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In October, Yutong made a special tour in France and UK to conduct a market research and have talks and discussions with its sales agents in those two countries. Yutong buses have successfully won customers" recognition thanks to their highly reliable and efficient performances. Now the bus maker is set to make even greater achievements in the cutthroat markets.
Yutong Bus in Paris
Customers are our best judges for the bus product development.
Shao Nengqiang, Product Manager of Yutong Overseas Product Department Europe & US Branch, firmly believes that customers are the only legitimate judges to decide the success of the company"s development of new bus products. Currently, Yutong bus products, all of which are well received in Europe, prove to have successfully won the hearts of European customers.
European bus makers attach great emphasis on developing new products from their predecessors. Against such a backdrop, Yutong buses sold in Europe maintain the same standards in configuration and exterior design. They only vary in length, measuring 10-meter, 12-meter and 13-meter long. They also serve different purposes. Some are school buses, others are buses for intercity transport, and others are tour coaches.
State-of-art production processes ensure the overall competitiveness of Yutong"s bus products.
Xie Qunpeng, Director of Bus Manufacturing Process Department reveals that the planning of the bus products must be backed by manufacturing process and the development of bus products can only be achieved through sound development of bus manufacturing process. He also points out that the upgrade of bus manufacturing process must support the improvement of overall manufacturing capacity. The overall competitiveness can only be guaranteed after accomplishing the three tasks above.
Yutong is particularly strong in the development and evaluation of bus manufacturing processes. In the meantime, the bus maker boasts competitive development and manufacturing capacities for a majority of toolings, fixtures, gauging tools, and non-standard equipment. Thus, it has already gained an upper hand against its competitors.
From anti-rust paint to overall vehicle phosphatization, and then to overall vehicle cathodic electrophoresis coating, Yutong has always been taking the lead. According to different countries and regions, Yutong has also rolled out special anti-corrosion solutions so that its bus products can well adjust themselves to demanding transportation and working conditions, such as high temperatures, high humidity, and high salinity environment at harbors and on marine transport routes.
Quality Assurance Department guarantees the best quality of Yutong bus products.
Yang Bing, Manager of Yutong"s Quality Assurance Department points out that the company has been implementing TS16949 Standards since 2002. Considering TS16949 Standards as the very foundation for its quality control, the company has set extremely stringent standards for its bus products sold both at home and abroad. According to Mr. Yang, no matter they are for domestic market or for the overseas market, all Yutong"s bus products must go through the same quality assurance procedures.
"In our quality control and management, the R&D and management of new bus products and the construction and management of systems are at the core. From the very beginning of our new product development, a host of quality management & control measures are available to make sure that each new bus product are free from any potential quality problems," says Mr. Yang.
"Both our philosophy and principles in quality management are in line with our European counterparts. Indeed, bus makers from Europe and USA are good at product design and product development. However, we have been working with relentless efforts to form our own unique competitiveness so as to push China"s bus industry to a much higher status in the global market," Mr. Yang concludes.