Kobe Steel Invests $88M to Prevent Future Data Tampering

 

Source: Nikkei Asian Review

 

Kobe Steel, Ltd, will earmark roughly 10 billion yen ($88 million) for capital improvements starting in 2018 aimed at ensuring that its manipulation of product quality data cannot be repeated. The beleaguered Japanese steelmaker, whose facilities were found in October to be falsifying data regarding strength and durability of metals during and after an internal investigation, will put into place automation protocol for the recording of inspection data, and for processes that cannot be automated, multiple employees will record data to ensure accuracy.

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