| The third largest Japanese car manufacture | | | | important to find out how high the quality of |
| recently announced that its Global Production | | | | the end product will be at Nissan's assembly |
| Engineering Centre is fully operational. The | | | | factories. The newly operational facility |
| said facility is located at Nissan's Zama | | | | will also analyze vehicle production. All |
| Operations Center in the Kanagawa Prefecture. | | | | the tasks performed in all assembly plants |
| The said facility will be the crucial link | | | | will be analyzed by Nissan's engineers at the |
| in Nissan's production all over the world. | | | | GPEC. Production of automobiles as well as |
| The Global Production Engineering Centre | | | | other components such as Nissan grille |
| (GPEC) will be focusing on the production | | | | guards, body kits, and other components will |
| methods used by the different Nissan assembly | | | | also be the concern of the new facility. The |
| facilities scattered across the globe. Nissan | | | | production technology that Nissan aims to |
| aims to use the GPEC to develop new | | | | develop is expected to increase the |
| production technologies which will ensure | | | | efficiency and quality of current production |
| that their assembly plants will be producing | | | | techniques used by the company's numerous |
| high quality Nissan vehicles. | | | | assembly facilities. |
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| Hidetoshi Imazu, Nissan's Executive Vice | | | | The opening of the new facility is in |
| President, has this to say with the opening | | | | connection wit Nissan's effort to increase |
| of the Global Production Engineering Centre: | | | | its offering in terms of their auto lineup. |
| "The new GPEC and Global Training Center | | | | Last fiscal year saw the company post its |
| (GTC) represent long-term investments for | | | | first loss since Chief Executive Officer |
| Nissan in terms of delivering high-quality | | | | Carlos Ghosn took over. The dismal sales |
| products to our customers worldwide. Both | | | | performance of the company is blamed on the |
| facilities are critical to the continued | | | | scarcity of choice for car buyers. To turn |
| evolution of the Nissan Production Way (NPW) | | | | the company around, Nissan announced that |
| as a proven global standard. As we cut down | | | | they will be offering new car models in the |
| the development lead time to introduce more | | | | near future. The new engineering center will |
| new products and build them across the world, | | | | play a big role in ensuring that these new |
| it is important that Nissan maintains the | | | | cars will be produced efficiently and will be |
| high levels of quality that our customers | | | | of high quality. We can expect that Nissan |
| expect." | | | | will be coming up with high quality cars in |
| | | | the near future and this facility will have a |
| Among the tasks that the facility will | | | | big hand in making that a possibility. |
| perform is production trial. This step is | | | | |