• time;2024-01-02 19:34:05

What are the things worth commemorating about Dongfeng Cummins?

Looking back at 2023, "recovery" has become a high-frequency term and keyword in various segments of the domestic commercial vehicle market. In the first 11 months, the freight volume and logistics industry prosperity index continued to improve in the commercial vehicle related industry, with significant growth in segmented markets such as new energy and tractor. As a power industry closely related to the whole vehicle, leading enterprises have also become active simultaneously.

Dongfeng Cummins, as the first joint venture established by Cummins in China to produce automotive engines, plays an important role in meeting the diversified power demands of the Chinese automotive market.

In 2023, Dongfeng Cummins will continuously expand its market territory and lay out new tracks; By continuously refining product technology and improving user reputation, it can be said that the ultimate goal is to achieve both sales and reputation growth.

So, what keywords can describe Dongfeng Kangming's experience in 2023?

01New product

Improve product matrix to help customers reduce costs and increase efficiency

With the fierce competition in the logistics industry and the continuous rise in operating costs, Dongfeng Cummins continues to innovate in the face of market and user pain points. It inherits Cummins' century old advanced technology and combines localized customized development to provide customers with products that are "useful and can create wealth".

In March, after more than six months, Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. welcomed the historic moment of the first Legend engine being produced on the heavy-duty production line.

It is reported that the total investment of Dongfeng Cummins Heavy Power Factory is 950 million yuan, and the plan began in 2020. The production model displacement covers 8.5L-15L, and the product line covers 280-660 horsepower. The annual production capacity is 80000 units, with 20000 units reserved for capacity upgrade, which can be expanded to 100000 units. After the completion of the new production line, it will achieve dual line operation of two engine manufacturing factories for medium and heavy horsepower, forming a manufacturing layout of 2 assembly lines, 12 machining lines, and 1 AMT assembly line.

On May 30th, Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Dongfeng Cummins) officially completed and put into operation its new intelligent heavy horsepower factory, and the first legendary engine was produced.    

The legendary engine that was taken offline this time is a product customized and developed for National Emission Standard 7 emissions and compatible with Cummins multi fuel solutions. It is committed to providing efficient customized power solutions for the industry and will cover mainstream application markets such as traction and dump trucks in the future. This engine has undergone comprehensive innovation in both software and hardware, with further performance upgrades that combine greater power, savings, comfort, reliability, and intelligence.

In addition, the displacement of Dongfeng Cummins non road mobile machinery products that meet the National IV emission standard has been increased from 3.9 liters to 15 liters, and they are widely used in markets such as loaders, excavators, cranes, air compressors, and agricultural machinery.

In the future, Dongfeng Cummins will continue to enrich and improve its product line, providing customers with more efficient and green products.

02honor

Enterprises and products continue to win awards

On the basis of continuously increasing sales, Dongfeng Cummins' user reputation is also soaring, and the continuous glory coronation is the most powerful proof.

At the 8th award ceremony of the Discovery Trust event in February, the Dongfeng Cummins B6.2 engine continued to showcase its brand strength and successfully won the "2023 User Trusted Efficient Medium sized Engine" award. At the 17th Annual Inventory Awards Ceremony for the Impact of the Bus Industry, which was held almost simultaneously, the Dongfeng Cummins ISL9.5 series engine won the 2022-2023 "Bus International Marketing Cooperation Award" through the evaluation of experts from the society, bus judges, and online reviews from users and readers.

Good products have always been an important secret for Dongfeng Cummins to maintain its leading position in the commercial vehicle power market. Dongfeng Cummins has won two consecutive product awards, which is the honor and recognition given to Dongfeng Cummins by the market and users. With its strong product strength, Dongfeng Cummins stood out among more than 300 supplier representatives and won honors such as "Best Supplier" and "Excellent Technology Innovation Award" this year.

Meanwhile, at the 2023 International Internal Combustion Engine Technology Conference held in November this year, Dongfeng Cummins was honored as an executive director unit of the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association for its outstanding technical strength and outstanding contributions to the internal combustion engine industry. The recognition from the China Internal Combustion Engine Industry Association, as well as awards such as "Best Supplier" and "Outstanding Technology Innovation Award", fully demonstrates the company's position and influence in the industry, and also marks Dongfeng Cummins playing an increasingly important role in the development of China's internal combustion engine industry.

03service

Starting from 'Old Friends Gathering', constantly improving oneself

In addition to excellent product strength, high-quality service has always been one of the important factors that Dongfeng Cummins has gained recognition from users. Since the beginning of this year, Dongfeng Cummins has been continuously implementing activities to enhance its service brand.

In late June, the "Old Friends Cup" Fuel saving Master Challenge, jointly organized by Dongfeng Cummins and Best Express, came to a perfect conclusion. Nearly 50 cardholders drove Dongfeng Cummins integrated power chain models to compete in fuel consumption on high-altitude, plain, and mountainous routes, and all achieved good results. The average fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of participating vehicles decreased by 1.76L, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of winning vehicles decreased by 2.74L.

The hosting of this Fuel saving Master Challenge is not only a way for Dongfeng Cummins to help users improve their driving habits, enhance fuel saving skills, and achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement, but also provides a new solution for the green development of the freight industry. It also conveys the concepts of energy conservation, emission reduction, and consumption reduction to more people.

In September, the Dongfeng Cummins Service Skills Competition with the theme of "Meeting Friends with Customers" and Customer Care Month was held in Chongqing. This year's service skills competition expert competition has changed from an individual competition to a team competition, which not only enhances the spirit of teamwork, but also extracts the ability of service personnel to solve problems. Nowadays, the Dongfeng Cummins Service Competition is not only a competition, but also a platform for comprehensive exchange of service skills and experience, and a classroom for cultivating experts.

Successfully launched and operated the "Old Friends Hub" customer club, empowering users to operate efficiently; Go online to 'Chip Butler' to assist cardholders in intelligent operations; Moving on to upgrading the "Expert Service, Smooth Travel Across the World" service brand, establishing a customer experience center, creating the Dongkang Expert Support System, and launching the "Customer Care Miles" campaign. High quality service has become the golden signboard of Dongfeng Cummins and the shining label of the brand.

04plan a composition

Focusing on intelligent manufacturing technology and continuously exploring overseas markets

The 2023 government work report proposes to vigorously develop the digital economy and focus on improving the level of high-end, intelligent, and green development. Dongfeng Cummins closely follows the national development strategy. In May of this year, a new intelligent heavy-duty factory was officially built and put into operation. Not only has it improved Dongfeng Cummins' ability to develop and independently manufacture heavy-duty engines, but it has also led the exploration of the construction of intelligent manufacturing demonstration factories for automotive engines in China, which will effectively promote the extension of China's automotive parts industry to the high-end of the industrial chain.

The new intelligent heavy-duty factory adopts advanced intelligent manufacturing technology, realizing more than 20 digital scenarios including robot visual positioning fuzzy grasping, AI visual inspection, equipment status detection and preventive maintenance, offline programming of spraying robots, real-time monitoring of tightening curves, and intelligent inspection of robots. By introducing new automation technologies and equipment, there are more error prevention measures in the production process, ensuring better and more stable product performance, and helping customers seize the opportunity in fierce market competition.

It is precisely because Dongfeng Cummins has always provided high-quality products to the market and customers with higher manufacturing levels and more rigorous quality requirements, laying a solid foundation for Dongfeng Cummins to become Cummins' global manufacturing center.

On November 20th, in the Z machining workshop of the L/Z machining division of Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co., Ltd., the delivery ceremony of PPAP samples for the cylinder body and cylinder head of the 15N platinum project was held grandly. Afterwards, 300 cylinder body and cylinder head products will be exported to Cummins' JEP company in North America, providing support for the platinum project. Dongfeng Cummins products are exported overseas, and Peugeot Dongfeng Cummins has taken a new step in manufacturing capabilities and global market competitiveness.

05public welfare

Caring for women, fighting floods and disaster relief, mission must be achieved

At 23:59 on December 18, 2023, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, affecting the hearts of countless countrymen people. After the disaster occurred, Dongfeng Cummins immediately launched emergency rescue operations and quickly introduced a series of service guarantee policies, including free rescue, free physical examination, 24-hour special technical assistance from a team of 30 technical experts, and other caring services, providing heartwarming service policies for the people in the disaster area.

In fact, whenever there is a critical moment of national disaster or people's difficulties, Dongfeng Cummins can always respond actively and quickly, rush to the front line, and solve problems.

As early as August this year, many northern regions experienced continuous heavy rainfall, leading to frequent geological disasters such as floods, which seriously threatened the safety of people's lives and property. In the rainstorm and flood, Dongfeng Cummins rushed ahead, fully guaranteed the regional rescue and normal operation of Dongkang customers, and fulfilled their social responsibilities with actions.

In addition to expressing its mission during times of crisis, Dongfeng Cummins actively cares for female users in the freight industry. In March of this year, the China Women's Development Foundation launched the "Women's Journey in Freight Transportation" project, in which Dongfeng Cummins became an important member, contributing to the protection of women's freight transportation. At the same time, Dongfeng Cummins and Zhongtong Express jointly launched the first truck sister-in-law care activity. Aiming to provide five empowering contents for Kajie, including health and comfort, safety and protection, parent-child and family relationships, vocational skills, and personal development, to help them and their families achieve better development.

06in the future

Dongfeng Cummins' "Three Main Lines" in 2024

Dongfeng Cummins will continue to be exciting in 2023, what actions will be taken in 2024?

At the 2023 Supplier Conference, Dongfeng Cummins stated that in 2024, the focus will be on three main lines: "continuous improvement of product line", "continuous expansion of diversified business", and "continuous improvement of internal operational capabilities". We will closely grasp market and customer needs with our suppliers and partners, and cut off the path of high-quality development and win-win cooperation. In response, Dongfeng Cummins has deployed its 2024 work goals and raised three expectations to its supplier partners.

Focus on quality: Allocate sufficient resources on quality, practice a zero defect quality culture, enhance quality control capabilities, and reduce process deterioration;

Cost reduction: Carry out industry benchmarking management, actively explore technology cost reduction projects, support the improvement of Dongfeng Cummins' cost competitiveness, and pay attention to new product development, providing more competitive solutions in the VPI development stage;

Ensure delivery: Collaborate with the company to promote material localization, complete production capacity construction on various platforms according to production capacity requirements, establish safety stock, and conduct dynamic monitoring to ensure supply chain security.

Facing the upcoming year 2024, Dongfeng Cummins will seize the opportunity and focus on "4" (annual sales of 40000 units). We believe that the era of "5" is just around the corner.