Perodua centralises past model spare parts production with IQM
This week, local carmaker Perodua announced that it has outsourced and centralised production of spare parts for a number of its past models. Tasked with the now is local supplier IQM Sdn Bhd.
The move is one of Perodua’s many initiatives with its suppliers to help expand their business and capabilities. This endeavour alone saw the carmaker invest up to RM7 million in acquiring, transporting and installing a new press stamping machine at its supplier IQM Sdn Bhd’s facility in Tanjung Malim, Perak.
The 1,600-metric tonne hydraulic press stamping machine will produce body parts such as bonnets, side outer panels, rear quarter panels, fenders, doors and roofs for past Perodua models like the first-generation Myvi, as well as the Viva, Kelisa and Kancil that came before it.
Along with the machine, Perodua have also moved the dies required to make these parts into IQM’s facility. In the process, the move frees up much-needed space in Perodua’s plants, simplifies the entire operation, reduces lead time and cost, and makes it easier to monitor under one roof.
Perodua also keenly pointed out that it will assists IQM in terms of skill transfer and training where past model parts production is concerned. IQM began serving Perodua as a supplier since 2002, and currently supplies said carmaker with metal stamping, body assembly parts and brake tube components.
The firm also began making Viva parts after said model’s production ended in 2014, as well as parts for the second-generation Myvi on a dedicated new line since last year.
