Mitsubishi Motors and Year 2K
(1) Policy
- Mitsubishi Motors perceives the Year 2000 problem as a major management issue, and is
taking all necessary action to ensure continuity in its operations, and in those of its
associate and client companies in Japan and overseas.
- To avoid inconveniencing customers, the company has implemented a program to identify
and remediate potential problems related to Year 2000 in its products and information
systems, and at its production and administrative facilities.
- The company will complete, by the end of June, a contingency plan that ensures core
business and service divisions will be able to continue functioning in the event of any
unforeseen Year 2K problems arising.
(2) Approach
- The company started research into potential Year 2K problems in July 1996.
- In July 1998, the company set up the Information Systems Committee(ISC)-comprising
representatives of all systems departments and production engineering departments, and
chaired by an executive vice president (CIO)-to direct the planning, initiation and
coordination of remediate action.
- The ISC stays in close touch with all corporate units likely to be affected by Year 2K,
and reports regularly to senior management on the current state of progress.
- By the end of October 1998, the company had ascertained that none of its products,
either current or older models, will be affected by Year 2K.
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