Hitachi Automotive: Quality Management System MGT 449: Quality Management and Productivity

Hitachi Automotive: Quality Management System Hitachi Automotive Products, Los Angeles (HAP-LA), based in Torrance, is a major remanufacturer of alternators, starters, electronic control units, mass airflow sensors, distributors, and other automotive electronic parts. As a leading supplier to Ford, GM, Honda, Subaru, Nissan, and Isuzu, to name a few, HAP-LA is required to comply with and obtain registration for the International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001:2000 and TS-16949 requirements in order to maintain the current relationship with …

…QMS at HAP-LA, the system does work. Maintaining compliance with the various standards that have been adopted is a full-time job that receives constant attention from all of the applicable parties. As HAP-LA moves toward future improvements through such efforts as Material Management of Goods (MMOG), Environmental, Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) and others, the quality of the product, as well as the quality of the operation at the facility itself, continues to improve.