As the saying goes, details determine success or failure. Small details can determine the survival of one thing. This did not say anything.
On July 2, 2010, the "car king" Gerd Bonn of the Republic of Moldova (developing countries in Eastern Europe) announced that the company's Chrysler Motor Company was bankrupt! This means that this car company, which has been operating in Moldova for a total of 16 years, will always withdraw from the stage of commercial history.
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Gerd has been engaged in automotive manufacturing in Moldova for more than 30 years. In 1994, Gelder was not satisfied with the production of domestic cars and decided to purchase the manufacturing technology of Chrysler, one of the three largest automotive giants in the US, and introduced Chrysler to Moldova. .
Gerd funds are quite strong. He does not need any funds from Chrysler in the United States. It only needs to provide technical strength. During the negotiations, Gerd felt that the American car drawings were actually very simple. After analysis, the savvy Geldt dismantled the Chrysler vehicle, and finally concluded that one of the universal stainless steel screws does not require any technical support from the United States. This would save a technology transfer fee.
Gerd's judgment seems to be somewhat reasonable, because in Moldova, which is not very backward in industry, it is not a problem to produce a single screw. In fact, in the city of Chisinau where Geldt is located, there are 18 large and small screw manufacturers! After several rounds of negotiations, the United States Chrysler Motor Company finally agreed to Geldt’s proposal to exclude the production technology of that stainless steel screw from the scope of transfer. In this way, in the second half of 1994, the first Chrysler automobile manufacturing company in Moldova was born, and Geld Bonn became the company’s CEO.
Gerd's company was quickly put into production. Of course, he easily solved the screw problem! After his car was put on the market, the market responded well in the first few years. However, by 2001, the problem had arisen: The failure rate of the cars he produced was extremely high, which directly led to a sharp drop in sales. Among all the problems, failures and accidents caused by the loosening of a stainless steel locking screw accounted for 80%!
It turns out that in Moldova, where small factories are everywhere, Gerd doesn't even want to produce small screws. He buys screws directly from the domestic market. Those screws are very easy to loose after installing the car. In a few short years, there have been countless terrifying events: the steering wheel fell from the moving car, and the tires got out of the car that was galloping at a high speed. ......
The cars produced by Gelder have been rejected and questioned as never before!
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Thousands of screws and nuts are used in a car. The Chrysler of the United States can be one of the top three auto giants precisely because they have superb production technology and strict testing standards for each screw. For example, for an M6 double-headed screw, the outer diameter tolerance range is specified between 5.974 mm and 5.978 mm, and the difference cannot exceed 0.004 mm. At the same time, there are very clear and strict specifications for the inner diameter, pitch, material, and surface treatment. Provisions. Since the emergence of defective products was eliminated from the production stage, the standard parts that did not meet the requirements were not found in the Chrysler automobile in the United States, and the quality was of course very reliable.
However, in Moldova, although there are many factories, none of the models produced are defective, and there is no such precise test standard as the Chrysler Corporation of America. They do not even have a test for screws. Institutions, including government and corporations, all think that screws can be screwed on! For those regulations such as "The difference cannot exceed 0.004 mm", they are unheard of or dismissive!
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As the accidents caused by stainless steel screws continue to occur, Geldt’s car company carries an increasingly heavy burden, and even many victims organize themselves and demand that he stop producing cars that are harmful to people. Ardell went to court and the company’s finances continued to shrink in the sum of money. The government also issued a warning and asked him to improve the quality.
On one side is a series of successive compensation lawsuits, one side is the deteriorating sales situation, on the other side is the government's constraints and consumers' questions, Gerd's car company is struggling! In this situation, Gelder hoped to change the status quo and once again sought technical support for a screw from US companies. However, American companies seem to have expected this situation long ago. Through these years, they have seen cars in Moldova. The market began to secretly plan their own march to Moldova, so they naturally refused Gerd's request.
After that, after several years of struggling, Gerd Bonn eventually lost power and could only declare his auto company bankrupt! Frustrated Gerd at the press conference complained: "If not rejected by the United States, my company will not end up like this!"
Gerd Bonn was poor and spent a lot of money to obtain technical support but still failed. But at the same time, he was sad again, and he still didn't realize that the real cause of bankruptcy was his own neglect of a screw. A loose screw is enough to "loose" a company!
The looseness of a small stainless steel screw makes it easy to "sweep" a company. How deplorable this result is. But we must reflect on this sadly. What makes such capital and powerful companies go bankrupt? what is it? Yes, that's right, it's a small screw. Looks like it's very humble. It's easy to make screws. From this we can also realize that little details, small components can determine the success or failure of survival. Therefore, those who want to become big must pay attention to small details. Do nothing foolproof. Success can favor us