Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 2110
At eight o'clock the next morning, Niu Xiaoqiang came to Laying's guest room and sent her to the pier.

Niu Dongxiang and Liu Yuejin were already waiting on the pier. Before leaving, Niu Xiaoqiang told Laying to pay attention to his health, and then they waved goodbye.

After seeing off Laying, Niu Xiaoqiang came to Fang's Automobile Factory.Fang Dongping has brought Liu Desheng and his party into the car production workshop, and is introducing the automated car production line to them.

Niu Xiaoqiang took a few steps forward, pleaded guilty to everyone, and then took over Fang Dongping's work.

It was the first time for Liu Desheng and others to see the automated car production line developed by Niu Xiaoqiang. They were quite shocked by the many high-end designs on this production line. dumbfounded.

These people have all visited Ford's production line in the United States before, and they were shocked by Ford's technology at that time.Seeing the production line developed by Niu Xiaoqiang at this moment, these people were deeply shocked again.

Even people who don't know much about automobile production technology can see that the production line developed by Niu Xiaoqiang is undoubtedly more advanced, let alone this group of insiders.

After being shocked, Liu Desheng began to praise the superiority of this automated production technology. Although Deputy Factory Director Wang was very reluctant, he had to admit that Packard Automobile Company's automated car production line had a higher technical level.

Even so, Deputy Director Wang was not prepared to back down.He is now competing with Liu Desheng for the position of factory director. If he agrees with Liu Desheng's opinion on this matter, he will be inferior in momentum, and he will not be able to compete with Liu Desheng in performance.

In order to sit on the throne of factory director, Deputy Factory Director Wang could only pick a bone and say: "From the perspective of technical level, Packard Motor Company's automated production line is indeed better than Ford's, but this does not mean that Packard Motor Company Deutsche Automobile's technology has no shortcomings."

Liu Desheng had expected that Baldy Wang would not bow his head easily, so he took the time to ask, "Deputy Factory Director Wang, I don't know what the shortcomings you mentioned are?"

Deputy Director Wang pointed to a piece of equipment on the production line: "According to Secretary Niu's introduction just now, this is a laser automatic welding device. Although this device can greatly improve work efficiency and the accuracy is very high, this thing is too If it is too expensive, it is estimated that it is easy to go wrong, and once it has a problem, it is inconvenient to repair, and the maintenance cost is not low, which will greatly increase the subsequent use cost. In my opinion, this is a very serious problem. defect."

Liu Desheng chuckled, and looked at Niu Xiaoqiang: "Secretary Niu once participated in the research and development of this automated production line. Regarding the shortcomings mentioned by Deputy Factory Manager Wang, I'd like to ask Secretary Niu to answer."

Niu Xiaoqiang nodded immediately, and said with a smile: "Deputy Director Wang just put forward a very pertinent opinion. For most high-tech equipment, it is true that maintenance is difficult and the maintenance cost is relatively high. But this is not absolute. Take the laser welding device we see in front of us as an example. Although its technical content is very high, its structure is relatively simple, so it will be very convenient for maintenance. As for maintenance The cost is not as high as Deputy Director Wang imagined. The reason is that many parts of this laser welding device are developed by Packard Automobile Company, and they may be sold abroad. They charge high maintenance fees for their products, but now they want to cooperate with Yuejin Automobile Factory to jointly establish a car manufacturing factory. Since everyone is their own, how high can the maintenance costs be?"

Deputy Director Wang shook his head slightly when he heard this: "You can't say that, many foreign companies will set up traps when they sell equipment, and many domestic companies have suffered big losses. It’s easy to say, not only is the sales price low, but also they will do their best during installation and commissioning, but once the equipment is installed and officially put into operation, these foreign companies will immediately reveal their true colors, and the maintenance and repair fees they charge are ridiculously high. Sometimes such fees will even exceed the selling price of the equipment, which must have been heard by everyone, right?"

This is true, and everyone present basically knows it.The companies that have done the most in this regard are today and European companies. They can price a machine tool at 50 U.S. dollars, but as long as the machine tool breaks down, the starting price will be [-] U.S. dollars each time they send someone to repair it. If replacement parts are needed, the price can easily exceed $[-].

It is no exaggeration to say that it may not take a year for these foreign companies to make more profits from maintenance fees and spare parts than from the sale of complete machines.

Deputy Factory Manager Wang changed the subject when he said this: "I still have a question, since Packard Motors' production line technology is so powerful, why is the price they sell to us hundreds of millions of dollars lower than Ford's production line? This is obviously not in line with the laws of the market, so I think Packard Motors is probably hiding evil intentions. Most of them want to earn back their profits through after-sales service. This is the main reason why I don’t agree with purchasing their products. .”

Deputy Factory Director Wang's words were so eloquent, with sufficient theoretical basis, that Liu Desheng was speechless.

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled and said: "As for the issue of high maintenance costs, both parties can make it clear when signing the sales contract. From now on, Packard Motors will not exceed the cost specified in the contract for any matters involving maintenance and replacement of spare parts. The stipulated price, so Yuejin Automobile Factory naturally doesn’t need to worry about being slaughtered.”

Liu Desheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately echoed: "Secretary Niu is right, we can clarify the terms when signing the contract, which can prevent us from suffering losses in the process of using it."

Deputy Factory Manager Wang was taken aback when he heard this, and soon he asked unwillingly: "What if Packard Motors doesn't abide by the agreement? All the technology is in their hands. If they don't follow the contract, What can we do with them?"

Niu Xiaoqiang continued to smile: "Deputy Director Wang should not have forgotten that Packard Automobile Company and Yuejin Automobile Factory are in a cooperative relationship. The two parties will jointly invest in the establishment of an automobile factory. Abandon this large project worth hundreds of millions of dollars? In the future, both of you will build factories in China. As long as they ship the equipment to China, the initiative will be in your hands. At that time, you still need to be afraid that they will not comply. contract?"

(End of this chapter)