Engineering assistants or engineering obstacles / Why internalization and product diversification projects fail?

Khodrocar - Many factors can be put forward for the backwardness of Iran's automotive industry compared to other countries, factors including the focus on circulation and the lack of focus on the quality of components and assembly, sanctions and minimal access to technical and up-to-date knowledge of the automotive industry, lack of Access to quality raw materials and, of course, the quality imbalance between different industries that make up auto parts and many other things, but in this report, a very important topic about the backwardness of Iran's auto industry is going to be raised, which may not have been discussed so far.

One of the important and effective factors in keeping Iran's automobile industry with its competitors is the existence of some managers and deputy decision-makers in the field of quality, internalization, engineering and product design and development, who either have the necessary knowledge and expertise in the field under their management. They don't have, or they happen to have the necessary knowledge, but they throw stones in the path of self-sufficiency, product development and even negotiations with foreign partners.

This matter becomes more ponderable when it appears that the managers and assistants in the field of engineering, who are actually responsible for directing the internalization projects of parts, designing and developing products, and confirming the quality of parts, sometimes knowingly and with the coordination of some companies and partners Especially, they prevent negotiations with new partners and delay the realization of internalization projects.

For example, negotiating with a new business partner and choosing a product in a class for a car manufacturer (both government and private car manufacturers) has different and time-consuming steps. The business partner must be checked and selected first, then the desired car from The design opinion, quality, price and market assessment should be evaluated and after that, negotiations on the amount of internalization, the price of CKD parts and spare parts, the annual production circulation, etc., as well as how to pay for the parts packs, etc. It seems that all these visits, meetings and negotiations need several months, now imagine that one of these issues is challenged and the deputy engineer of the automobile company did not give the final approval, or to the CEO, who happens to have the necessary expertise. He does not have the technical and engineering skills or he is afraid of the consequences of insisting on signing the contract despite the opposition of his engineering deputy.

At this time, it is as easy as possible for all the negotiations to be left without any results and numerous opportunities are created for Iranian car manufacturers. This is an example of the failure of some of these managers and deputies who, with the coordination of a certain company (domestic or even foreign), prevent the negotiations for the entry of a new business partner or even the internalization of imported parts in many cases.

This thought-provoking event includes several dimensions and issues, all of which can be cited as one of the main reasons for the backwardness of Iran's automobile industry in these years, a factor that is perhaps even more effective than sanctions, and there is room for institutions regulatory and inspection organization, etc., to know the new chapter about it in the discussion of research and investigation of the automobile industry.

Khodrocar, while respecting the valuable, committed and knowledgeable managers, deputies and managing directors of the country's automobile industry, certainly does not generalize this issue to all managers active in the automobile industry, and appreciates and thanks the efforts and services of these dignitaries, but these valuable managers themselves Maybe by reading this report, they will confirm the position.