Mazda Wins First Ever Taguchi Award

Posted on 06/15/2006 under: News, Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation has received the first Taguchi Award ever given by Japan's Quality Engineering Society. The award was conferred in recognition of Mazda's innovative quality control techniques that utilize quality engineering approaches on its production lines. These quality controls have yielded a number of successful outcomes as well as excellent reviews. Mazda's Production Engineering Division was selected as the company's recipient organization. The Quality Engineering Society first announced that Mazda was to receive this award on April 24, 2006.

The award ceremony, a part of the 14th annual Quality Engineering Conference, was held on June 15, 2006, in Tokyo. Yasuto Tatsuta, executive officer and general manager of Mazda's Production Engineering Division, was present to receive the award.

The Quality Engineering Society (QES) bestows the Taguchi Award on a company or organization that continuously strengthens its approaches to R&D and production, delivers solid outcomes as evidenced by the company's improved business performance and has demonstrated the value of quality engineering through improving the quality of its engineering disciplines. The Taguchi Award was inaugurated in 1997 with funds donated by Dr. Taguchi to commemorate his induction in the Automotive Hall of Fame in the United States. However, until today, it has never been awarded to any company or organization.

Source: Mazda Motor Corp