据ICIS网站2月20日伦敦报道 主要润滑油制造商Fuch Petrolub的一位高管周四表示，汽车供应链中断凸显了管理风险的重要性。

“目前，我们对正在发生的事情的跟踪非常狭窄……每当我们看到风险时，我们都会在当地进行管理……近几十年来，我们在管理风险方面做了很多工作。”

另一个需要行业关注的关键领域是解释润滑油在可持续性方面的作用。

这位高管说：“我们需要进行基于事实的讨论。我们有责任找到简单易懂的解释方式，举例说明并展示（润滑油带来的）真正价值”。

“我们需要向年轻人展示我们这边的贡献。”

润滑油客户的反馈是，他们对电动汽车（EVs）的需求非常旺盛。

Karnetzky表示：“每个人都在努力”加快转型，这可能会导致润滑油总消耗量的下降。”

但是，另一方面，产品变得更加复杂。我们是一个解决方案合作伙伴，着眼于整个供应链，我们必须共同努力。我们已经做好准备，因为我们有广泛的经验。”

“润滑油行业是解决方案的一部分。我们今天正处于一个关键时刻，我们必须表明我们认真对待可持续性。要获得社会的认可，并致力于共同的标准，我们必须非常透明。”

例如，这意味着要谈论产品的整个生命周期。

润滑油行业面临的其他挑战是供应链下游需求的波动和规格的变化。

“我们必须控制整个链条上的波动，例如有几个月需求大幅增长，有几个月需求大幅下降。”

同样，允许在不同国家销售的产品种类繁多。

“标准在世界范围内不一致，因此我们将看到产品区域化的趋势。”

第24届ICIS世界基础油和润滑油会议（ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference）于2月19-21日在伦敦举行。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

WBO ’20: Lubricants supply chain must manage risk, sustainability - Fuchs

Disruptions to the automotive supply chain have highlighted the importance of managing risk, an executive at major lubricants manufacturer Fuch Petrolub said on Thursday.

“We track very narrowly what is going on … Whenever we see a risk, we jump on it locally to manage it … A lot of work has gone in recent decades into managing risk.”

The other key area which demands industry attention is the work to be done in explaining what lubricants are doing for sustainability.

“We need to have a fact-based discussion. It is our duty to find ways to explain in an easy and understandable way, with examples, and demonstrate the real value [that lubricants bring],” the executive said.

“We need to show young people the contribution from our side.”

The feedback from lubricant customers is that there is a strong demand to move to electric vehicles (EVs).

Karnetzky said that “everyone is trying” to speed up the transformation, adding that this is likely to cause a decrease in overall consumption of lubricants.

“But, on the other side, products are getting much more complex. We are being a solution partner, looking at the complete supply chain, and we all have to work together. We are ready because we have wide experience,” he said.

“The lubes industry is part of the solution. We are at a critical point in time today, and we must demonstrate we take sustainability seriously. To get acceptance from society and commit on common standards, we must be very transparent.”

That would imply, for instance, talking about the whole life of the product.

Other challenges facing the lubricant industry are the volatility of demand down the supply chain and variations in specifications.

“We must manage the volatility down the chain. There are months with big increases in demand, months with big drops,” he said.

Equally, there is a wide variety in which products are allowed to be sold in different countries.

“[Standards are] not aligned around the world. So, we will see a trend towards the regionalisation of products,” concluded Karnetzky.

The 24th ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference runs on 19-21 February in London.