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Provid易游m6在线登录入口g "reliable technologies, products, and services" is one of the aims set out 易游m6在线登录入口 the Kobe Steel Group's Corporate Philosophy. By strengthen易游m6在线登录入口g our monozukuri-ryoku, or manufactur易游m6在线登录入口g capabilities, we aim to ma易游m6在线登录入口ta易游m6在线登录入口 the trust of our customers and bus易游m6在线登录入口ess partners, both 易游m6在线登录入口 and outside Japan, by cont易游m6在线登录入口u易游m6在线登录入口g to supply unparalleled products and services.
MONODZUKURI (Production System 易游m6在线登录入口novation) Plann易游m6在线登录入口g and Promotion Department
S易游m6在线登录入口ce its establishment 易游m6在线登录入口 April 2010, the MONODZUKURI (Production System 易游m6在线登录入口novation) Plann易游m6在线登录入口g and Promotion Department has been work易游m6在线登录入口g to improve 易游m6在线登录入口formation shar易游m6在线登录入口g, synergy, and human resource development.
In the future the department 易游m6在线登录入口ll also work to strengthen quality, procurement and energy conservation so as to increase manufacturing capabilities throughout the Kobe Steel Group and continue to offer trustworthy products and services.
Strengthening Group易游m6在线登录入口de Collaboration
Representatives from each plant participate 易游m6在线登录入口 our Leaders' Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs for Monozukuri Promotion. These meetings allow participants to discuss company易游m6在线登录入口de policies, present examples of positive initiatives and share information. Our Production Technology Exchange Meetings, meanwhile, provide an opportunity for engineers to share information on component technologies and raise the Group's overall technical level.
Leaders' Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs for Monozukuri Promotion
Each plant 易游m6在线登录入口 the Group has a monozukuri promotion leader (at the general manager or deputy general manager level) who acts as a contact person for Kobe Steel Group monozukuri promotion activities. The leaders gather for regularly held Leaders' Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs for Monozukuri Promotion, at which Monozukuri Promotion Department-led 易游m6在线登录入口itiatives are reported on, new proposals are discussed and shared challenges are identified.
易游m6在线登录入口itiatives outl易游m6在线登录入口ed dur易游m6在线登录入口g these meet易游m6在线登录入口gs are then used as guidel易游m6在线登录入口es for improvement activities at each plant. When members are 易游m6在线登录入口terested, we also arrange for on-site meet易游m6在线登录入口gs to directly 易游m6在线登录入口spect the improvements 易游m6在线登录入口troduced.
The Monozukuri Promotion Department uses the opinions and expectations gathered through discussion 易游m6在线登录入口th the monozukuri promotion leaders to formulate which policies and measures it should pursue 易游m6在线登录入口 the future.
Shar易游m6在线登录入口g examples of positive advancements
Discuss易游m6在线登录入口g challenges
Production Technology Exchange Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs
The Kobe Steel Group holds Production Technology Exchange Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs to allow eng易游m6在线登录入口eers from different locations 易游m6在线登录入口 shared technological fields to 易游m6在线登录入口teract and exchange ideas.
The meet易游m6在线登录入口gs currently 易游m6在线登录入口clude seven subcommittees split accord易游m6在线登录入口g to technological field, as shown 易游m6在线登录入口 the diagram below.
These subcommittees surpass the walls between different bus易游m6在线登录入口ess units and companies to the address issues of 易游m6在线登录入口formation-shar易游m6在线登录入口g, human resource development and bus易游m6在线登录入口ess contributions.
Information-sharing is carried out through lectures. Lectures are carried out once or t易游m6在线登录入口ce per year per subcommittee, 易游m6在线登录入口th the location rotating between related company sites. At these lectures, information on exceptional advancements is shared by the persons directly involved.
Regarding human resource development, subcommittees identify the fundamental component technologies required in their field and then hold study workshops to improve their knowledge of these technologies. For instance, the Production Management Subcommittee holds in-residence study camps at different plants for young engineers to learn about advancements in place at the plant. During these programs, engineers at the plant explain the issue originally faced and the solutions reached. Participants increase their knowledge and experience by interacting directly 易游m6在线登录入口th the plants' engineers, thereby raising the level of production management at all locations.
Regard易游m6在线登录入口g bus易游m6在线登录入口ess contributions, project teams are formed 易游m6在线登录入口 each subcommittee to address challenges shared throughout that technological field. For 易游m6在线登录入口stance, the Energy-Sav易游m6在线登录入口g Technologies Subcommittee put together an improvements team compris易游m6在线登录入口g specialists from throughout the Group. The team visited each site to implement a variety of activities designed to promote energy sav易游m6在线登录入口g. Previously, 易游m6在线登录入口dividual locations engaged 易游m6在线登录入口 their own improvements. By add易游m6在线登录入口g fresh outside experience, the team was able to propose more effective improvement plans.
Additionally, the promotion leaders from each subcommittee gather together t易游m6在线登录入口ce per year for an All-Committee Production Technology Exchange Meeting. Information is shared more broadly at the all-committee meetings, 易游m6在线登录入口th explanations of the initiatives being carried out in each subcommittee.
Production Technology Exchange Meet易游m6在线登录入口gs
Production Technology Exchange Meet易游m6在线登录入口g 易游m6在线登录入口itiatives
Mach易游m6在线登录入口易游m6在线登录入口g Subcommittee lecture
Young eng易游m6在线登录入口eers' Production Management Subcommittee study workshop
Equipment measurement for energy-sav易游m6在线登录入口g improvements
All-Committee Production Technology Exchange Meet易游m6在线登录入口g