It is reported that due to the serious epidemic, the resumption of work has been postponed continuously. Hubei auto parts manufacturers generally face high personnel costs and equipment costs, and cash flow tends to be tight. Even the spare parts supply enterprises that organize the resumption of work are faced with restrictions such as shortage of raw materials and shortage of personnel. At the same time, the industry predicts that due to the long procurement cycle of suppliers in the automobile industry, it is difficult to alleviate the cash flow tension of suppliers in a short time after returning to work.
According to Jiang Qiliang, the head of Futian business of Hubei Sanhuan Axle Co., Ltd., the sudden epidemic caused direct economic losses of about 30 million yuan to its business, and the overall loss of the company was as high as1.50 to 200 million yuan, which seriously affected the development and performance planning of the whole year.
After empathizing with the plight of these enterprises, a few days ago, a "spring letter" was sent from Beijing, which sent hardcore support to Hubei enterprises. On February 10, Foton Motor released a letter from Foton Motor to Hubei suppliers, in which Gong Yueqiong, Party Secretary and General Manager of Foton Motor Group, put forward four pragmatic commitments that Foton Motor will implement to Hubei suppliers.
Foton Motor said in an open letter, firstly, after the epidemic, Foton Motor will ensure that the purchase volume will increase by 20% on the basis of 20 19 this year, no matter when Hubei suppliers resume work. The second is to purchase products from suppliers in Hubei and take delivery in cash to provide support for rapid resumption of production. Third, actively protect the disinfection and epidemic prevention and logistics transportation of Hubei suppliers. Fourth, establish a complete supervision and management mechanism, strictly implement the above commitments, and the financial system will also make arrangements according to the commitments, and set up a feedback line.
From the loss of orders that Hubei auto parts enterprises are most worried about, to the stability of the capital chain, to the epidemic prevention safety and logistics needs, and the implementation of the above commitments, Foton Motor has given protection. As the largest commercial vehicle leader in China, Futian's commitment has obviously injected a booster and reassurance into Hubei suppliers.
A few days ago, Foton Motor made a more hardcore support measure: Foton Motor took the initiative to contact Hubei suppliers when Hubei could not start construction, and had paid more than 350 million yuan in advance.
Hubei is the core area of domestic automobile manufacturing industry, and the proportion of automobile manufacturing and supporting parts supply has always been in the forefront of the country. Now two automobile industry corridors have been formed, from Shiyan to Xiangfan, Suizhou, Xiaogan and Wuhan. From Jingzhou, Yichang, Huanggang and Huangshi along the river, the advantages of industrial clusters are obvious.
It is understood that Foton Motor has laid out dozens of product category supply systems in Hubei, including axles, clutches, shock absorbers, ECU assemblies and batteries. There are 46 suppliers at all levels, of which 25 have purchased more than 6.5438+million. Core parts suppliers include more than ten enterprises such as Sanhuan Axle, Camel Battery, Yong 'an Axle and Zero Electronic Control. Among them, suppliers such as Sanhuan Axle are leading enterprises in parts matching, ranking among the top 500 in China machinery industry and the top 100 in China auto parts.
In 20 19, on the basis of the overall decline of 9% in the commercial vehicle industry, Foton Motor's annual sales still reached 540,000 vehicles, with a contrarian increase of 5.4%, and its spare parts procurement also increased. According to statistics, in 20 19, Foton Motor purchased19.8 billion yuan from Hubei suppliers, accounting for 3.3% of the group's purchase amount. Among them, the supply share of three-ring axle, camel battery, Yong 'an axle and zero-point electronic control is in the forefront, and the purchase amount exceeds190,000 yuan.
Compared with 20 18, in 20 19, Foton Motor's purchasing volume from Hubei suppliers increased by 1% year-on-year, while the purchasing volume promised by Foton in 2020 increased by as much as 20% year-on-year. In the case that the national automobile market is affected by the epidemic and the pressure on Foton Motor has doubled all the year round, Foton's move is obviously to greatly increase the pressure on suppliers in Hubei.
"At present, the factories of Foton Motor have resumed production and are on the right track. The leaders of the group noticed that the suppliers in Hubei had not resumed work due to the epidemic. As an important supply chain partner of Foton Motor, the group leaders are deeply concerned about this and ask the purchasing department and other departments to quickly understand the supplier's needs and come up with solutions. Finally, they will discuss and quickly formulate these four commitments, support Hubei suppliers to persist in fighting the epidemic and solve their worries with practical actions. " Regarding how this decision was made within the enterprise, Fukuda said.
According to the survey data of China Automobile Association, affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic, the operating income of parts enterprises will be lost, up to 2 billion yuan. Among spare parts enterprises, the proportion of enterprises with a revenue loss of 20 million yuan to 50 million yuan is 16%.
Due to the large scale of industrial agglomeration and the late resumption of work, Hubei automobile enterprises and upstream and downstream supply chains are facing the situation of increasing costs and tight cash flow. At the same time, the heavy losses suffered by Hubei automobile industry in this epidemic also directly affected the recovery of domestic automobile industry. Many auto companies have to find spare suppliers because of the failure of spare parts supply in Hubei, which has affected their return to work.
In this regard, Foton Motor called on domestic automobile manufacturers to help Hubei spare parts supply and automobile enterprises "spring" come ahead of schedule to restore the stable operation of the economy and the development of the automobile industry.
"Our biggest gain comes from confidence! As a supplier in an epidemic area, we deeply feel the care and support given by Foton Motor, which makes us more confident to face the epidemic and overcome difficulties. " ? The relevant person in charge of Hubei Sanhuan Clutch Co., Ltd. said to Yanguo.
Since the outbreak of Xinguan epidemic, Foton Motor has been paying close attention to the needs of epidemic areas and scientifically and systematically deploying practical assistance to Hubei. On February 1 day, BAIC Group and BAIC Foton Motor donated money to 40 yuan. A Futian Tuyano negative pressure ambulance called "mobile purifier" is the key material that Hubei needs most to fight the epidemic and rescue critically ill patients. On February 13, the first batch of eight negative pressure ambulances arrived at seven hospitals, including Wuhan Seventh Hospital, Hanchuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital and Huanggang Central Hospital, and immediately put into first-line rescue work.
In order to ensure that a large number of medicines, medical care and living security materials are transported to all parts of Hubei in the first time, batches of Futian Ou Man Heavy Truck and Futian Omar loaded with epidemic prevention and control materials have also gone to the front line of the epidemic. In addition, in the list of the first batch of new technologies, new products and new services to fight the epidemic released by Zhongguancun recently, Foton Motor was successfully selected into the first list with products that effectively fought the epidemic and quickly put into use, such as medical waste transport vehicles, refrigerated trucks and negative-pressure ambulances.
Foton Motor said that Foton Motor will continue to contribute to Hubei's fight against the epidemic and industrial economic recovery. I believe that with the completion of Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital and Thunder God Mountain hospital, more than ten Ark hospitals have been put into use, and the novel coronavirus epidemic is about to usher in an inflection point. I believe that with the efforts of the people of the whole country, the "spring" in Hubei will also come soon.
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