ECCJ / Text / India

ECCJ / Text

India

Typical example of TQM and Sho-shudan in Japan

Example of energy conservation promotion committee
(Fukui Spinning Co., Ltd.)

“Circle A” (on the preceding page)

Small group activity: “kaizen by sho-shudan”

This activity is originally a free and independent activity of a small group formed of workers based on their voluntary spirits to feel being worthwhile or satisfaction.

< Organizing a group >

Members:5 – 10 persons. Depending on the theme, (engineer(s) may join the group).
Leader:to be elected from among the members (irrespective of seniority).

< Establish a theme and the target >

considering the problems of their own workplace or production line.

< Study meeting > 2 – 3 times per month.
< Data collection, improvement action and evaluation >

Members collect data by themselves or receive data from the company (energy manager/engineer).
They compile and graph the data, and identify the problem and study the measures by themselves.
Put the measures into practice (if necessary, under the engineer’s permission), evaluate the results.

Thank You Very Much

The Energy Conservation Center, Japan

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