May 23, 2023
Joy Xu
As reported by MDGLOBLE, on the morning of March 18, 2023, the second MDGLOBLE "Double Carbon, Win-win and Sustainability” Automotive Supply Chain Summit was successfully held in the conference hall of the Shuangchuang Building of East China Normal University. Nearly 100 participants from the automotive industry attended the summit. Seven industry veterans were invited to serve as speakers to share their unique insights. The online live broadcast received a warm response, with more than 20,000 viewers and over 10,000 likes.
Organizers:
MDGLOBLE (Shanghai Maodian Science and Technology Co., Ltd.)
Shanghai Hptade Technology Co., Ltd.
Sponsors:
Zhejiang Roj Autoparts Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jiashijiu Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.
Trustlink Group Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Xinxing Auto Lamp Factory Co., Ltd.
Ningde Wenda Magnesium Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Leili Motor Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Datong Precision Machine Accessories Co., Ltd.
Kuayue Express Group Co., Ltd.
Alloy Seiko Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Maidao Automobile Fittings Co., Ltd.
Supporters:
Jiangsu Jiayang Electromechanical Fitting Co., Ltd.
Lorca Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Yongzhan Industrial Co., Ltd.
Zhoushan Jinxin Autoparts Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Jiuchongjin Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.
At the beginning of the summit, Lisa Zhang, CEO of MDGLOBLE, delivered the opening speech. On behalf of all the members of MDGLOBLE, she expressed her heartfelt thanks and a warm welcome to all the attendees. Ms. Zhang said, as President Xi emphasized in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, strategic objectives such as accelerating efforts to help China strong in manufacturing, quality, aerospace, and transportation, promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality actively and prudently, deepening the revolution of energy, and improving the resilience and safety of industrial and supply chains have brought new opportunities for the development of the automobile industry, enhancing the confidence of the industry, but also predicting the future development direction of our industry. She stressed that the summit aims to gather talents, spark inspiration, collide ideas, converge wisdom, and jointly seek a new direction for the development of the automobile industry, with the goal of a sustainable supply chain. Furthermore, she said that MDGLOBLE will firmly contribute its own strength in the process as the Chinese auto industry gradually leads the global development, opens up a broader horizon, and develops sustainably all along.
Seven industry veterans were invited to serve as speakers at the summit —— Jianguo Xu, Supplier Quality Management Manager, Central Function Quality in APAC, ContiTech Holding China Co., Ltd.| Zhenchun Sha, Director/ Vice President/ Technical Director of Ningde Wenda Magnesium Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.| Jason Zhai, Senior Quality Manager, Lear (China) Holding Limited| Guangxiang Lu, Global SMT Expert/ SQM/ EM, Continental Holding China Co., Ltd.| Annabella Yin, Transformation & Governance Manager, APAC of Clarios (Shanghai) Company Management Co., Ltd.| Haodong Hong, INGEEK/ Digital Key R&D Center, Vehicles End R&D Department/ Deputy Head of Department, Shanghai InGeek Cyber Security Co., Ltd.| Xinan Wang, Technical Center Supervisor of an Internationally renowned OEM. Seven speakers explained what is "Double Carbon, Win-win and Sustainability" through multiple perspectives, such as standards and requirements of auditing suppliers, the thermal balance system of the mold, sustainable strategies of supply chain quality, double carbon targets for the automotive industry, supply risk control, digital keys & smart low-carbon vehicles and reflux curves & low carbon, generously sharing their precious wealth of wisdom with all the participants.
The first lecture was “Continental’s Standards and Requirements of Auditing Suppliers”. The speaker was Jianguo Xu, Supplier Quality Management Manager, Central Function Quality in APAC, ContiTech Holding China Co., Ltd. Mr. Xu started with audit standards, the development history of quality management standards, audit responsibilities & functions, and other modules. He introduced audit standards, requirements, and procedures of Continental and Conditech. There are seven audit stages, including potential supplier analysis, project management, product and process development plan, product and process development implementation, supplier management, process analysis/ production, and customer care. Moreover, he introduced four levels of documents of the quality management system, from top to bottom, they are quality management manuals, process/ procedure documents, operation instructions/ SOP/ WI, other documents, and related records. Mr. Xu pointed out that the most important thing for factories and suppliers is to strengthen the third level of documents, namely operation instructions, to improve management awareness and the application of quality tools.
The second lecture was “The Improvement and Cost Reduction of The Thermal Balance System of The Mold”. The speaker was Zhenchun Sha, Director/ Vice President/ Technical Director of Ningde Wenda Magnesium Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Sha first introduced the importance of mold cost and the crucial significance of temperature in mold production. He indicated that the thermal balance processing technology of the mold innovatively divides the mold core into two parts, the upper part is the location of products, using Swiss 8418, while the lower part is the location of water transport and padding, using common materials H13 which reduce the manufacturing cost by 70%. On the technical level, diffusion welding solves the problem of a single route of water transport and achieves better thermal balance. Then, he shared the diffusion welding of mold manufacturing in the new technology process. At a certain temperature, metal atoms are diffused between plates to form a whole, improving product quality and reducing cost.
The third lecture was “Sustainable Strategies of Supply Chain Quality and Rebalance”. The speaker was Jason Zhai, Senior Quality Manager, Lear (China) Holding Limited. Mr. Zhai first talked about the challenges and opportunities faced by the electronic Asia Pacific supply chain, stating the importance of sustainability to the automotive industry. Except that, he discussed sustainability from the perspectives of profitability, competitiveness, and resilience and indicated that sustainable development is the ability to summarize the past, stand from the present, and meet the needs of future development. After that, he discussed how to realize the sustainable strategies of the supply chain from two aspects of customer and organization, and demonstrated the value of supplier quality management through four aspects of risk management, crisis cost, diversification, and support/ leading/ influence. At last, he pointed out that supplier quality management is not only a matter of single-channel treatment but also needs the quality strategies of the whole chain and the whole process.
The fourth lecture was “The Road for The Automobile Industry to Strive to Achieve The Goal of Double Carbon”. The speaker was Guangxiang Lu, Global SMT Expert/ SQM/ EM, Continental Holding China Co., Ltd. Mr. Lu first started with the relationship between the automobile industry and double carbon and then introduced the background, the achieving approaches and the actions of carbon neutrality, and the practice of carbon neutrality in the supply chain by sharing rich data and cases. After that, he showed that the practice of carbon neutrality in the automobile supply chain can be carried out in three ways, conducting research, setting targets, and reducing emissions and carbon. Ultimately, Mr. Lu emphasized that carbon neutrality is a great undertaking and a long-term improvement, especially in the supply chain, requires determination, long-term investment, and costs.
The fifth lecture was “Brief Talk on Supply Risk Control”. The speaker was Annabella Yin, Transformation & Governance Manager, APAC of Clarios (Shanghai) Company Management Co., Ltd. Starting from the four modules of the necessity of controlling supply chain risks, identification of risks, control of risks, and safeguard measures, Ms. Yin proposed to distinguish controllable risks and uncontrollable risks to carry out sustainable development strategies and summarize supplier management methods before and after the events. At last, she concluded with a summary of future trends in risk management, suggesting increased attention to risks such as cyber security, data privacy, and child labor, compliance with global and country-specific laws, and greater integration of sustainability tactics into procurement strategies.
The sixth lecture was “Digital Key—Unlock The Life of Smart Low-carbon Vehicles”. The speaker was Haodong Hong, INGEEK/ Digital Key R&D Center, Vehicles End R&D Department/ Deputy Head of Department, Shanghai InGeek Cyber Security Co., Ltd. Mr. Hong first introduced the future trend of digital keys and then introduced the concepts, functions, product values and ecological analysis of digital keys. He showed the importance of car safety via two short videos. Finally, from the commercial scene of digital keys, he shared the new commercial forms and imagination space that digital keys can bring.
The last lecture was “Study on Reflux Curve and its Contribution to Low Carbon”. The speaker was Xinan Wang, Technical Center Supervisor of an Internationally renowned OEM. Mr. Wang delivered a speech from four modules, mainstream reflow welding furnaces & equipment suppliers, setting of furnace temperature curves, production of temperature measuring plates & measurement of furnace temperature, and contribution of reflow welding to low carbon. According to the topic that reflow welding is the station with the highest energy consumption in the SMT surface mounting process, Mr. Wang introduced the main equipment classifications and suppliers of the reflow furnaces, and further shared the scientific management means of furnace temperature curves from the perspectives of the type and setting rules of the curves, the production of temperature measuring plates and measurement of furnace temperature. In the end, he introduced the contribution of reflow welding to energy saving and emission reduction, and the three levels of automobile electrification, enlightening the audience to further think about how to use the existing new energy technology to promote the optimization of double carbon.
In addition to the seven speeches, the summit also set tea breaks, gift raffles, and a welcome dinner. Apart from listening to the speeches, participants could communicate with each other face-to-face and effectively expand their interpersonal resources.
(Participants were visiting the exhibition stands, communicating, and negotiating at the summit site. Source: MDGLOBLE.)
(Photos of presenters and winners during the exciting lucky draws. Source: MDGLOBLE.)
(Participants were giving thumbs-up signs to the second MDGLOBLE "Double Carbon, Win-win and Sustainability” Automotive Supply Chain Summit. Source: MDGLOBLE.)
The successful launch of the second MDGLOBLE "Double Carbon, Win-win and Sustainability” Automotive Supply Chain Summit promoted all the participants to have a further understanding of the automobile industry. It has inspired people occupied in the automobile industry to think about how to seize opportunities, accept challenges, consolidate and strengthen the new ecology of the supply chain, actively and steadily promote double carbon, realize multilateral win-win cooperation, and take the path of sustainable development towards the goal of boost and revitalization of the automobile industry.
Let's look forward to the bright future of the Chinese automobile industry!
List of partial participating companies (in random order) :
Continental Holding China Co., Ltd.
ContiTech Holding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Lear (China) Holding Limited
ZF (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
SAIC General Motors Corp. Ltd.
Mahle Automotive Technologies (China) Co., Ltd.
Geluote (Shanghai) Car Lamp System Co., Ltd.
Great Wall Motor Company Limited
Webasto Roof Systems China Limited
Hozon New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd.
Jaguar Land Rover (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Oppermann Webbing (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
Beijing Zhongyong Auto Parts Co., Ltd.
Lorca Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Ningde Wenda Magnesium Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.
SAIC MAXUS Automotive Co., Ltd.
Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Jiayang Electromechanical Fitting Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Leili Motor Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Datong Precision Machine Accessories Co., Ltd.
Alloy Seiko Industry Co., Ltd.
Hengbo Holdings Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Maidao Automobile Fittings Co., Ltd.
Ningde Wenda Magnesium Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.
Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Roj Autoparts Co., Ltd.
NIO Co., Ltd.
Yueqing Xutai Screw Factory
Chery Commercial Vehicle (Anhui) Company Limited
Shanghai Jiashijiu Enterprise Development Co., Ltd.
Stellantis N.V.
Clarios (Shanghai) Company Management Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zhida Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Automobile Gear Works
Faurecia (China) Holding Co., Ltd.
Shanghai InGeek Cyber Security Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Xinxing Auto Lamp Factory Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Zhuoxun Automobile Technology Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Yongzhan Industrial Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Huf Automotive Lock Co., Ltd.
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd.
SGF
Morgan Stanley
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