Cover Story
Feature: Know-how capable of improving cost competitiveness
- Part 1 : Guidelines that re p resent the ideal
- Part 2 : Assembly-type products
- Part 3 : Modular products
- Part 4 : Hints for manufacturing products at lower cost in China
Interview
Kiyoshi Ito: Senior Executive Vice President in Charge of Production, General Manager of SCM Group, TDK Corporation
Kaleidoscope
Experiencing manufacturing at first hand during the summer vacation
Detailed Reports
- Honda, realizing its long-awaited dream of entering the aircraft business, has set up a new company that provides aircraft fuselages in the United States
- The weight of cars can be further reduced: A proposal based on the use of steel and another based on the use of aluminum
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reviews the safety standards for elevators with an aim to prevent them from moving while their doors are open
- TOTO develops a method for evaluating user-friendliness quantitatively; this method monitors people's movements using a motion-capture system
- A new type of coated steel panel that absorbs and breaks down formaldehyde can be used to cleanse indoor space
How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China
(Part 9)Regarding consumable supplies, more emphasis should be placed on quality than on price; there are traps in the market that lead some to pursue only lower prices
New Ideas
Warm-water cleaning toilet seats with their rear-end section exposed
Search for Manufacturing
Status of the introduction of PLM
Accident Investigation
Toyota's miscalculation: The company is suspected of failing to take the necessary measures regarding products that must be recalled
Special Report
- Visualization by revealing functions: Kyocera Mita's"one-year development project"
- How to establish safety in factories: Regarding risk assessment, choosing an easier way can lead to failure
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries flexibly responds to changes in production
The Method
D-QMS based on the PQE matrix (Part 2): Planning production development
Toyota Production System and Its New Developments
(Part 9)Application of job-to-order production of a wide variety of products in small quantities (2)
Documentary
How an SME became a listed company (Last Part): Fireworks at midwinter
Material Dynamics Mandala
(Part 21)From static load to rapid load
Introductory Course on Analysis for Designers
(Part 9)Resin flow analysis (Second half): How to select type of element that fit the shape of the gate
Outstanding SMEs
- Fuji Kihan Co., Ltd.
- Able Inc.
The Master
(Part 28) There are ways to create semiconductors and ways to grow mushrooms
Frank Opinion
To develop a method for manufacturing products that cannot be copied, a company's organizational ability should be improved in a straightforward manner
