The automotive parts industry follows a strong supply chain model. Automotive parts companies must ensure meeting customer demands, including OEM customers and parts customers, under framework agreements with JIT delivery requirements.

The Main Challenges Include:

• Line downtime compensation risk: Parts manufacturers must meet OEM manufacturers' delivery requirements in a JIT manner. If the OEM customer experiences downtime due to delays by the parts supplier, the parts company will bear significant financial risk. Some OEM customers require compensation of 5000 RMB per minute of downtime from the parts supplier. If the OEM experiences a full day of downtime, the parts manufacturer could face over 7 million RMB in economic compensation.
• VMI supply model and offline settlement model: Most OEM manufacturers adopt the VMI supply model and offline settlement model, where parts suppliers manage the finished product inventory at the client's site, and customers pay based on actual parts consumption. With the current market demand uncertainty and the trend of multiple varieties and small batches of parts, ineffective inventory management could result in excessive idle inventory or high inventory levels, affecting company capital utilization efficiency and cash flow.