NIKKEI Monozukuri June 2008

Cover Story
Going Beyond Ultra-Low Cost
General Overview

Case Study 1: Isuzu Motors
Case Study 2: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Case Study 3: Hitachi
Case Study 4: Mitsubishi Electric
Case Study 5: Shinano Kenshi

Interview

Ikuo Mori, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

The Exquisite "X"

A Vest that Protects from Fractures

Breaking News

Nitta Develops a Touch-Sensitive Sensor that Even Detects Dynamic Direction, for Use in Input Devices
“2008 Automotive Engineering Exposition”
Zuken Expands Offerings in 3D Electronic Component Data
METI Considers Revision of Recycling Law
The Effects of the Great Sichuan Earthquake in China
Most March 2008 Financial Results Now Released

Detailed Reports

More and More Stationery Items with Ingenious Functions Unearth Hidden Needs and Eliminate Dissatisfaction

Series: The Environment

Go for a “World-Leading” Notebook PC

Special Report

Delta Kogyo’s Assembly Line Combines Advantages of Cell Production and Mass Production

Special Report

“Collaborative Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Day 2008”

Sites in Figures

Engineers’ Salaries and Satisfaction Levels

The Plan to Develop a Tea-Serving Automaton - Detailed Design Edition

(Part 3) Management and Investigation of Design Objectives (3)

Toyota-Style Human Resources Development

(Part 3) Three Times the Result with a Small Investment - The Motivation of Employees that You Tend to Miss

Points of Factory Safety

(Part 3) Safety Measures that Tie In to Safety Barriers

The Substance of Geometric Tolerance

(Part 3) The Horizontal and Vertical Connections Between Tolerance Zones

Talking About Manufacturing in English

(Part 15) Leveled Production

SME Relay

Abel Co., Ltd. - Proprietary Color Development Technology for Stainless Steel Offers Stable Quality with Super Black Specialization

Onizuka Glass Co., Ltd. - Produces and Markets Laser Stretching Machines Based on Its Glass Processing

The Master

Anesthesia Equipment for Use with Small Animals

Accident Investigation

Design Pitfalls in Electric Wheelchair

Documentary - Factories

Yamamoto Manufacturing - The Road to Equalization Part 3
Tangled Thread

Frank Opinion

Manufacturing Should Not Be Trivialized - The Important Thing Now is to Build a Good Flow

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NE Asia fulfills your needs by offering articles covering a wide spectrum of topics. In addition to the English edition, the local editions for Taiwan and Korea now offer editorial sections written by local editors.
Magazine Subscription Information

You can subscribe to the magazines of NikkeiBP from outside Japan at the same price as in Japan!
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The NE ASIA News Update e-newsletter

Nikkei Electronics Asia (monthly)

We are offering a magazine monthly to qualified engineers and managers free of charge.

In-depth Articles from Nikkei Electronics Asia

Cover Story SSDs Challenge HDDs, but Quality a Problem

Solid-state drives (SSD) using NAND Flash memory are beginning to show up in a variety of equipment as storage devices. Prices are dropping as semiconductor technology continues to evolve, accelerating adoption of the drives, but manufacturers must also deal with eroding quality.

Analysis Expanded Use of Silicon Tuners Transforms Tvs

With analog television broadcasting slated for the axe in about two years in Japan, TV broadcast tuners are evolving rapidly, replacing old radio frequency (RF) analog circuits with new integrated circuits (IC) called silicon tuners. Signal demodulators are evolving with them, and by tracing the direction of their evolution it is possible to delineate the shape of tomorrow's TV.

Convenience Stores Lead in Energy Conservation

Convenience store franchises are moving to slash energy consumption following the revision of the Japanese Act on the Rational Use of Energy, and are rapidly becoming showcases for cutting-edge energy-conservation technology. The technologies honed here will spread to other firms in the distribution industry, office buildings and more, eventually worldwide.