38 Corporate Governance Corporate Data Performance Innovation & Power of brand Year 2 Power 88 Maintaining Trust Through Transparency NISSAN Annual Report 2012 HR/Workforce Facilities/Equipment 3 elements of production • Reinforcement of office buildings (completed)  • Development of earthquake response manual, implementation of  evacuation drills (once/year) • Conducting of disaster prevention  drills (once/year or more) • Assessment of earthquake  preparedness of major suppliers  located in high quake-risk areas (FY08) • Planning to adopt damage reporting system on web base (FY10) • Confirmation of BCPs to be  implemented at time of disaster  by suppliers in high quake-risk areas  (FY11) • Reinforcement of buildings & machinery (continued)  • Regular audits of each  business facility  • Review of facility recovery manual (FY11) • Risk assessment based on F-PES (Fire Prevention Evaluation System) (once/year)  • Same as on the left • Same as on the left • Revision of equipment standard based on the assessment result  • Same as on the left • Risk assessment based on SES (Safety Evaluation System)  (once/year)  • Assessment for health & safety management system (once/year) • Same as on the left • Development of flu response manual (FY09)  • Requested suppliers to develop response manual coordinated with Nissan — • Backup from other Nissan plants (as needed)  • Backup from other companies (as needed)  • Employment of short-term employees (as needed)  • Global development of human  resources through the Global Pilot  Plant program (FY11) • Regular check of demand projection and supply capacity; implementation of measures • Installation of flexible manufacturing system (completed)  • Regular check of demand projection and production capacity;  implementation of measures  • Development of complementary production system for main power trains  — — • Share past incident experiences and reflect them in preventive maintenance • Reflect them in equipment standards  • Assessment of  monozukuri  ability before supplier sourcing and support for improvement activities after sourcing  • Quality assessment at production preparation phase • Quality check at mass production phase (action “Gate 1-3”) — — • Planning and implementation of  training program at each plant to  develop skilled workers (FY10) • Development of experts to teach  technical skills (planning and  implementation from FY12) — — Natural disasters (earthquakes) Fire Workplace injury Pandemic Demand fluctuation Machinery breakdown — — • Thoroughgoing energy conservation  efforts • Flexibility in plant operations and  working hours in response to  requests from the government or  power companies Electric power shortage Expanding LCC parts adoption Decrease of skilled workers/ experts Risk factor Purchased parts/ Raw materials 