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Nissan Annual Report 2003
26
The Nissan Smyrna Plant set a new
benchmark for productivity in fiscal year
2003, according to Harbour Report North
America. The Report noted that the plant,
located in Tennessee state and which
produces the Altima, reached the figure of
15.74 labor hours per vehicle—the highest
ever in the history of the Report. In a
remarkable seventh year running, Nissan’s
Sunderland, UK plant was ranked number
one in Europe, according to the World
Markets Research Centre. And Nissan
remains the productivity leader at home
in Japan.
Productivity alone is not the goal, of
course. Through Nissan Production Way
(NPW) , the company continues to work
towards true Douki-Seisan—a build-to-
order system schedule that is synchronized
with the customer’s needs, to provide a
higher level of service, more individualized
choice, and swifter product production and
delivery. The NPW sets out two “never
ending” goals: to continuously work for the
synchronization of Nissan’s manufacturing
with customer needs, and an ongoing
quest to identify problems in the
manufacturing process and to put
solutions in place.
NISSAN CONTINUED TO LEAD THE INDUSTRY IN PRODUCTIVITY IN FISCAL
YEAR 2003. ITS PLANTS ARE CONSISTENTLY THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN
JAPAN, THE US, AND EUROPE. WITH NISSAN PRODUCTION WAY, THE
COMPANY HAS ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM TO ENSURE THAT IT HOLDS THAT
RANKING, AS WELL AS TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ALL AREAS INVOLVED
IN MANUFACTURING.
The Productivity Leader—Positively
MANUFACTURING
Altima production at the Smyrna, Tennessee plant