| Author (Person) | Chapman, Peter |
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| Series Title | European Voice |
| Series Details | Vol.9, No.20, 29.5.03, p22 |
| Publication Date | 28/05/2003 |
| Content Type | News |
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Date: 28/05/03 By EU BUSINESS executives have been invited to Japan to see for themselves how the country has remained a byword for quality manufacturing - even if its economy is stuck in the doldrums. The Brussels-based EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is inviting managers to take part in a course built around a five-day visit to industrial sites in the country from 10-14 November. The cost of tuition is met in full. European managers will learn the Japanese arts of 'Kaizen', or 'continuous improvement', as well as manufacturing methods and Japanese pioneered systems such as 'total quality control' and 'total quality management'. They will visit real 'Gemba', or production sites, and will be tutored by some of Japan's finest manufacturing brains - including Professor Hajime Yamashina, of Kyoto University's Graduate School of Engineering. Previous courses have attracted managers from firms across the Union - ranging from Italian car giant Fiat to Germany's Fraunhofer Institut, one of the EU's biggest contract researchers. Erkki Liikanen, commissioner for enterprise and information society, said the courses give EU firms a "very significant advantage" in the market place. |
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| Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
| Countries / Regions | Japan |
