2007 Interactive Registration Document - Renault

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RENAULT AND THE GROUP
RENAULT-NISSAN ALLIANCE
CROSS-COMPANY TEAMS (CCTs )
The CCTs are working groups comprising staff and experts from both companies
that are tasked with exploring possible areas of cooperation and synergy
between Renault and Nissan, defi ning and concretely specifying projects
and then monitoring the implementation of projects approved by the Board.
There are 10 teams working in the following areas:
1. Product Planning 6. Process Engineering
2. Light Commercial Vehicles 7. Manufacturing
3. Research & Advanced Engineering 8. Logistics
4. Vehicle Engineering 9. Parts and Accessories
5. Powertrains 10. Purchasing
The CCTs are headed by two co-leaders, one from Renault and one from
Nissan.
The 10 CCTs report to the Alliance Board on the state of progress of their work
and their results through the Steering Committees.
FUNCTIONAL TASK TEAMS (FTTs )
The FTTs are made up of experts from both Renault and Nissan and provide the
CCTs with essential support in terms of benchmarking, the promotion of best
practices and the harmonization of tools used in the support functions.
1.3.3 THE STATUS OF ALLIANCE PROJECTS
Since the Alliance agreement was signed in 1999, Renault and Nissan have
initiated cooperation programs in a broad range of fi elds of activity. The synergies
generated can be classifi ed into two categories:
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structural cooperation;
regional cooperation.
1.3.3.1 STRUCTURAL COOPERATION
VEHICLE ENGINEERING
The sharing of platform or engineering architecture and, more signifi cantly, the
sharing of major components have been a key element of the Alliance’s success.
The partners can develop this sharing as they renew their line-ups.
B and C Platforms
An initial common platform (a Nissan-led project), the B platform, has been used
by Nissan since 2002 with the new March (Micra in Europe) and Cube. This
was followed in 2004 by the launch of the Tiida and Tiida Latio in the Japanese
domestic market and the Nissan Note launched in January 2005. Tiida has
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There are 11 FTTs that continue to cover the following key areas:
1. Corporate Planning 7. Marketing
2. Product Engineering Performance 8. Sales & Service
3. Quality 9. Legal & Intellectual Property
4. Industrial Strategy 10. Communications
5. Cost Management & Control
6. Customs, Trade & Global Tax
11. Human Resources
TASK TEAMS (TTs )
As soon as a specifi c issue is identifi ed, a Task Team (TT) is appointed to work
on the issue within a certain timeframe.
There are currently 12 TTs working on the following topics:
1. Europe 7. Korea
2. Eastern Europe 8. Africa & Middle East
3. Maghreb 9. Mexico
4. China 10. Mercosur
5. ASEAN 11. Business to Employee
6. Asia/Oceania 12. New Market Standards
subsequently gone on sale in selected global markets, including the US where
it is sold as the Versa. Two additional vehicles, the Nissan Wingroad (launched in
November 2005) and the Nissan Bluebird Sylphy (launched in December 2005),
are also based on the B platform.
On May 19, 2004, Renault unveiled a new model, Modus, its fi rst vehicle to
use the common B platform. It was marketed mainly in Europe from September
of the same year. In September 2005, Renault launched Clio III, also built on
this platform.
The Logan, initially marketed under the Dacia and Renault brands, but to
be sold as a Nissan in certain markets and as a Mahindra Renault in India,
was launched in September 2004. The Logan is based on a derivative of the
common B platform.
A second common platform (a Renault-led project), the C platform,
was launched by Renault at end-2002 for production of its new Mégane II.
In December 2004, the Lafesta, a new minivan, was launched in Japan as the
fi rst model in Nissan to adopt the common C platform. Nissan launched the
new Serena minivan in May 2005, and the new Nissan Sentra in October 2006
in the United States; both vehicles are also based on this platform. In 2007,
the Nissan Qashqai (Dualis in Japan and Australia) and Renault Samsung
QM5 were launched, based on the same platform.
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