Quality
TPCA pays exceptional attention to quality control. Similarly to other car production plants, every car leaving TPCA is thoroughly checked. Inspection of parts forming the car is a matter of course; quality checks between specific operations are not extraordinary in the automotive industry.
Then what makes us different?
In TPCA, we are applying the principle of JIDOKA, thanks to which we can interrupt the production process if quality does not meet the standards. In practice this means that every worker within the assembly is also a quality inspector. When he finds out any, though minor, insufficiency, he stops the production line, arranges for a repair and only then the car can pass on. This guarantees that the plant does not release cars with even the slightest defect.
Therefore, quality control in TPCA is not a matter of only one department, but almost everyone is a quality inspector. Repair of a defect certainly does not put an end to the matter. Questions concerning where and how the defect occurred have to be raised. Searching for causes of problems and removal thereof is the key to the top quality of cars produced in TPCA.
