JANUARY 1995

January 3, 1995. La Stola s.p.a. obtains the FIAT supplier quality certification signed by the deputy purchasing manager Marco Carbone and the "supplier planning and quality" manager Luca Chevallard.

1994 was a year in which, we in the automotive sector, heard more and more about the importance of quality. The principal driver for this was Japan.
In Italy, the Fiat group became particularly sensitive to this when Dr. Umberto Agnelli was appointed to the position of President of the Italy-Japan association, backed by the two national governments.
As a result, Fiat Auto wanted to strengthen their culture of quality, not only internally but also among its suppliers.
This was not a suggestion, but an obligation through a training course that would allow suppliers to continue working after a rigorous assessment for one of the most important automotive groups in Europe.
The required objective was to be qualified for UNI ISO 8402, UNI EN 2900, UNI CEI 45014, UNI ISO 1001/1 certifications.
Engineer Alberto Sasso for Stola s.p.a. organized the whole company to obtain the important result by hiring Mauro Ballerini as an internal quality manager.
The model, prototype and engineering departments had been working for years to a very high level of quality, but now Fiat Auto demanded much more.
The idea was that in order to have a visibly high quality manufactured product, standards had to be applied throughout the project, right up to the point of sale.
In practice, all business processes from the estimate, customer order, confirmation, implementation, testing, management of payment and including delivery and beyond, must be followed with standardised procedures known and respected by all.
After a year of preparation, Luca Chevallard and Marco Carbone from the supplier planning and purchasing department for operating sector B at Fiat Group. awarded the quality certificate to Stola s.p.a. on on January 3, 1995.