1 INTRODUCTION
PROTON BEHARD is a Malaysian car manufacturing company that was established by the government in 1983. The objective behind the creation of the car company was to aid the attainment of the country’s goal of becoming an industrialized nation through a fortified car manufacturing industries. The country also had the intention of acquiring improved technology and industrial skills through the new manufacturing field which in turn is believed will fortify the status of Malaysia as an industrial Nation

Vision
The vision of proton is stated thus “to become Asia’s premier automotive brand; a brand that connects with people and provides products which become life companions”.

This will be achieved through;
• Ensure quality as the Number One work ethics in all operations
• Establish an effective and efficient Quality System based on the requirements of ISO9001:2008 standards
• Provide adequate skills and knowledge to all levels of personnel through systematic and structured training programmes
• Provide a culture and environment of continuous learning, improvement and innovation towards total quality excellence
• Provide a conducive, safe and healthy working environment in which people like to work and prosper.
1.1 Performance and challenges
For twenty five years Proton has provided Malaysians with a number of award winning models and presently they have the largest factory in the South East Asia region with respectable statute. The company which has grown to be a pacesetter in the passenger cars market locally began expanding into new markets in the following areas,
• ASEAN
• Middle East
• North Africa
• China
• Indian Subcontinent
• South Africa United
• Australia
• Kingdom/Western Europe

Proton is believed top have produced approximately 3.3million various models of cars creating employment for 30, 000 employees which included 2,