SAIC Develops "12th Five-Year" Technology Level Upgrading Plan

At the company's first technology innovation conference held on July 20th, the technical center director Coscia announced the main contents of the company's "12th Five-Year Plan" technology level upgrade plan, and clarified that in the next five years, the company will improve the R&D system and build high The goal and specific requirements of the heavy truck R&D base. The formulation of this plan reflects the company's high regard for technology research and development, as well as its firm determination in accelerating the R&D team construction and raising the level of research and development.

Judging from the current status of the company's R&D work, there is still a gap between the company’s existing R&D capabilities and other advanced companies in the industry. It cannot fully support the realization of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” business plan, and must accelerate the construction of technical teams and R&D capabilities and improve The company's core competitiveness in the heavy truck industry. The principle of development of the company's technological level is that it is fast and efficient, the market is unique, and technology is leading. In terms of development orientation, the company will increase investment in R&D to rapidly increase the level of product research and development, and strive to become the SAIC Heavy Truck R&D Base and the Iveco Group's global low-cost heavy truck R&D base; to achieve a new cab and new chassis development (including powertrain matching And calibration), basically independent independent heavy truck R & D capability; striving for national-level technology center, and to achieve a total of 150 patents, including 20 invention patents. In terms of R&D system construction, the company will use technology centers as independent R&D entities, fully utilize the resources of shareholders, effectively use external resources such as design companies, scientific research institutes, key component suppliers, etc. Manufacturing R & D organization structure mainly for manufacturing processes and axles and other important self-made parts.

The plan also decomposed the expected goals from the aspects of professional and technical capabilities, investment and construction planning, patent filing, R&D team and system construction, and clearly defined the responsibility of the division of labor for each supporting manufacturer. The company’s board of directors, product committee, The general manager, the vice president of technology, the technical center, and all relevant departments have clearly defined their work responsibilities.

A sound operating mechanism is a strong guarantee for ensuring that the technology R&D work can be vigorously promoted. The “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” also established a business mechanism, talent incentive mechanism and personnel training mechanism to ensure that the project implementation achieved substantial results. In terms of business mechanism, the company will establish a cooperative R&D mechanism that takes the technology center as its main body and makes full use of external resources; it adopts a mechanism for the simultaneous development of complete vehicles and parts and components, in which the company is responsible for the development and matching of complete vehicles and axles, and is responsible for the development of the entire vehicle and SFH. SAIC Gear and other related companies are responsible for the development and matching of powertrains, and strategic cooperation suppliers are responsible for the development and improvement of other important components and evaluation mechanisms and personnel training models; they are mainly affiliated companies and strategic cooperation suppliers in the early stages of product development or product definition. Participate in the discussion of the formulation of the technical route and the matching of the major assemblies. As for the talent incentive mechanism, the company will establish a talent assessment and evaluation mechanism based on ability and performance; establish and improve the incentive mechanism for talent growth; further deepen the incentive system for new product development projects, improve incentives for new product sales income, and strongly advocate scientific and technological innovation The implementation of the patent filing incentive system; the establishment and improvement of the employment mechanism that determines the position level and the income distribution based on performance. In terms of personnel training mechanism, the company will cooperate with institutions of higher education and training institutions to hold the "Hongyan class" for engineering masters; take invitations to carry out technical and special lectures to accelerate the pace of continuing education and update of knowledge; selection of outstanding professional skills From the backbone to Iveco's headquarters for advanced studies and further education, the special training and training agreement system was implemented to speed up the development of professional subject technology leaders and shortages of professionals.

It is reported that after the company's "12th Five-Year Plan" technology level upgrade plan is completed, the total number of R & D teams will reach 600. The vehicle R & D will have a relatively complete new platform development capability, mainly based on independent development, combined with some outsourcing development. New product platform including CLASSIC, wide body dump, narrow body model and IVECO will eventually form 6 product platforms, and will have better vehicle axle development capability, complete self-development, and complete a series of front axles, 2 The development of five series of single-stage drive axles and two series of two-stage drive axles, while improving the research and development capabilities of other self-made parts, strongly promotes the company's striding toward achieving the goal of “building a model of successful companies in the commercial vehicle sector”. Step forward.