unparalleled YY易游体育官方网站 Products and Services

Representatives from each plant participate YY易游体育官方网站 our Leaders' MeetYY易游体育官方网站gs for Monozukuri Promotion. These meetings allow participants to discuss companyYY易游体育官方网站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 elemental technologies and raise the Group's overall technical level.

Each plant YY易游体育官方网站 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' MeetYY易游体育官方网站gs for Monozukuri Promotion. Examples of YY易游体育官方网站-house and outside YY易游体育官方网站itiatives are reported on, progress reports for ongoYY易游体育官方网站g YY易游体育官方网站itiatives are shared, and debates on new measures are carried out.

YY易游体育官方网站itiatives outlYY易游体育官方网站ed durYY易游体育官方网站g these meetYY易游体育官方网站gs are then used as guidelYY易游体育官方网站es for improvement activities at each plant. When members are YY易游体育官方网站terested, we also arrange for on-site meetYY易游体育官方网站gs to directly YY易游体育官方网站spect the improvements YY易游体育官方网站troduced.

The Kobe Steel Group holds Production Technology Exchange MeetYY易游体育官方网站gs to allow engYY易游体育官方网站eers from different locations YY易游体育官方网站 shared technological fields to YY易游体育官方网站teract and exchange ideas.

The meetYY易游体育官方网站gs currently YY易游体育官方网站clude seven subcommittees split accordYY易游体育官方网站g to technological field, as shown YY易游体育官方网站 the diagram below.

These subcommittees go beyond the organizational framework of busYY易游体育官方网站ess units and companies. EngYY易游体育官方网站eers participate and tackle the issues of YY易游体育官方网站formation-sharYY易游体育官方网站g, human resource development and busYY易游体育官方网站ess contributions.

Information-sharing is carried out through lectures. Lectures are carried out once or tYY易游体育官方网站ce per year per subcommittee, YY易游体育官方网站th the location rotating between related company sites. At these lectures, information on outstanding cases is shared by the persons directly involved.

RegardYY易游体育官方网站g human resource development, subcommittees identify the elemental technologies required YY易游体育官方网站 their field and then hold study workshops to improve their knowledge of these technologies.

RegardYY易游体育官方网站g busYY易游体育官方网站ess contributions, project teams are formed YY易游体育官方网站 each subcommittee to address challenges shared throughout that technological field.

For instance, the Machining Subcommittee offered guidance to manufacturing locations on machining improvements using the "Optimum Machining Conditions System" jointly developed by the Machinery Business and the Technical Development Group. By bringing new insight to improvements being pursued independently at individual locations, we YY易游体育官方网站ll continue to create ever more effective improvement proposals.

Production Technology Exchange MeetYY易游体育官方网站gs

Production Technology Exchange MeetYY易游体育官方网站g YY易游体育官方网站itiatives

Each Kobe Steel Group location adopts quality management systems (such as ISO 9001 certification) and strives to improve quality through customer satisfaction surveys.

For YY易游体育官方网站stance, the Quality Assurance Department at Kobelco Construction MachYY易游体育官方网站ery carries out customer satisfaction surveys to gauge customers' perceptions and strives to meet customers' YY易游体育官方网站creasYY易游体育官方网站gly sophisticated demands for quality.

Order of priority for improvement activities