Quality Management Approach for Powertrain Control Unit

In recent years, the powertrain system is becoming bigger and more sophisticated than ever, and it is very important that new powertrain systems shall be timely developed just when the market required. In this kind of new system, the quality in particular will be an important factor on the vehicle evaluation issue. With this objective in mind, DENSO has been working on the following challenges, such as the development of key technology, the improvement of quality assurance system, and engineer education to realize them. This reports a general idea on these quality management activities.