ECCJ / AOTS Malaysias training course

ECCJ / AOTS Malaysia training course

Malaysia

<Japanese way>
TQM and Sho-shudanactivity
Key persons: Top management, Energy manager, Sho-shudanleader

Energy is used everywhere. Energy is used by everybody. suitable forTQM
Utilization of workers'ability (incentives for workers and top-management) Sho-shudan.
TQM and Kaizen by Sho-shudanactivity are very popular in Japanese enterprises/factories.
(Sho-shudanactivity is generally included in TQM. )

Typical example of TQM andSho-shudanin Japan
Example of energy conservation promotion committee (Fukui Spinning Co., Ltd.)

"Circle A"(on the preceding page)

Small group activity: "kaizenby sho-shudan"

This activity is originally a free and independent activityof a small group formed of workersbased 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 .

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