Hyundailla

tämä "workaholic Chairman Mong-Koo Chung"

Chung's first step: Replace the bean counters in top management with engineers. Then he began working methodically on a strategy to challenge Toyota for leadership in J.D. Power's quality rankings. He hired a raft of consultants and worked closely with J.D. Power experts to benchmark the world's best auto companies. He sent Korean quality task forces to the U.S. to study weather and road conditions, as well as driver habits.

Chung expanded the quality department tenfold, to 1,000 people, and made it report directly to him. He also encouraged employees to share their ideas for improvement, promising bonuses that averaged $150. At Hyundai's Asan factory, outside Seoul, workers have dropped 25,000 ideas into the suggestion box, of which 30% have been adopted. One worker won $500 after noticing that the Sonata and the XG 350 sedans had differently shaped covers over their spare tires. Sharing the cover saves the company $100,000 a year.

Chung, a freckled, round-faced golf lover, starts each week with a demanding quality meeting at 9 o'clock Monday morning. As many as 50 engineers, designers, suppliers and factory managers are summoned to a large conference room for three hours. Cars are displayed on turntables, or even on hydraulic lifts, so that Chung and his quality experts can see the problems firsthand. "He's not looking at it on paper; he's very hands-on," says Robert Cosmai, chief executive of Hyundai Motor America.

Chung is so obsessed with quality that he's been known to take the unusual--and expensive--step of modifying a car's design midway throug

Hyundain tuoreet omistajat.

Laadunvalvontaan panostetaan ankarasti. Työntekijöitä kannustetaan parannusehdotuksiin ja uusia tuotteita ei päästetä markinoille hätäisesti.Johtaja on "laatufriikki".
Ei ihme että Toyotan, Hondan ja GM:n porukka on sanoisiko "hieman huolestuneita" Hyundain kehityksestä.
Pitää vaan toivoa ettei hinnat karkaa taivaisiin.

   

Värimaailmaltaan vähän tasapaksut Hyundai-sivut esittelevät tätä huomisen suurmerkkiä perusteellisesti.

http://www.nelonen.fi/start/linkit.asp?f=913&n=Autovalmistajia

http://www.hmmausa.com/media_library.aspx?id=58

ja visiot Hyundai Internationalin sivuilta.

DEAR HYUNDAI CUSTOMERS:

Receiving worldwide approval from its customers for its high quality and exceptional brand value, Hyundai Motor Company has continued to expand its growth in the global market. The year 2006 marks the full-scale take-off for HMC´s Global Management as it attempts to solidify its status as a global leader in the world´s automotive industry. Having accelerated its technological development in quality innovation, HMC continues to strive to enhance its brand competitiveness through its manufacturing of top-of-the-line automobiles that offer high customer satisfaction. We, at Hyundai, relish change and thrive for challenge as we believe this contributes to the realization of first-class value and "mankind´s happiness through the automobile. "At Hyundai, we promise to do our utmost to become a future-oriented company that inspires customers and contributes to the welfare of humanity.

The most fundamental business principle we embrace is to build the highest quality automobiles that will help ensure the highest quality of life for our customers. As a result of innovative technological developments aimed at providing drivers and passengers with a safe and pleasant driving environment, the quality and technological sophistication of our automobiles have begun to receive recognition throughout the world.
In addition, our innovative excellence has garnered accolades throughout global automotive markets as a result of the production of high quality products that satisfy the needs of our global customers. This excellence has enabled HMC to claim a spot as a leading multinational company among the Fortune 500.
Through the establishment of a global management support system, HMC will strive to become a leading global company with a commitment to quality management.
Recognizing eco-management as one of the core elements impacting future competitiveness, HMC is taking the lead role to protect the eco-sphere by adopting environmental management as its core management strategy as we realize the importance of creating a more sustainable lifestyle and pristine environment for future generations.
Formulating and adopting systematic environmental management practices is one way we can more efficiently address global environmental issues. Achieving environmental sustainability requires a balancing of economic, social and environment issues not just for HMC but for the entire automotive industry. At HMC, we are tackling the dual issues of developing an automobile which is both profitable and environmentally sustainable through our commitment to research and development.
The implementation of ethical and transparent management provides the basis that enables us to effectively overcome difficulties and constantly promote sustainable management in times of rapid change and unexpected crisis. At Hyundai, we are trying to handle every business issue according to transparent global standards and are attempting to establish an ethical management system by promoting management innovation.
Our productivity has been maximized through a progressive labor management relationship that focuses on our people-oriented win-win strategy and professional cultivation of human resources. Likewise, we are expanding our philanthropic activities while striving to maintain mutually beneficial associations with all of our stakeholders. We will continue to strive to become a respected global leader by fulfilling our social responsibilities and obligations as a sound corporate citizen.

C.E.O Mong-Koo Chung

Edmunds.com = USA:n ensimmäinen ja eniten käytetty auto web sivu sanoo :

Perhaps more than any other modern automaker, Hyundai has shown that a company can change its products and its image for the better in a fairly short time if a concerted effort is made. Even disregarding the price advantage that it holds over the more established class entries like the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, the 2007 Hyundai Sonata would still merit strong consideration due to its inviting cabin, abundant standard features, polished on-road demeanor and confidence-inspiring warranty.

Forbes lehden kirjoitus josta toi Suomenkieelinen käännös.
http://www.forbes.com/business/global/2005/0425/024.html

Onneksi olkoon Hyundain omistajat. Laatuun panostetaan ankarasti.