"GM-AvtoVAZ" is beginning to work directly with suppliers

When signing a contract between the «General Motors» AVTOVAZ and the joint production of vehicles has been agreed that the supplier of components of basic and auxiliary materials should have been a single legal entity. And as warehouses for the reception of external supplies of components (which is 70% of what is going out of the car) and were located at the headquarters of the organization of production vehicles (GlavAvto), the plant's management had decided that the exclusive supplier of components and to materalov «GM -AvtoVAZ "to make it GlavAvto. In July 2002, President and CEO of OAO AvtoVAZ, signed the order on the establishment of the organization and the procurement of the joint venture as part of GlavAvto. According to information published two months ago in the VAZ factory newspaper "Volga Avtostroiteley" this division has become a multi-functional branched structural unit, which includes stocks of the main control on the organization of car production in the PTO, PPI, PCI, SMEs, "Tehsnaba" and the Directorate of Procurement AvtoVAZ . But life makes its own adjustments. In the JV "GM-AvtoVAZ" in time to have to put it mildly, not entirely satisfied with the quality of supply components for the "Chevrolet-Niva" with a Volga car and decided to start working directly with suppliers. Most recently, on November 20-21, a conference was held in Togliatti suppliers JSC «GM-AvtoVAZ". The participants were managers and leading specialists of the joint Russian-American company and representatives of major Russian and foreign companies-manufacturers of components for the car "Chevrolet-Niva". For updated information, published in the "Volga avtostoitele" the main purpose of the conference was to acquaint vendors with the requirements of JSC «GM-AvtoVAZ" to the incoming product, and to explain the mechanism of transition to work under direct contracts. Coordinator, told the Procurement Company «GM-AvtoVAZ" Eugene Yatsenko, SP leadership has decided to speed up the transfer to direct contracts with suppliers, and the conference of just submitted a plan this transition. It includes three stages: in December 2002. - February 2003., February - April 2003. And May - July 2003. In addition, the conference, representatives of CJSC «GM-AvtoVAZ" is told in detail about how the delivery will be completing their inspection, storage. In general, the control system was presented materials and inventory in the joint venture. Suppliers acquainted with the requirements of JSC «GM-AvtoVAZ" to the packaging and containers for parts, and on the spot showed them how to place processing, loading and unloading of materials. November 21 at the conference, the presentation of an industrial park (which in the future will unfold next to PO), work was carried out with foreign vendors. They were invited to establish joint ventures in Russia to produce components. And offered a list of potential Russian partners. As you can see the approach to building business with American colleagues, is fundamentally different from Russian. Decisions are made not only quickly, but by our standards, almost instantly. And most importantly, behind this is followed by concrete actions and real actions osuschestvyayutsya. Only such an approach can lead to building a successful high-tech business, even though there is this business in a remote Russian provinces, moreover, not in the most favorable economic conditions.