Hyundai Motor(005380) and Kia(000270) have set up a dedicated training hub to support small and midsize parts suppliers in step with the rapid transition of future mobility industries such as electric vehicles, software-defined vehicles (SDV), and artificial intelligence (AI).
Hyundai Motor and Kia said on the 27th that they held an opening ceremony for the "AI specialized joint training center" at the Hyundai Motor Group Global Partnership Center (GPC), a training facility dedicated to suppliers in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, on the 27th. Present were Yoon Jun-ho, head of purchasing strategy business at Hyundai Motor and Kia (executive director), Lee Byung-chan, president of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea (HRD Korea), and representatives of major suppliers and other officials.
The AI specialized joint training center is a systematic artificial intelligence transformation (AX) support platform that provides customized AI training focused on on-site roles based on quality, processes, and data, and helps parts suppliers centered on internal combustion engines make a soft landing as AI- and data-driven, high value-added future auto parts companies.
The center is being promoted as a representative public-private partnership win-win model that combines Hyundai Motor and Kia's state-of-the-art training infrastructure, supplier network, and specialized training know-how with policy support from the government.
This year, Hyundai Motor and Kia will first push specialized, practical AI training for about 900 employees at first- and second-tier parts suppliers, and from next year they plan to significantly expand the annual number of trainees and the scope of support to accelerate AX across the entire parts supply chain. With a focus on on-site applicability, they decided to move away from simple theory-based training and operate the program with customized training and real-world problem solving.
In addition, Hyundai Motor and Kia plan to successfully establish AI training focused on quality roles this year and expand AI training to supplier roles across production, R&D, purchasing, and business management, leading the creation of an AI win-win ecosystem that spans the entire future mobility industry.
A Hyundai Motor and Kia official said, "To lead the future mobility market, it is essential to internalize field-centered technologies that achieve quality completeness and productivity innovation," adding, "With the belief that the AI competitiveness of parts suppliers is the global competitiveness of Hyundai Motor and Kia, we will continue to support successful AI transformation and co-prosperity for parts suppliers through the AI specialized joint training center."