Quality and the pursuit of continuous improvement in today’s fiercely competitive global automotive market are essential if companies are to survive and succeed.
The quality of a company’s products and/or services is dependent on its people and management and on all its business processes, from design through manufacture to delivery and service. Competitive companies maximise process efficiency and effectiveness to minimise costs, eliminate waste and continuously improve what they do.
There are five main areas to consider within this definition:
Quality (in the specific sense):
Providing products or services that consistently meet the specification that has been agreed with the customer.
Cost:
Consistently supplying the product or service to the cost agreed with the customer.
Delivery:
Consistently supplying the product or service to the customer at the agreed location and time.
Design and development:
Designing and developing the specification of the product or service so that it meets the customer’s needs. Designing and developing the production facilities and processes so that the product or service can be consistently produced to the agreed specification.
Management:
Putting in place the people, other resources and business processes necessary to achieve the above and ensuring their continued availability. This should be done as effectively and efficiently as possible to ensure the sustainability of the business into the future.
ISO/TS 16949:2009 is the global automotive quality management systems standard. It covers the particular requirements of the automotive sector for the application of ISO 9001:2008. Certification to this standard is a requirement for component manufacturers to supply major customers. Business Excellence extends the process approach of the standard covering all key elements of any business.
e-Business
e-Business is now seen by leading companies as essential to doing business and doing it more efficiently through e-enabled processes.
SMMT is working with members and industry in Europe to establish and roll-out ENX (European Network Exchange), an automotive industry extranet which will support secure rapid business transactions. ENX will support the use of Odette EDI messages and the XML standard now under development.
SMMT has become a partner in government’s UK Online for Business initiative to provide advice and guidance on e-Business to the UK automotive industry. It is also working with the major industry trade exchanges (Covisint and SupplyOn) and is developing an e-Business health check to help members assess where they currently stand and what they should do.
Business development
SMMT offers a range of business development opportunities in two specific areas:
Quality
Quality and the pursuit of continuous improvement in today’s fiercely competitive global automotive market are essential if companies are to survive and succeed.
The quality of a company’s products and/or services is dependent on its people and management and on all its business processes, from design through manufacture to delivery and service. Competitive companies maximise process efficiency and effectiveness to minimise costs, eliminate waste and continuously improve what they do.
There are five main areas to consider within this definition:
Quality (in the specific sense):
Providing products or services that consistently meet the specification that has been agreed with the customer.
Cost:
Consistently supplying the product or service to the cost agreed with the customer.
Delivery:
Consistently supplying the product or service to the customer at the agreed location and time.
Design and development:
Designing and developing the specification of the product or service so that it meets the customer’s needs. Designing and developing the production facilities and processes so that the product or service can be consistently produced to the agreed specification.
Management:
Putting in place the people, other resources and business processes necessary to achieve the above and ensuring their continued availability. This should be done as effectively and efficiently as possible to ensure the sustainability of the business into the future.
ISO/TS 16949:2009 is the global automotive quality management systems standard. It covers the particular requirements of the automotive sector for the application of ISO 9001:2008. Certification to this standard is a requirement for component manufacturers to supply major customers. Business Excellence extends the process approach of the standard covering all key elements of any business.
e-Business
e-Business is now seen by leading companies as essential to doing business and doing it more efficiently through e-enabled processes.
SMMT is working with members and industry in Europe to establish and roll-out ENX (European Network Exchange), an automotive industry extranet which will support secure rapid business transactions. ENX will support the use of Odette EDI messages and the XML standard now under development.
SMMT has become a partner in government’s UK Online for Business initiative to provide advice and guidance on e-Business to the UK automotive industry. It is also working with the major industry trade exchanges (Covisint and SupplyOn) and is developing an e-Business health check to help members assess where they currently stand and what they should do.