China Yuchai’s main operating subsidiary, the diesel engine maker Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Ltd (GYMCL), has entered into a new joint venture with Guangxi Skylink Software Technology to design, develop, manage and market an ‘electronic operations management platform’.
This platform offers radio-frequency identification (RFID) capabilities and will enable the owners and operators of vehicles who use it to remotely monitor engine performance and pinpoint vehicle location through GPS tracking. The platform will provide instant communication between GYMCL, vehicle operators using its diesel engines and the vehicle owners. In future, the partners say, other service providers, customers and vendors will be integrated onto the platform to improve supply chain efficiency.
The new joint venture company will be located in the High-tech Industrial Development Zone of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province. Guangxi Skylink will own 60% of the JV company and GYMCL 40%.
GYMCL is to be responsible for the platform’s engine interfaces, the development of technical parameters and analytical techniques, development of the system’s terminal and managing its e-commerce capabilities and customer service. Skylink Communications will be responsible for the platform’s hardware, servicing the operating system, government relations, securing the physical infrastructure for the joint venture, and running daily operations.
