Name of the Company: Hino Motors Philippines Corp.

Date of Tour: October 25, 2019

Company Background
Established in March 1975, HINO MOTORS PHILIPPINES CORPORATION
(HMP), formerly Pilippines Hino, Inc., is a joint-venture among Filipino investors, Hino
Motors, Ltd. and Marubeni Corp. of Japan. Originally majority-owned by the local
partner, HMP has been relaunched under the new majority ownership of Hino Motors,
Ltd.
A participant in the Commercial Vehicle Development Program (CVDP), HMP is
engaged in the assembly and distribution of quality HINO trucks, buses and spare parts.
They are engaged in the assembly and distribution of quality Hino trucks, buses
and spare parts. Aside from manufacturing vehicles and bodies, they are also capable
of distributing Hino parts and accessories and provides long-term maintenance services
to its clients.
Raw Material
Most products of Hino are made up of various parts, where a part can be
described as a single unit of a product that are brought together with others to form the
finished product. Assembly, therefore, can be explained as the operation of bringing
parts together, either manually by operators or automatically by robots, to form a
finished product. Fixing of more complex parts that have more than one component
before being assembled to the work-piece as a single unit is called a sub-assembly. A
work-piece is an unfinished product whose assembly is in progress.
Manufacturing Process
In Hino, the assembly station are not typical room for delicate person because in
Hino it is essential to be familiar with the stages and various elements involved in the
seembly process. Hino provides a work station where certain amout of the total
assembly work is performed. Each station on an assembly line is set up with all the
materials, machines and tools( some station are provided with instructions and
operators assigned) from the warehouse or suppliers. The batch visited the workplace
and noticed that the assembly process of the product cosist of a sequenced set of
actions that are applied to the work-piece as it moves on the line.
Equipment
It is said that the manufacturing process main equipment includes welding
equipment, paints and work-force.
Quality Control

The company-wide program hopes to make safety a way of life in Hino plants
and among employees, and it was highly apparent that every employee working at the
Hino plant were well versed with the system. The batch were able to observe workers
routinely going through certain safety procedures no matter how busythey would seem,
such as looking (and pointing) at both directions before crossing a path, even though it
would be much faster to cross without looking. Hino believes that increasing awareness
on the importance of safety practices and encouraging the adoption of safety protocols
benefits not only the employees, but the stakeholders as well.

Full safety gear

Before entering the plant, the batch were all made to wear a set of safety gear
which included goggles, gloves, arm sleeves, and a hard cap. Employees working at the
plant also get specialized shoes and ear muffs for added protection. Each worker is
responsible for the gear issued to them, and is required to wear complete gear while at
the production lines. Anyone found not wearing the complete gear is asked to leave the
production line and is sent to the new Professional Safety Health Environment
department, which coordinates with Human Resources in studying cases and
implementing corresponding sanctions.

Environmental Impact
The following are included in their policies:
1. Minimize the environmental impact through life cycles by offering top-level
environmental performance, to engage in continuous technical development
designed to minimize environmental impact of their produces. They are also
engaged in the establishment and operation of an environmental management
system embracing all stages in the life cycle of their vehicles.
2. Reducing CO2 emissions by 90% by developing the next-generation
vehicle like hybrid vehicle to improve their product environmental technologies.
Evolve existing technologies from raising fuel efficiency of diesel and hybrid
vehicles, to recover the energy generated during braking, and improve
aerodynamic performance of the product.