Through Wang Quan Long's explanation, Chen Jin understood why Ling Feng Jing Mi Company's supply chain was facing a major crisis.
Firstly, the domestic peer's whistleblowing gave the two Japanese suppliers an opportunity.
Secondly, the negotiator sent by Ling Feng Jing Mi Company only agreed on the contract but did not sign it in time. There was no breach of contract.
Lastly, Ling Feng Jing Mi Company was just an unknown OEM company. It was weak. The two Japanese suppliers were not afraid of offending such a customer. They could even attack the development of Z country's electronics OEM industry. They did not mind hitting them when they were down.
Therefore, in the face of this supply chain crisis, under normal circumstances, Xing Hai Technologies and Ling Feng Jing Mi Company would probably face two outcomes:
First, a full refund and a solemn apology to the consumers.
Second, they would accept the conditions of the two Japanese suppliers. They would grit their teeth and buy a million dollars worth of goods. In addition to the remaining stock of 500,000 dollars, they would be able to answer to most of the consumers. As for the remaining users who could not deliver the goods, they would get a full refund and a sincere apology.
The price was that they could not even guarantee a profit of 200 dollars for each Wa-wah robot.
Regardless of the outcome, Xing Hai Technologies and Ling Feng Jing Mi Company could not accept it.
This could very well be a huge crisis that could lead to the closure of the two companies!
But unfortunately, whether it was their evil counterparts in China or the two Japanese suppliers, they had all miscalculated.
For Chen Jin, a problem in the supply chain was just a trivial inconvenience.
He had a solution!
…
Haierfa.
The Base of Operations.
In a steel room with an area of more than 80 square meters.
Chen Jin held a component in each hand. He said to the artificial intelligence projection in front of him, "Alice, can the brushless motor component in my left hand and the hydraulic component in my right hand be manufactured with the current technical reserves of the base?"
A green light was projected from the sensor.
It scanned the two components.
"No problem, master. These are outdated products from more than 200 years ago. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, the capsule factory in the base can mass-produce them," Alice said.
Alice said. She had recently completed a hardware upgrade and transferred it to a supercomputer with a more advanced architecture. Now, her peak computing power was ten times what it used to be, reaching 100 billion times per second.
The power consumption was only 300 kilowatts, which was only three times higher than before.
In addition, the amount of data stored in Alice's database system had also increased from the previous 20 petabytes to 70 petabytes … which included a lot of technical information.
In short, the current AI Alice was much stronger than before.
Chen Jin nodded, but he was still a little worried. "Alice, does the quality of the parts printed by the capsule factory meet the requirements? For example, the brushless motor in my hand has an average trouble-free service time of 20,000 hours. It is extremely stable, and almost no similar products can compare to it. "
"Master, are you suspecting that the technology of 200 years later is inferior to that of 200 years ago?"
Alice rolled her eyes and said confidently, "Master, Alice can guarantee that under the same material structure, the brushless motors produced by our capsule factory will have a trouble-free service life of more than 30,000 hours. The maximum speed will be increased by 20%, and the stability and controllability will be better, reaching the limits allowed by the materials."
"If we use nanomaterials with better physical properties, the brushless motors produced by the capsule factory can have a lifespan of more than 200,000 hours. The maximum speed can be doubled, and the stability and controllability can be improved to another level … Master, if you don't believe me, Alice can start up the capsule factory and produce a batch of brushless motors for testing."
"Sure, seeing is believing!"
Very quickly, using the capsule factory, Alice produced 100 brushless motors made of ordinary materials and 100 brushless motors made of nanomaterials.
Together with the brushless motor that Chen Jin brought, they did a comparison experiment.
The results of the experiment were, of course, a slap in the face with reality. It suppressed all of Chen Jin's doubts.
His eyes lit up as he looked at it.
Powerful, it was really too powerful.
Especially the brushless motor made of nanomaterials, the sound it emitted was different when it worked. It was crisp and pleasing to the ear, and all its parameters beat the Japanese brushless motors.
The performance of the ordinary material version was not bad either. The maximum speed was obviously increased by a notch, and the stability and controllability were comparable … It could completely be used as a substitute for the Japanese brushless motors.
As for the moving part of the mechanical arm, a cylindrical hydraulic device, the capsule factory could also print a better substitute.
Chen Jin was finally relieved.
The supply chain crisis of Ling Feng Jing Mi Company had been resolved. The 1.5 million brushless motors and the 1.5 million moving parts of the mechanical arm could be temporarily supplied by the Base of Operations to avoid affecting the supply of the Wa-wah robots.
A brushless motor was only the size of a ping pong ball, and a single moving part of the mechanical arm was slightly smaller than a ping pong ball.
A large gunny sack could hold at least four to five thousand of them!
Chen Jin only needed to drive twice a day, or get someone from Ling Feng Jing Mi Company to pick up the goods from Shang Hai City. He could definitely supply more than 50,000 parts per day.
Suddenly!
Chen Jin's eyes lit up again.
"I remember Su You Jie telling me before that the imported Japanese brushless motors are very expensive at $315 per motor; the imported moving parts of the Japanese mechanical arm are even more expensive, at $364 per pair … Wang Quan Long also said that core components like the imported brushless motors and the moving parts of the mechanical arm would not be much cheaper even if they were to place an order of $10 million, because there are no substitutes.
So … adding up to two $300, it is more than $600, which accounts for 30% of the total hardware cost.
That's 50 more than the $550 I can earn from selling a Wa-wah robot!
As for the production cost of these two parts, I wonder if it will cost $50?
Based on the production cost of $50, the profit from these two small imported parts would be more than what I can earn from selling an entire Wa-wah robot? "
Chen Jin smiled bitterly. "So the profit from manufacturing core components is higher than manufacturing a complete machine!"
This was understandable. Why did the Japanese home appliance industry decline, and why did the Japanese companies have such a strong monopoly on the market for core components? The reason was that the whole machine did not make money, but the core components could make huge profits.
Making a business that was as difficult as eating sh * t to earn $1 versus making a business that could earn $10. Of course, the threshold for the latter was very high.
So, Chen Jin found a way to earn more than $800 per Wa-wah robot!
"In the future, I will supply the brushless motors through my own channels. I will also think of a way to produce the moving parts of the mechanical arm. I will be self-sufficient and sell them to myself!
Assuming that the cost of these two parts is $50, the $550 saved will be my increased profit! "
Therefore, the net profit of a single Wa-wah robot would be doubled!
Chen Jin only needed to sell 10 million Wa-wah robots, and he would become a billionaire.
He could not help but sigh. "If I want to make money, I still have to master the core technology!"
…
He returned to his bedroom on Earth.
Picking up his phone, Chen Jin called Wang Quan Long.
"Mr. Wang, don't worry. I have contacted two new suppliers. They can provide qualified brushless motors and the moving parts of the mechanical arm at a discount. I have solved the problem of the supply chain for you."
"What?"
Wang Quan Long's eyes bulged. His face was full of disbelief. "How is this possible? Are you kidding me, Mr. Chen? I was so anxious that I wanted to jump off a building. You are telling me that the problem has been solved. How many hours has it been? Mr. Chen, are you looking for a local supplier that produces inferior parts? "
He asked a bunch of questions.
"Don't ask so much. Come to Shang Hai tomorrow. I will show you the parts I bought. Also, I have two projects on hand that I would like to collaborate with you. Are you interested? "
"Okay! Tomorrow … No, I will go to Shang Hai right now! See you later, Mr. Chen! "
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