several batches of wheel hub bearings marked with the NTN brand from the after-sales service of different car brands and send them directly for inspection to see if the bearing materials have the characteristics mentioned by the two Chinese companies.”
Guarino took a long breath and sat down on a chair without even returning to his office.
Nine times out of ten it is true.
That was a preview of a car show.
"Um…"
But for a senior practitioner like him, he will naturally have his own judgment outside of the law.
Deputy Robert Gianni, who had been silent just now, was a little confused by the sudden news and asked hesitantly:
“It's in vain that I just wanted to find another Japanese company to replace NSK Group…”
Simona nodded.
After confirming that there was nothing else to do, he left the meeting room.
Although it was Giani who first proposed to include Chinese companies in the supplier list, such a drastic decision was obviously beyond his expectation:
“Uh… maybe it's a little too hasty, after all, the result is still…”
In the middle of speaking, he was interrupted by his boss waving his hand:
“No need to wait for the result.”
“I kind of understand why Jinling Fiat said that using bearings produced in China instead of Japanese models has a high degree of matching.”
"They are all products from the same factory and the same assembly line. If you replace yourself, the degree of matching is not high..."
At this point, he couldn't hold back himself and laughed out loud.
“By the way, there's one more thing.”
After calming down a little, Guarino emphasized another sentence:
"In the future, for all suppliers, whether they are from Europe, North America or China, even if they make slight concessions on other conditions, they must clearly state it in the contract. We will conduct random inspections on every batch of goods! "
He was afraid.
The loss cost is high.
That is a matter for the marketing department.
Their supply chain department really can't afford such trouble.
“Speaking of the director, will there be more intensive special inspections of Japanese companies in the future?”
Giani took out a notebook from his pocket and asked while writing down it.
But there was no response for a long time. He subconsciously raised his head and found Guarino across the conference table looking at him with compassion.
Looks of caring for the mentally retarded.jpg
After a moment of silence, the latter finally spoke again, with a decisive tone:
“From now on, as long as I am still in charge of procurement and supply chain, I will never deal with any Japanese supplier companies again!”
“As for those who have signed the contract now…”
Guarino rubbed his chin in thought.
Although he has blacklisted all Japanese companies in his mind, from a legal perspective, as long as the other party has no real fault, it certainly cannot break the contract casually.
But the current situation obviously requires him, the supply chain director, to conduct risk control in advance.
Soon, he thought of a way to get the best of both worlds:
“Giani, please contact the quality inspection department and ask them to focus on checking the Japanese suppliers we currently have business relationships with to find out what is wrong with their products.”
“Especially those parts involving vehicle safety, such as Takata's airbags, must be strictly investigated.”
“In addition, I remember that the French PSA Group also has many models using Takata airbags. You can also contact them to see if you can jointly put pressure on them and change the supplier.”
What he said was very clear.
Let the quality inspection department check "where is the problem" rather than "whether there is a problem".
In other words, you have to find some differences for me.
It would be best to terminate the contract directly and get some compensation if you take a step back.
“Okay, I'll do it right away.”
Giani looked at the dense items in his notebook and breathed a sigh of relief.
In the next period of time, I am afraid it will be difficult to have a stable life...
Compared to Fiat, who was just afraid, it was the Germans who really broke through the defense.
They originally wanted to have fun watching their Italian and French counterparts, but ended up eating the food right at home.
You should know that the proportion of NTN bearings used in Volkswagen Group models is much larger than that of NSK bearings used in Fiat Group.
Huaxia, Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Lan Xinzhi hurriedly walked into Ding Gaoheng's office holding a document.
Chang Haonan was also inside at this time.
"Mr. Chang, the German Volkswagen Group asked us through the joint venture in China whether we can make public the relevant evidence that NTN and Chunzhongjima have falsified the origin of their products, and... they also want to know whether NTN, in addition to its origin, can There are instances of fraud on product performance.”
Hearing this, the other two people in the office smiled almost at the same time.
“Disclosure of evidence still requires contact with courts in Europe, but considering that we are prosecuting in Germany, it shouldn't be a big problem and we can agree.”
Chang Haonan thought for a moment and then replied:
"As for whether product performance fraud exists, we can hold them off for a while and say that we are also sorting out the evidence in this regard and cannot provide it for the time being. We will not mention this matter until several of our Chinese brands have established their position in Europe. It's not too late.”
Ding Gaoheng took the letterhead printed on the Spring City Public Letter, took advantage of Chang Haonan's reply, read it from beginning to end twice, and nodded with satisfaction:
“It seems that the effect of Xiao Chang's action this time is immediate!”
As he spoke, he flicked the documents in his hand with his fingers:
“The Germans can no longer sit still...”
Lan Xinzhi, who had just recorded Chang Haonan's opinions, raised his head again:
“Not only the Germans, but almost the entire Europe are now investigating Japanese companies in the supply chain, and have uncovered a lot of things that we don't even know about.”
"For example, Takata Group's airbags were found to produce sharp fragments during the explosion process, directly threatening passenger safety. Flame-retardant materials produced by Toray Group falsified the flame-retardant coefficient test and failed to pass the test. Metals produced by Hitachi Chemical Group The material and mechanical properties are unqualified..."
“There are still some things that we have not collected and haven't had time to sort out. In short, the two major European automobile and aviation industries have basically blacklisted numerous Japanese companies.”
Hearing this long list of contents, even Ding Gaoheng sighed:
“It's really unexpected...this image of Made in Japan didn't last even a month...”
Chang Haonan was certainly mentally prepared for this.
Especially things like the air bag door, which were very big incidents in my previous life.
“If you come out to fool around, you will always have to pay back...”
(End of this chapter)
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