Living Automotive Excellence – on the Way to Zero-Defect Products and Services
The most valuable aspect of cars is the people they carry. Therefore, safety should never be compromised. This is the most important consideration for everybody involved in making automobiles–from the smallest suppliers to the manufacturers themselves.
As car components become more and more complex, and as the number of control units in vehicles increases, the likelihood of a product failure becomes greater. Quality Performance is a key differentiator for automotive market success. Our target of Zero Defect means:
- No quality events
- Defect-free product launches
- Automotive product quality of 0 failed parts per million
- Low non-conformance costs
- Highest quality image in your market
- More business due to satisfied customers
No compromise when it comes to quality
Infineon established the most comprehensive quality program in the semiconductor industry in 2003. The Automotive Excellence Program is founded on four pillars: people, products, processes and production. Due to our “no compromise” policy in all four pillars our program really works. Our employees truly live the credos of Zero Defect, considering the highest quality requirements and understanding the importance of prevention. They are trained to deeply understand the tools and methods used to avoid deviations and to solve problems proactively.
On the way to zero-defect products
On the way to zero-defect products, some examples:
- Excellent requirement management that the product fits your application
- Products with proof of design quality and robustness for harsh automotive environment
- With Advanced Process Control (APC) in Wafer Production, we realize deviations before they affect the product
- Highest outgoing product quality by intelligent outlier screening (PAT, SBA, Wafer Pattern Recognition)
Automotive product quality
Automotive Excellence is your competitive advantage
In five years the ppm rate for our automotive products decreased by more than 80 % down to less than 0.2 ppm. This means that there are only 2 fails within ten million delivered devices. Our quality is clearly seen as the industry benchmark by most of our automotive customers.
Many of our partners have expressed their satisfaction with the quality of our products and the way we execute Automotive Excellence:
- “Best Quality Award Toyota Hirose 2009” for zero defect quality for 3 years
- “Supplier Performance Award” for the year 2008 from Continental
- “Excellent Supplier Award 2008” from Hitachi Cable Japan
- “German TOPIT Award 2008” for the Automotive Excellence Program
Our quality is clearly seen as the industry benchmark by almost all of our automotive customers.
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