Originally posted by romelnar:
other OEMs (e.g. mitsubishi, hyundai, etc.) may elect to adopt QS9000 as their supplier quality system requirements or may recognize QS9000 registration as also meeting their company-specific supplier quality system requirements. (refer to "Other OEM-Specific Requirements" p.79 of QSR 3rd ed.)
I don't know if any assembly plants are registered, but 'internal' suppliers are. For example, Ford's Sharonville transmission plant is registered to QS-9000 I believe, as is Delphi's operations.
The only companies requiring QS are Ford, GM, and Chrysler. However, they require their tier I's to 'flow down' the requirement for registration to their suppliers. Where it gets interesting is there are a lot of small suplliers (under 20 people) which now have to register.
Mitsubishi, Toyota, Honda, etc. have their own requirements and have nothing to do with QS-9000 (or ISO 9001 for that matter). They neither want nor need QS-9000. Personally I think Nissan sucks real bad, but Honda, Toyota, etc. make pretty darn good cars without QS or ISO. I have a Mazda 626, 1989 model year with a turbo and 274,000 miles on it with no major repairs or motor work. I still drive it around town and it still drives very good. Doesn't even burn any oil!
[This message has been edited by Marc Smith (edited 25 April 2001).]