Analysis on the Development Characteristics of Foreign Auto Parts Industry in 2011

The situation of foreign auto parts industry In view of the history of the auto parts industry in developed countries, the industry’s current overview presents the following features:

Standard parts, common parts production and modularization become a trend Foreign auto companies seek to achieve a balance between economies of scale, multi-brand, and personalization, and effectively increase their productivity. They have adopted platform strategies for product development and flexible production assembly lines. The core of the platform strategy is to maximize the generalization and standardization of parts and components, achieve the greatest possible share of parts and components, and realize greater scale production. Amortization results from the increasing number of models and the ever-shortening product life cycle. High development costs. Generalized and standardized parts production is the basis for the success of the platform strategy. Modularization is to combine parts and assemblies according to their functions in the car to form a highly centralized and complete functional unit. The modular design concept runs through the development of the car, process design, procurement and manufacturing. During the process. The increasingly fierce market competition has caused many vehicle companies to move from traditional single-part purchases to modular system purchases. Modular supply makes parts companies adhere to a single vehicle company's industrial organization gradually weakened, integrated vehicle and parts production integration, auto parts companies are moving toward an independent, large-scale path to multi-series, large-scale production Provide support for more global vehicle companies. Parts global procurement, system support, and module supply have become the trend.

Parts Lean Production and Information Management Lean production is the timely manufacture, elimination of failures, elimination of all waste, and advancement towards zero defects and zero inventory. It was proposed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a research project called "International Automobile Project". Lean production is a customer-driven production method whose production criteria are to produce an appropriate number of customer-requested products at an appropriate time, so it can fully meet the requirements of the automotive market with multiple varieties, small batches, and short delivery times.

Since the birth of the car, it has mainly been based on mechanical technology. The potential for relying on mechanical technology to create added value is now very limited. Reducing costs through lean production and improving efficiency through information management have opened up space for the benefits of the automotive industry.

Lean production and information management enable the full control and continuous improvement of all production processes of foreign companies. This means that the various elements of production are simulated during the planning phase with the aid of computer technology to ensure that the final manufactured product fully meets the quality, time, and cost objectives set by the company. Foreign companies adopt a large number of latest application resolution systems such as MRP and ERP. For example, after Ford Motor Company adopted ERP systems, the new model development cycle has been shortened from the past 36 months to 1 to 12 months. 50%.

Industrial cluster industry cluster refers to a large number of enterprises with different scales and divisions that have concentrated in specific industries within a certain area and related institutions, organizations, etc., and are closely related to each other through a criss-crossing network relationship. The spatial accumulation together represents a new type of spatial economic organization between the market and the hierarchy.

The characteristics and scale of the auto industry itself determine that clusters of firms with the core of the industry chain cluster within a certain area have the competitive advantages of clusters, and this advantage has endogenous enhancement mechanisms. Industrial clusters are common phenomena in the process of industrialization and often exist in developed economies. The automobile industry is a highly connected and strong systemic industry. The automobile industries in all economically developed countries all exhibit obvious industrial agglomeration characteristics. Such as the United States, Detroit, Japan's Toyota City, etc., are well-known automotive industry clusters.