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Tokyo Fish Market
It is said that “ Uogashi” or a riverside fish market dates back to the 16th Century, the beginning of the Edo period. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun and Builder of Edo as is now Tokyo, invited fishermen from Tokudaijima, Osaka and gave them privilege for fishing in order to let them supply seafood to Edo Castle. The fishermen purveyed fish to the Castle and sold the remains near the Nihonbashi bridge.
60 Minutes Japanese Quality Products Made In The U.S.A
President, GTR Institute Professor (Visiting), Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
In spring 1958, together with other 26 new employees fresh from universities I was put into Gemba (production shop-floor) to work side by side with production workers at Nissan. It was 6 months-long cadet training program, which is common even today to many Japanese manufacturing companies.
During the training program, we were asked to write a daily report picking-up some production-related problems. During the training, I learned a very important lesson—– Importance of Gemba and People.
They are managers in 30s, 40s or even 50s who are sent here by their bosses. They are two types of recruits, those who are going to be promoted to higher management type jobs but not quite ready, and weak managers who are given a chance to shape-up and advance in their careers.
Kaizen Company established in the early 1980s as a manufacturer of music peripherals, is now making color inkjet printers and 3D laser scanners. The products are assembled by the most advanced cell production system, which is aided by a computer.
This unique and effective system designed by internal engineers.
Though these three programs have overlapping areas, each has its special emphasis on actual implementation activities.
Kaizen Campany E
Host Company is specialized in the design and production of small automotive, forklift and marine and industrial engines.
To keep the company competitive, aggressive production improvement programs are being implemented including layout change.
This company is utilizing old machines for efficient manufacturing production lines by use of TPM and LCA’s.
They are using JIT and Muda elimination tools to reduce their manufacturing processes.
Kaizen Company B
The small and medium-sized companies are defined as companies having less than 500 employees and are financially protected by the Japanese government in many ways.They are classified into 3 kinds: The first type is an independent company that is marketing the specific products and technologies to an open market customer. The second type is a company that supplies the products to specific customers through its specific relationship with the customer. This relationship is called “ Keiretsu” or vertical integration of subcontracted companies. Keiretsu has many advantages as well as negative points.
Kaizen Campany G
This company is a huge enterprise in the making of automotive wire harnesses in Japan and overseas (USA, Europe, South America, China & Asia).The company has also diversified its products and operations and is keeping abreast of high efficient manufacturing capability, high-quality standards and new product development ability. In order to keep competitive, they are using Kaizen concepts and tools including QC Circles, JST and Employee Suggestion Scheme.
Nagoya, Toyota City, Home land of Toyota
Toyota Motors Corporation is the 4th larger automotive company (2004) in the world with many overseas plats. Toyota is a bench marking company with lean production system and TQM implementation as the guiding management principles. Toyota Kaikan, an annex to Toyota Motor, displays various aspects at automobile production processes from product design through final assembly operations plus environmental issues and new technologies. According to the latest information Toyota is now the biggest manufacturing company and the second largest automotive company next to GM in the world in 2004.