6 Steps to Continuous Improvement in the Automotive Industry 6 Steps to Continuous Improvement in the Automotive Industry

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Written by Danielle Yoon, read by Mark Graban.


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Manufacturers of all kinds seek to achieve continuous quality
improvement because it ensures the consistency of products
delivered to customers and protects against the competition. It
also paves the path to compliance with industry-specific
standards. This is crucial in the automotive sector because
defective vehicle parts may lead to expensive recalls—or worse,
accidents that cost lives.


Fortunately, continuous improvement has a long history in
automotive manufacturing. Many of the tools and techniques widely
used by organizations worldwide were explicitly developed to
ensure the quality and efficiency of automotive manufacturing.
Toyota was a pioneer of many of the CQI approaches used today.
Whether you are using language like CQI, TQM, Lean, TPS, or Lean
Six Sigma, these approaches described below still apply.


As you might imagine, the benefits of a successful continuous
improvement program are significant, including:


6 Steps to Continuous Improvement in the Automotive Industry