We will focus our efforts on the following human rights issues that may arise in the course of our business activities.
Based on our Group Management Philosophy and Basic Quality Policy, we are developing TQM activities from the customer's standpoint to provide safety and security to earn the trust of society.
In FY2017, we completed the transition to a quality management system that complies with the International Standards for Automotive Quality Management Systems (IATF 16949) and integrated it with our business processes.
We will continue to aim to establish the industry's best quality and technology by adapting to the evolution of industry and automotive technology. We will continue to make improvements while pursuing quality that meets customer expectations.
We completed the transition to ISO 9001 (2015 version) and IATF 16949 by February 2020. Based on our quality management system, we will appropriately respond to customer requirements based on the concept of quality first.
To contribute to society, we will continuously improve our systems to improve the quality of our products and services.
In all activities of product planning, design, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of electronic and mechatronics products such as instruments, consumer products and displays, NS Group executes in accordance with the following matters in order to meet customer requirements and establish the best quality and technology in the industry based on the concept of quality first.
Based on our Group Management Philosophy and Basic Quality Policy, we are developing TQM activities from the customer's standpoint to provide safety and security to earn the trust of society.
As for the quality management system, in fiscal 2017, the head office adopted the Automotive Industry Quality Management System Standard, an international standard.
We have completed the transition to a quality management system compliant with (IATF 16949) and integrated it with our business processes. Group companies completed the transition to IS O 900 1 (2015 version) and I ATF 169494 in fiscal 2020, and are working to improve their products and services by deploying unified standards globally based on the concept of quality first.
The processes that support the activities of the quality management system start with the corporate philosophy as shown below, and the various strategies are clarified, and the vectors of the group and its employees are aligned and operated in a planned manner. The results of implementation are reviewed, fed back, and adapted to change.
Communication and education tools such as management documents, education, and training support these activities.
In the future, we will further adapt our businesses to the evolution of industry and automotive technology.
Aiming to establish the world's highest quality and technology, we will pursue quality that meets customer expectations while making continuous improvements.
We have positioned "occupational health and safety" as one of the most important issues related to our management base, and are working to eradicate occupational accidents by creating a safe and secure work environment based on the constant awareness of safety among each and every employee.
Based on the "Respect for Human" philosophy of safety, we will realize our management philosophy through our global and diverse business activities, including the development, design, procurement of materials, manufacturing, sales, and quality assurance of products and parts, and through these activities, we will strive to improve and promote continuous and aggressive initiatives for risks and opportunities related to occupational health and safety, with the aim of eliminating occupational accidents.
In particular, we regard occupational health and safety as one of the important issues that form the foundation of our management, and this will lead to the continuous enhancement of safety awareness among each and every employee.
Nippon Seiki's growth is supported by the active participation of diverse human resources. We believe that human resources are our most important management resource, and we conduct human resource development based on this belief. Respecting and utilizing diverse values, ways of thinking, and backgrounds will enhance organizational creativity, secure excellent human resources, and improve competitiveness. We also support the development and growth of individual abilities by providing human resource development programs that enable employees to be proactively aware of the skills they need and their own careers, and to take action to realize them.
In order to survive in global competition, we aim to develop global human resources who are "autonomous, think-and-act" and can think and act on their own to solve problems and respond quickly to changes. We provide more than 20 education and training programs per year, tailored to themes and levels.
In addition, we conduct regular career interviews, intensive education and early selection for candidates for global management, and job rotation to foster a multifaceted perspective.
Since fy2023, a new human development program has been started that recommends young employees to go abroad on business trips. The business experience abroad, which involves understanding different ways of working and thinking, and noticing the connection between their own work, fosters their global thinking as well as cross-cultural exchange. We have continued this program in fy2024.
Effective April 1, 2024, we reviewed our personnel system from the viewpoint of “Comprehensive Career Design”, “More understanding one’s own role”, and “Strong linkage of role and remuneration” to realize that diverse human resources can build diverse career paths and keep highly motivated to work.
【Promoting Diversity】
We are working to deepen understanding of work-life balance throughout the workplace and to create a culture that accepts a variety of working styles for each individual. We have established a variety of systems to create a comfortable working environment for employees at various life stages, including pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, and nursing care. We are also promoting health management initiatives so that our employees can work and challenge themselves in a healthy, highly motivated, and fulfilled way.
【Goals, Results, and Certification】
The results on the workplace environment indicators in fy2023 are shown in the right figure. In recognition of our efforts and attitude to improve, we received following certifications and awards.
General Employers
Action Plan
We encourage our employees to create new business ideas on their own initiative, and encourage them to work in the workplace. We regularly hold business idea contests with the aim of stimulating participation in management and leading to sustainable development of the
Group.
To date, seven meetings have been held (four at the head office and three at nissei service co., ltd. and NS computer service co., ltd.). in fiscal 2023, these meetings were held on the topics of "zero pedestrian accidents" and "ensuring pedestrian safety" using optical or
sensor-based technologies, and many ideas were proposed that could lead to a "future full of safety and security.
Our group is working to promote Health and productivity management.
【Nippon Seiki Group Health Declaration】
"In order to realize our management philosophy, it is essential for our employees and their families to be healthy and happy in body and mind. We, Nippon Seiki Group, will actively support our employees who can feel healthy, energetic, and fulfilled in their work and can take on challenges, thereby contributing to the realization of a safe, secure, and sustainable society."
【Strategy for Health Management】
To ensure the safety and health of our employees and to create a comfortable working environment, we are implementing a variety of initiatives based on relevant laws and our "Occupational health and safety policy". For the mental and physical health of employees, we have established a cooperation and support system among health nurses in the company, industrial counselors, and industrial physicians and psychiatrists. Health consultations by health nurses, counseling and career consultations by industrial counselors are available at all times. In addition, we provide detailed support, including follow-up on the results of various health checkups, regular mental health checkups, training on health management, and dietary guidance.
General Employers Action Plan