METI/ECCJ/AOTS Training Program Vietnam

METI/ECCJ/AOTS Training Program

Vietnam

TQM and Sho-shudan activity
Key persons: Top management, Energy manager, Group leader

Energy is used everywhere. Energy is used by everybody. ==> suitable for TQM Utilization of workers' ability (incentives for workers and top-management) ==> Sho-shudan

TQM and Kaizen by Sho-shudan activity are very popular in Japanese enterprises/factories. ( Sho-shudan activity is generally included in TQM. )

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.

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