September 2024 marks the 47th National “Quality Month.” To implement the Board of Directors’ instructions on quality work, enhance quality awareness among all employees, improve the level of quality management, and better serve the “9N” market development, Wanxiang Qianchao has been steadily carrying out a series of thematic activities for “Quality Month” centered around the theme of “Quality Leadership, Shared Responsibility, Innovation-Driven, and Mutual Benefit Enhancement.”

I. Publicize and Mobilize to Create an Atmosphere

To intensify the promotion of quality culture and create a strong atmosphere in which all employees care about, value, and pursue quality, the company has mobilized all staff to participate in the “Quality Month” activities through kickoff meetings and oath-taking ceremonies. The theme of the “Quality Month” is showcased via promotional display windows, electronic screens, banners, and other media. At Wanxiang Qianchao headquarters, a QR-code-based quiz on quality knowledge has been launched to disseminate relevant information. For every employee, September is not just “Quality Month”—every month should be “Quality Month.” Every position must strictly uphold quality standards, adhering to high standards and rigorous requirements in each process and scrutinizing every single part, thereby ensuring the stability and continuous improvement of product quality.

II. Quality Training to Enhance Capabilities

During “Quality Month,” we will hold a “Quality Experts Take the Stage” training session once a week. We’ll organize internal quality experts from Qianchao to design and develop quality courses, providing quality training for personnel at all levels within Qianchao as well as key suppliers. The training content includes topics such as quality costs and supplier quality management, quality error-proofing techniques and 8D methodology training, and Ford’s Q1 and GM’s BIQS requirements training. Through these quality trainings, we’ll enhance the faculty and curriculum matrix for Wanxiang Qianchao’s internal quality training, fostering an atmosphere of quality training and continuous learning.

III. Review and Rectify Later on

Implement quality inspection work for critical processes, conduct audit inspections on the 400 identified quality inspection points across all companies, and ensure zero defects are allowed to flow out of special processes and critical operations. Carry out audits of special welding processes, summarize past quality lessons learned from welding procedures, and promote these lessons widely. Review and revisit the implementation of corrective actions for issues reported in the 2024 Wanxiang Qianchao Quality Weekly Report, re-examine the effectiveness of the corrections, and ensure that the issues do not recur.

4. Excellence Recognition Highlights Our Strengths

The company rewarded its quality improvement projects for 2023 and held evaluations and awards for “Quality-Reliable Teams,” “Quality-Reliable Individuals,” and “QC Achievement Results.” Among them, Xu Yajun from the Third Manufacturing Department of Wanxiang Jinggong won the championship in the Wanxiang Qianchao Skills Inspection Competition. Additionally, Wanxiang Jinggong’s QC achievement titled “Improving the Recognition Rate of Defects in the Outer Grooves During Vibration Detection” and the Quality-Reliable Team (Process Quality Group of the Quality Department) represented the company at the National Federation of Mechanical Industry’s Outstanding QC Achievement Presentation and both were awarded first prize.

V. Knowledge Contest Showcases Talents

Each unit, based on its own specific circumstances, has successively organized activities such as quality knowledge competitions and skill-operation contests. The content of the quality knowledge competition covered topics including the “Ten Prohibitions” on quality, the general principles of “9N” quality, and the history of quality development. Every contestant and on-site employee participated in the competition with great enthusiasm. Amidst the joyful atmosphere of the competition, everyone truly realized that “product quality is in our hands.” It’s crucial to adopt a rigorous attitude toward quality management, and while enhancing employees’ skills, we must also strengthen their awareness of quality.

6. Pool ideas and gather suggestions.

To harness the collective wisdom of all Wanxiang Qianchao employees, encourage their active participation in the company’s quality management, and deeply instill quality principles in every employee’s heart, Wanxiang Qianchao has launched a company-wide initiative inviting all staff to contribute ideas and quality proposals aimed at addressing key quality challenges and difficulties. Employees are encouraged to put forward rational suggestions centered around this year’s “Quality Month” theme, as well as on quality risk control and quality improvement. A set of management regulations for the quality proposal activity has been formulated and will be implemented continuously as part of ongoing improvement efforts. For teams and individual employees who submit proposals, both proposal awards and commemorative awards have been established to fully motivate employees, encouraging them to delve deeper into research and continually propose ideas that help enhance quality work.

Staying true to our original aspiration with meticulous craftsmanship, the series of activities during “Quality Month” have not only significantly enhanced the sense of quality responsibility among Wanxiang Qianchao employees but have also established a normalized work atmosphere within the company—where “every month is ‘Quality Month’”—prompting all employees to firmly embrace the principle of “quality first,” improving the overall effectiveness of product quality management, and laying a solid foundation for Wanxiang Qianchao’s high-quality development.