Industry terms

AGV

Automatic Guided Vehicle

Diversity

Make use of various talented person including women, foreigners, elderly, handicapped person.

Frame car

Vehicles consisting of a rugged frame used for trucks and buses along with a power train and other drive components and a cabin.
Nissan Shatai's frame-vehicles are the Patrol large SUV, the QX80.

High-mix, low-volume vehicle production

A production system that various sizes and shapes of car body are produced in random order on a same line.

INFINITI

High-end brand of Nissan Motors for United States, Canada, Europe, Russia and Asia. Nissan Shatai produces the QX80.
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Intelligent Body assembly System

A body assembly system which is flexible and to work out high-mix, low-volume production.

JDP-IQS

J·D·Power·Initial·Quality·Study The Initial Quality Study (IQS) carried out in North America by the global market research company J.D. Power and Associates.

JPH

Job·Per·Hour production volume per hour

LCV

Light Commercial Vehicle. Nissan Shatai group produces the NV200 Vanette, the Caravan, the AD.

Monocoque car

Monocoque cars (such as passenger and commercial cars) comprise a unified structure that combines the frame and the body.

MPV

Multi Purpose Vehicle. Nissan Shatai group produces the Elgrand and the Patrol.

Nissan Green Program

The Nissan Motor Midterm Environmental Action Plan, which was created with the goal of achieving Nissan Motor’s environmental philosophy of "Realizing a Symbiosis of People, Vehicles and Nature." For further details, please refer to the Nissan Green Program 2020 pages on Nissan Motor’s website.

NISSAN INTELLIGENT MOBILITY

Intelligent Mobility was created to guide Nissan's product evolution, and will anchor critical company decisions on how cars are powered, driven,and integrated into society, all the while remaining focused on creating more enjoyable driving experiences.

NPW

Nissan Production Way It is a production method originated by Nissan.

NS-Q1

Activities in Nissan Shatai group to be No.1 in quality at Nissan group.

PDCA

continuously improve businesses by repeating 4steps Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle

QCT

Quality, Cost and Time. Nissan Shatai Kyushu set the goal of becoming benchmarks for overall capabilities in QCT at Nissan group.

SU-LEV

Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle. An approval for a vehicle reduced more than 75% of Nox and NMHC compliant with emission regulations in 2005.

SUV

Sport Utility Vehicle. Nissan Shatai group produces the Patrol and QX80.

U-LEV

Super-Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle. An approval for a vehicle reduced more than 50% of Nox and NMHC compliant with emission regulations in 2005.

V-3P

Value up Innovation of Product Process Program. A development process of a new product Nissan Motor and Nissan Shatai innovated to deliver high quality new vehicles contain the newest technology and design without mistimed.

Virtual Factory

The virtual factory on computers that you can confirm mounting position for parts or work process with a 3D-CAD movie.

Virtual Phase

A production process on computers to make various data about design, layout, analysis or preparation for production.

3D-CAD

Three dimension CAD. A computer software which can simulate development process such as design, assembling and operation verification in a virtual factory in a computer.

3-wet painting

A new body painting process which cut off a baking process after a middle court from a traditional painting process. Nissan Shatai Kyushu has introduced it and been contributing to CO2 emissions-reduction.

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