On July 1st, during the 100-year history of the Chinese internal-combustion engine industry, Weichai Power's Blue Engine III engine was listed on the 20,000th platform, announcing the arrival of the era of domestically produced large-emission, high-power engines.
Engine braking, brake power increased by 55%%; 1900 rotating power assembly, 100 km fuel consumption as low as 20.8 liters; high-pressure common rail technology, Euro V emissions ... ... Weichai Power Chairman Tan Xuguang said: "' National V's completely independent research and development engine, fuel consumption, emissions, reliability technical indicators have reached the advanced level in the world today."
Weichai's annual research investment accounts for 5% of the company's sales revenue. In 2007, there were more than 300 new products and more than 100 patents. Thus, weichai is not lacking in new products. So, what is the driving force behind Weichai's continuous innovation?
"Post-70s" and "Post-80s": The main engine
Weichai Power Industrial Park, the first assembly plant. A bar represents a world-class processing line, and a completely different type of power system is being installed. Pointing to a fully automatic AGV car that is carrying the engine, Du Peng looked proud: "An AGV car is a Mercedes-Benz price."
This 82-year-old mechanical graduate graduated with the establishment of the assembly shop. “When the Austrian experts came to the workshop to guide their work, I always followed behind.†With a good understanding, Du Peng is getting better at the technology and is now the secretary of the workshop committee.
Compared with “post-80sâ€, “post-70s†has long been the main force for Weichai’s R&D. As one of dozens of design leaders who have cooperated with international top scientific research personnel in Weichai Europe R&D Center, Guo Shenggang, the technical engineer responsible for the “T†project, is only 31 years old, but he has created it for two years from design to prototype. record of.
Currently in Weichai, young people have taken up the key technology and marketing department. Young people account for 70% of the participants in Weichai's “Blue-Rock†series of products.
Creating a platform for doing business and implementing an effective incentive mechanism are the keys to Weichai’s success. As early as 1999, Weichai proposed the “separation of technical jobs and appointments†system; after 2004, the company further implemented the bidding responsibility system for R&D projects and issued the “Ten Regulations on Motivating Talentsâ€; in recent years, the enterprises Allocate more than 3 million yuan for the award of scientific and technological innovation; allocate 1.5 million yuan each year to set up a special fund for talent training; spend more than 10 million yuan each year to transport scientific and technological personnel to go abroad to visit and study for further study; grant special post subsidies to corporate personnel And job subsidies.
Market, Technology: Synergies
At each regular meeting, the marketing department of Weichai Power shall list product deficiencies based on market research results and user feedback information, request the technical department to come up with plans, and rectify within a time limit—in the case of Weichai, the assessment results of the technical department Having said that, the marketing department's assessment market has the final say. The marketing department does not mention the problem, nor does the technical department solve the problem.
Therefore, weichai has such a unique phenomenon: Among marketers, there are very few “marketing†students, and there are many graduates of the “internal combustion engine†profession. Market frontline personnel also require experience in diesel engine assembly and commissioning production lines. experience. This unique barrier-free communication mechanism is called "synergy" by Weichai people. In the first five months of this year, the total sales volume of Weichai engines increased by approximately 45%. "Synergies" contributed.
Vertical, horizontal: chained innovation
As one of the world's three major research and development centers for internal combustion engines, Weichai invested more than 100 million yuan and the European R&D center established by AVL Austria represented the best in the world. Weichai has more than 20 people working at this R&D center throughout the year.
The complete powertrain of “Weichai Power Engine + Fastest Gearbox in the world's first factory and Hande Axle, the first brand in China's heavy-duty axle†is the result of the innovation of the Weichai United Group’s leading internal companies. This “powertrain†design, which cost more than 20 million yuan, has been completed in six months, shortening the vehicle development cycle to 1/5.
On June 28, Weichai and Futian Automobile, China’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, signed the “Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement†in Beijing. Previously, Weichai has been working hand in hand with Germany's Bosch, the world's largest auto parts manufacturer, to jointly capture the Euro III and even higher standard engine market. At the same time, the “Weichai Power Products R&D Community†was announced and 32 strong component suppliers were joined in the industry, forming Weichai Power as the main component, complementing each other’s spare parts suppliers to promote technological innovation and fostering powerful diesel engine parts. New Innovation Model of Manufacturing System: "Innovation in Chaining".
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