| At present,negative factors,such as automobile purchase restrictions,overcapacity,emission regulations,and the impact of the epidemic are marked.And the uncertainty of future macroeconomic development has increased.Traditional joint venture branded vehicle corporations are facing unprecedented challenges such as narrowed market sales growth,full-scale efforts of independent brands,and the rapid rise of new car manufacturing forces.Fierce market competition and severe industrial environment have brought great pressure to these vehicle giants.In order to cope with industry challenges and achieve self-reliance in research and development,FAW-VW has continued to increase R&D investment in recent years,trying to get rid of the situation of "strong production and weak research and development",and strive for more initiative in the division of tasks and the authority of vehicle development.Accordingly,the trial production department has also configured and established complete hardware facilities and complete multi-directional professional functions.However,precisely because of the rapid development,the soft power construction of model trial production is relatively falling behind,and the trial production management system that meets the requirements of modern management is not perfect.Car model trial production plays an important role in vehicle research and development,and is a strong support for verifying product modeling,product layout,and product structure rationality.Therefore,optimizing the model trial production management system is of great significance to improve product quality,ensure the progress of research and development,and reduce the cost of change.In this study,the whole management process of FAW-VW model trial production was studied based on previous researches.Methods like literature review,field research,and qualitative analysis were utilized,and classical theories like process optimization,management information system,parallel engineering were applied.Firstly,the status quo of FAW-VW model trial production management was sorted out,and the existing problems were comprehensively clarified and analyzed.There are four prominent aspects of the present problem during model trial production management:(1)delayed model delivery,postponing the whole achievement of R&D milestone;(2)unorganized progress of the trial production,including improper information input,ambiguous node setting,unclear segregation of duties and insufficient projection et al.;(3)poor quality of model delivery,prone to complaints from customers;(4)inefficient cost management,susceptible to cost threshold,etc.Subsequently,the main reasons for the problems above are determined accordingly:(1)incomplete corporation between business process and task division during the model trial production process,(2)unadvanced functions of the existing trial production management information system,(3)restricted approval authority of foreign shareholders and(4)inferior and delayed delivery from the outsourcing suppliers,etc.Secondly,the objectives and principles of model trial production management optimization were set,and targeted optimization schemes were proposed,including business process optimization and management information system optimization.The main measures of process optimization were: for the model planning phase,it is necessary to initiate a regular communication mechanism,quantitatively evaluate the production capacity and fine scheduling,start the outsourcing contracting process in advance,and establish a model trial production information base,etc.;for the design phase,it is necessary to establish an entry inspection mechanism,reasonably plan the design sequence of parts,carefully select the data version for surface replacement,set clear part design milestones,and increase the assembly data interference inspection node,etc.;for the component manufacturing phase,it is necessary to set up parts turning and off-machine inspection links,and clarify the standard parts/ Non-standard parts installation responsibilities,according to the assembly priority to develop a scheduling plan,start the rough machining of large parts in advance,etc.;for the model assembly phase,it is also necessary to finely schedule production according to the assembly priority,and set up a work handover board,and plan measurement resources in advance,etc.The optimization measures of the information system mainly include:(1)support of reverse scheduling and forward scheduling,(2)the call of scheduling templates and manual modification,(3)capacity load analysis,(4)model trial production process information management,(5)trial production resource management,(6)multi-format data management,(7)cost statistical accounting,(8)knowledge management,etc.Finally,the implementation plan and safeguard measures of the optimization plan were introduced.It is planned to promote and implement the optimized business processes in about 1 year,and upgrade the management information system within1.5 years.Under the guarantee of support from department leaders,team culture building,foundation of special promotion team,strengthening business training,and comprehensive consideration of performance of both group and individual,implementation of the optimized plan is ensured.And once secured,the transformation could be realized,and the present coarse management would become a fine one in the model trial production management.Therefore,the product development programs could be improved. |