Chapter 608 Overdraft and repayment

The saying goes well.

Again and again, not again and again.

If a company has problems, it can be regarded as an exception.

Two families can also be explained as a small probability event that happens by chance.

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

And they are all related to quality issues.

That's worth talking about.

It can’t just be a massive number of cases, right?

Therefore, in the face of 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.

It was a preview of a car show.

"They said they would purchase 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 the bearing materials have the characteristics mentioned by the two Chinese companies."

"Um……"

Guarino nodded slightly:

"You can pay attention to this show. Remember to record it when the time comes."

"Ok."

Simone nodded.

After confirming that there was nothing else to do, he left the meeting room.

"call……"

Guarino took a long breath and sat down on a chair without even returning to his office.

Although from a legal point of view, the NTN and Xingcheng Special Steel matter has just begun, and the claims of the two Chinese companies are definitely true without substantiating them.

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

There is no need to even analyze the evidence. Judging from the fact that the NTN Group was too hesitant to respond directly to questions during the interview...

Nine times out of ten it's true.

"It's in vain that I just wanted to find another Japanese company to replace NSK Group..."

Guarino felt frightened when he thought that he had almost regarded the NTN Group, the company behind the scandal, as his next main supplier.

If he had made the decision two days earlier, or if this matter had been disclosed later.

Then Fiat Group directly became a pure clown.

Deputy Robert Gianni, who had been silent just now, was a little confused by the sudden news and asked hesitantly:

"Then...Director, let's change to a new supplier..."

"Stop it for now and prepare to submit a report to the board of directors to explain the recent situation clearly. Remember to emphasize the Japanese problem and take out the two of us."

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."

Although it was Gianni who first proposed to include Chinese companies in the supplier list, such a drastic decision was obviously beyond his expectation:

"Uh... maybe you're a little too hasty, after all, the result is still..."

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

"No need to wait for the results."

"I finally 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, then the degree of matching is not high..."

At this point, he didn't even hold back 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 scared.

The higher the loss cost, the higher it will be.

That's a matter for the marketing department.

Their supply chain department really can't afford such trouble.

"Speaking of 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 on 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.

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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 suppliers again!"

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

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, he still 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 who currently have business relationships with us to find out what is wrong with the products."

"Especially those 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.

It is for the quality inspection department to check "where is the problem" rather than "is there a problem".

In other words, I have to find some fault with 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 densely packed 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 thought they would 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 in Fiat Group.

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

Lan Xinzhi hurried 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, in addition to the origin of NTN, Is there any fraud in product performance?”

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

"To disclose the evidence, we still need to contact the courts in Europe. However, considering that we are prosecuting in Germany, it should not 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."

"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."

After 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..."

Of course Chang Haonan was 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..."