Uniformly coded automotive supply chain management
December 26, 2022
Through the standardized coding and marking of auto parts products, vehicle maintenance, distribution companies, and industry management, it can provide standardized technical support for auto parts industry, standard parts products, standard maintenance, and distribution business services. A few days ago, the China National Article Numbering Center and China Automotive Maintenance Industry Association reached a cooperation on the global unified coding and marking application service project of the automobile maintenance industry. The reporter learned of the above news at the signing ceremony.
In short, the adoption of unified coding and marking technology can provide standardized data for the automotive aftermarket and effectively improve the supply chain management level. In addition, the reporter was informed that local standards concerning the uniform coding and labeling of auto parts are currently being issued, and national standards will be submitted for approval by the end of this year.
Market: Exuberance and Oversight
According to statistics from authoritative organizations, China has entered the automobile society. As of the end of 2013, the number of civilian vehicles in the country reached 137 million, which is 6.6 times that of 10 years ago; 31 cities with more than one million automobiles break out; Has 21 cars. The advent of the automobile society also promoted the vigorous development of China's auto aftermarket. At present, there are 480,000 motor vehicle maintenance companies across the country; annual maintenance of 340 million vehicles has been completed; by 2014, the scale of China's auto repair parts has reached 1.6 trillion.
The reporter learned from the China Association of Automobile Maintenance Trades that due to the inadequate development of China's automobile aftermarket and the incomplete competition rules, the incidents of counterfeiting and inferior accessories brought to consumers have been increasing. It has also brought social, industry, regulatory, market and other aspects. problem.
The status quo of China’s auto market has also attracted the attention of relevant state departments. Since 2010, relevant government departments have successively issued relevant documents and regulations for the development of the auto aftermarket in order to promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry. The “Guidance on Soliciting the Transformation and Upgrading of the Automobile Maintenance Industry and Enhancing the Service Quality” jointly issued by the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Commerce and other 10 ministries and commissions has been released recently. “Accelerate the transformation and development of the auto maintenance industry into the modern service industry, promote fair competition in the auto repair market, continuously improve the level of market integrity, standardization and informatization in the auto maintenance industry, improve the ability and quality of maintenance services, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers for self-consumption. "Clearly appeared in the "Guiding Opinions."
Coding: Regulatory Products and Services
In view of the unpopularization of the automotive aftermarket, the China Article Numbering Center and the China Automobile Maintenance Industry Association have repeatedly conducted field research and joint research and reached a consensus on the use of uniform coding and marking in the automotive aftermarket. "Over the years, the codes used by the automotive industry have been very complicated." Wei Tongwei, secretary general of the China Association of Automobile Maintenance Industry Accessories Work Committee, frankly stated that coding, as a unified language in the automotive industry, is not only an indication of trade promotion and business activities, but also extends. To anti-counterfeiting, traceability, testing, evaluation and other aspects. “The uniform coding of the auto parts industry is a very valuable and revolutionary measure that brings direct economic benefits to the production, distribution and use of auto parts and improves the circulation, trading and management capabilities.”
Data standardization is an important foundation for big data and Internet of Things applications. Zhang Chenghai, director of the China Article Numbering Center, said that the only code and logo in the world is the only "identity card" for companies and products. According to the characteristics of China's auto maintenance industry, adopt national standards, standardize the unique codes of maintenance companies, the only codes of accessories products, and maintenance industry management codes, and bind product codes to the company's location codes, and regulate the management of the accessories market. The traceability of accessories product quality and the establishment of a post-market quality assurance system will accelerate the transformation of the automobile maintenance industry from a production service type to a social service type, and will play an active role in the future application of big data and Internet of Things in the automotive industry.
Xie Ying, secretary-general of the China Association of Automatic Identification Technology, revealed that the current national standards for the uniform coding and labeling of auto parts will strive to complete the standard approval and approval in November of this year and it is expected to promulgate as soon as possible. At the same time, in October of this year, pilot projects for unified coding and marking of parts and components will begin at 10 companies.
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