Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 89 To follow or not to follow?Simply incomprehensible

There is no Alipay or WeChat Pay these days, so Xue Wenqiang almost emptied his wallet to get 1000 yuan in cash.

That is to say, his salary at SKF is high enough, otherwise who would put so much cash in his wallet?

Carrying four wheel bearings, Xue Wenqiang left the car repair shop with a heavy heart.

Next, they visited several larger car repair shops.

Except for one or two that found nothing, all other repair shops that issued a lifetime warranty did not use SKF wheel bearings.

"Gong Li, the situation is basically clear now."

"A new manufacturer appeared out of nowhere on the market and copied our specifications to make sub-factories."

"Their prices are definitely much lower than ours, so these car repair shops happily choose to cooperate with them."

Although the misunderstanding with Li Jianfeng was completely resolved, Xue Wenqiang's mood did not improve at all.

The current situation is worse than I imagined.

"Let's take two wheel bearings each back first and let the company's quality and technical personnel confirm the condition of the wheel bearings."

"At the same time, we also have to figure out who made this wheel bearing as soon as possible."

Li Jianfeng was also in a bad mood.

He was thinking about how he should report to Bu Defan.

Please do this, it sounds a bit weird.

The reason for the decline in sales of original parts is actually that car repair shops purchased a large number of auxiliary parts from outside.

This was relatively rare in 2000.

After all, domestic auto parts suppliers are not very strong yet.

If it were placed in 2010, this situation would be very common.

"When I get to the company later, I'll call a few agents and familiar car repair shops. I should be able to figure it out soon."

"Among the domestic bearing parts manufacturers, Wanxiang, Renben and Xifeng Bearing are just a few that do a little better. Nine times out of ten, it is one of them who is doing something wrong."

Xue Wenqiang can stay at SKF because his ability level is quite high.

He is also very familiar with the situation in the bearing industry.

Around 2000, it was the time when foreign companies were most popular.

When everyone generally gets a monthly salary of a thousand yuan, they can get a monthly salary of seven to eight thousand or even ten to twenty thousand.

The treatment gap is far worse than that of later generations.

"It shouldn't be Xifeng Bearing. If they could really make qualified wheel bearings, companies like Shenlong Motors would have used their products long ago."

"I think the high probability is Wanxiang or Renben, with Wanxiang being more likely."

When Li Jianfeng said this, Xue Wenqiang couldn't help but ask a question, "If Wanxiang makes it, how do you explain the 'NS' mark on the parts? This is not Wanxiang's mark."

"Let's investigate the specific situation." Li Jianfeng didn't know how to answer Xue Wenqiang's question, "If there is any situation, we will share it in time."

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After Li Jianfeng returned to the company, he immediately reported to Bu Defan.

The other party also took it very seriously and immediately contacted Dr. Hassan, the manager of the quality management department, and asked him to arrange personnel to confirm the specifications and dimensions of these bearings.

And immediately freed up experimental resources and prepared to conduct some comparative tests.

At the same time, after Xue Wenqiang returned to the company, he quickly figured out the general situation after a few phone calls.

"Xue, do you mean that this wheel hub bearing is made by a Chinese supplier called Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd.?"

"They sell wheel bearings to car repair shops for 50 yuan each and then give them a lifetime warranty?"

Holmer frowned and looked at Xue Wenqiang.

In his view, the findings were incredible.

How is this possible?

50 yuan each?

Also has a lifetime warranty!

SKF's wheel hub bearings are shipped from Sweden. Even if the intermediate transportation fees, tariffs, customs declaration, management fees, etc. are not included, it is impossible to cost 50 yuan each.

Even in Holm's view, 50 yuan is just enough for materials.

"Holm, although this situation is a bit unbelievable, the news currently received from several car repair shops is indeed like this."

"Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. has even signed warranty contracts with some car repair shops."

"If we want to see it, we can go directly to one of the car repair shops to confirm the contract on site."

Xue Wenqiang replied firmly.

"When did China have a bearing supplier called Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. in China?"

Holm was racking his brains and couldn't think of any information related to Nanshan.

Although Nanshan already has a certain reputation for nut plates and wheel bolts and presses.

However, the wheel hub bearing, nut plate, and wheel bolt are not the same type of parts at all.

Holm really never cared.

It's like a tire manufacturer. You suddenly ask him who are the domestic suppliers of headlights. How can he be familiar with them?

"I'm going to investigate this again."

"Before, I thought it was Wanxiang or Renben Bearing that did such a thing."

"But the result was completely different from what I expected."

"Since Nanshan makes wheel hub bearings, it probably also makes other auto parts."

"I will contact Li Jianfeng from Modu Volkswagen later and share with him the situation we have investigated."

"I would also like to ask him if he has heard of Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd., or ask him to ask other colleagues in the purchasing department if they know about it."

Xue Wenqiang knew very well that finding Li Jianfeng at this time was the fastest way to find out what kind of company Nanshan was.

After all, Volkswagen's position in the domestic automobile industry is still very impressive.

Any auto parts manufacturer in China would not want to supply it to Volkswagen.

Therefore, Xue Wenqiang felt that Li Jianfeng or his colleagues must have some knowledge of Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd.

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"Hurry up and communicate with Li Gong."

Holm urged a little irritably.

The current situation is not very good.

The wheel bearings made by Nanshan are not only cheap but also come with a lifetime warranty.

This is equivalent to dispelling all the concerns of the car repair shop in terms of QC, and also dispelling most of the concerns of consumers.

After all, consumers themselves don’t know the details of the parts.

I heard that the wheel hub bearings in a car repair shop can be guaranteed for life after being replaced. I will definitely think that the quality of this bearing is very good.

This is the most unacceptable thing for SKF.

Will you follow or not in the future?

The opponent pays a small price, but if you want to follow, the price will be countless times that of others.

There is simply no solution!

Providing after-sales parts is just a way to get orders in a curve, and it will definitely end without getting started.