Yuchai Group Is Targeting at Professionalization of Production

On December 21, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. held 2017 Institutional Reform Conference and Inauguration of Establishment of Manufacturing Department, which opened a new prologue of reform and innovation. Yan Ping, President of Yuchai, pointed out that the establishment of manufacturing department had the most changes in personnel and was the most difficult reform in recent years. Yuchai would take a year to promote professionalization, standardization, refinement and automation of production and manufacturing system by reforms of manufacturing, marketing and quality systems and by seizing opportunity of transformation and upgrading of Euro VI engines, thus enhancing competitiveness of company and advancing internationalized process.

Yuchai started the reform of 2017 with institutional reform of manufacturing line, namely the establishment of manufacturing department, and carried out great reforms of marketing system and quality system.

In recent two years, Yuchai has started significant reforms. At present, reforms of units such as marine engine department, casting department and engineering research institute has almost finished and has achieved significant results. After the first round reform, competitiveness of Yuchai promoted continuously, economic efficiency was more remarkable and product status at segment market was more prominent.

On the reference of successful experience of marine engine department and casting department on reforms, Yuchai integrated and reorganized from first engine plant to fifth engine plant and production planning department to establish manufacturing department, which highlighted its professionalization, standardization, refinement and automation. It will make profound influence on development and internationalized process in the future and the production system of Yuchai will comprise the production parts of casting, manufacturing and marine electrical departments.

Six departments, 35 divisions, 18 workshop sections and 136 supervisors from first engine plant to fifth engine plant and production planning department have been turned into respectively 1 department, 24 divisions, 16 workshop sections and 108 supervisors through specialized segmentation, process optimization, merge and reorganization in the process of establishment of manufacturing department. The great reform on production system made re-layout on such as procurement, process and production scheduling, intensified management of workshop section chiefs and team leaders, and improved the ability of site control and rapid response to market, which highlighted professional standards.

Yan Ping said in the first half year of 2017, Yuchai will reach the peak time of production and sales uncommonly in recent years, and 2017 would be the turn-over year of quality and benefit and the fundamental year of transformation and upgrading of Euro VI engines. Through great reforms on production, marketing and quality systems, Yuchai will provide more professional engine products of higher quality, achieve transformation and upgrading goals, and accelerate internationalized process at the same time.