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2018.10.30
The new management approach based on Kaizen by all 6 Big typhoons are hitting Japan one after another. I am sorry for those who suffered from the these.
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When Japanese manufacturing was remarkably strong in the world, both cars and electric appliances were outstanding in their functional quality. Speaking of functional quality, “No breaking down” was the most important factor. Next factor, if it is a mobile phone, was that the other party’s voice could be heard well even in the shadow of the building or a long mail was possible. Speaking of cars, running well, turning well, stopping well, they were the representative of functional quality.
Japanese products were outstanding in functional quality, and as a result, the manufacturing industry lead the economy of Japan. However, I have written in recent lectures that today’s markets are not so simple as before, and we need to understand what the customers want in addition to function.
The other day, J.D. Power of the United States announced “1018 U.S. Initial Quality Study”. There are only 2 Japanese car companies in the top ten, 8th Lexus and 10th Nissan. Considering that there were six Japanese companies in “2011 edition”, 1st Lexus, 2nd Honda, 3rd Acura (Honda), 5th Mazda, 7th Toyota, 8th Infinity (Nissan), Japanese cars are not evaluated so high as before. Functional quality of Japanese cars is still good as before, but in other quality field as usability of car navigation system and IT information systems are not evaluated as other high ranked cars. You can see that the market evaluation has changed.
The change in the world is fast and we need to change ourselves at the same speed. The attitude of “User in” is required.
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Question: What do you think about changes in the car evaluation?
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2018.10.19
Improvement diary of consultant 5 I cannot proceed my job with my own pace. Once the consulting schedule is fixed with the client, I must visit the factory on the day because many people are waiting for me. Therefore, it is necessary for me to keep the condition always good.
I mentioned that I am a health geek before. The health item which is the oldest among the otaku items of mine is the “breath control”.
There are various breathing methods in the world, but the breathing method that I practice is a very simple one. I breathe out slowly and quietly and breathe in again slowly and quietly. That’s all.
After today’s work is finished, I will start the breathing on the Shinkansen train by which I move to the workshop tomorrow. I repeat fifteen round trip breathing in about 10 minutes (one trip is 40seconds). I will do it slowly and quietly so as not to be thought that I am a strange man by the person aside me.
after having calmed down by breath control, I start enjoying the trip with tea and sweets (episode 94).
References: “Ki’s Breathing Method” by Koichi Tohei, Gentosha
http://amzn.asia/d/9Yn1i9X
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2018.10.12
The new management approach based on Kaizen by all 5 I have been waiting for the comfortable cool autumn. Now I am in autumn and happy! The summer this year was so long.
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From now on, it is necessary to do Kaizen with other departments to cover the whole. It is useful not only to divide tasks but also to work together at times. There are also ways that does not necessarily obey past processes such as emphasizing organization or hierarchy. In other words, it is necessary not only to adopt the logical management based on the past, but also to incorporate elements such as inspiration, motivation or empathy.
Also, in the past preparation was very important in order not make mistakes, but from now on you will quickly start Kaizen to find hidden problems by failing quickly. You need a sense of speed to complete the development quick. Up to now we were proceeded with the talk based on past data and hypotheses, but from now on there will be scenes where they are useless. It is necessary to obtain real information through real field observation.
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Question：What do you think about failing quickly is good?
