Volkswagen’s Regional Sourcing Office recently hosted a Suppliers’ Day, which saw the attendance of more than 300 automotive suppliers from throughout the ASEAN region. The purpose was to share information with the vendors on the upcoming Volkswagen local assembly operations in Malaysia, and for them to better understand VW processes such as supplier management, logistics, quality assurance and engineering.
Among those who also attended were Government officials, current and potential suppliers, officials from DRB-HICOM and Volkswagen production officials from Wolfsburg, Germany.
Volkswagen Group Malaysia MD Ricky Tay said the event offered another platform for business opportunities to Malaysian suppliers and provided a gateway to more international opportunities. “This clearly shows Volkswagen’s confidence in the quality of suppliers not only from within Malaysia, but regionally as well,” he said.
Tay added that with 62 production facilities throughout the world, Volkswagen is constantly looking out for production opportunities and to build and establish a bigger network of suppliers to complement the brand’s growth in key markets.
A total of 11 speakers from various organisations presented their plans and strategies, including supplier quality awareness and logistics requirement processes, during the half-day event.
Speaking of CKD Volkswagens, the recent Bernama report that quoted DRB-Hicom boss Datuk Seri Mohd Khamil Jamil saying that the Pekan assembled Passat will be launched on 23 Nov turned out to be not accurate. VGM clarifies that CKD models will only be available next year, and the 70 units of Passat 1.8 already assembled will be used internally by the company, which is currently assessing the market introduction and pricing strategy of the model.
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This story originally appeared on Paul Tan's Automotive News on Fri, 25 Nov 11 05:36:31 +0000.
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