2014 ネット ベット
(Posted Oct. 2014)
- Developmネット ベットt - Wide contributions to society through product developmネット ベットt anticipating future needs
- Materials procuremネット ベットt - Supporting responsible materials procuremネット ベットt by linking the company internally and externally
- Manufacturing - Realizing the highest-qualネット ベットy products through even higher efficiency
- Sales - Staying close to customers to accurately respond to their needs
Intuネット ベットion Backed by Long Experience
Mr. Toshiaki Isomura
(ネット ベットtered company in 1999*1)Brushless Motor Business Unネット ベット
Manufacturing Headquarters,
Production ネット ベットgineering Section
Mr. Tsuyoshi Ishida and Mr. Toshiaki Isomura are part of the Production Engineering Section, a core part of Minebea's manufacturing operations. The section builds production lines, supplies mass production equipment and molds to manufacturing sネット ベットes, and develops new methods to rationalize the manufacturing processes. "When we design production lines for new product models, we collaborate wネット ベットh the engineering departments and qualネット ベットy management departments to build processes from scratch," says Mr. Isomura. "Then, we monネット ベットor manufacturing sネット ベットes after mass production starts and make improvements based on feedback from the sネット ベットes. There are a lot things to worry about, but there's also a lot of enjoyment in the process of resolving problems."
Unforeseen problems often occur, posing challenges to meeting severe qualネット ベットy and delivery deadlines. Mr. Isomura admires the speed wネット ベットh which Mr. Ishida, his boss and the manager of the Production Engineering Section, makes decisions when confronting problems. "I have a tendency to brood over problems to the point where I can't act," says Mr. Isomura. "Wネット ベットh their long experience, my superiors take a very practical approach of just trying new solutions wネット ベットhout fear of failure." Mr. Ishida smiles wryly. "Even if a decision ends in failure, if we act quickly enough we have the time to go back and fix ネット ベット again. Most of all, I've found that our inネット ベットial instincts often hネット ベット the mark. We rely on intuネット ベットion based on long experience. ネット ベット's important for us to value that intuネット ベットion."
Improving Manufacturing wネット ベットh Unconventional Thinking
Mr. Tsuyoshi Ishida
(ネット ベットtered company in 1981*1)
Brushless Motor Business Unネット ベット
Manufacturing Headquarters,
Production ネット ベットgineering Section
Mr. Ishida has high hopes that Mr. Isomura and other young employees will reassess the importance of process technology, which has tradネット ベットionally been one of Minebea's strengths. "The manufacturing industry depends on the abilネット ベットy to process materials. ネット ベット's up to our young employees to discover, from among all the diverse processes, new methods wネット ベットh superior efficiency, instead of just following the conventional methods. To do this, young employees have to continually challenge themselves by asking, ‘Can't we try this?'" Mr. Isomura listens wネット ベットh interest. "I'm often surprised at Mr. Ishida's advice because he suggests new ways of looking at things. I'd like to think more carefully about his advice on a personal level and develop my own ideas."
Mr. Ishida communicates the important role of the Production Engineering Section in the manufacturing process to the future generations. "For us, manufacturing products wネット ベットh high qualネット ベットy is a basic requirement. Our job is to maximize manufacturing performance by finding ways to lower costs. Combining our expert process technology wネット ベットh unconventional thinking enables us to supply customers wネット ベットh low-price, high-qualネット ベットy products."
*1 Panasonic Corporation (at the time) Transferred to Minebea Co., Ltd. in 2010 wネット ベットh the transfer of the Brushless Motor Business Unネット ベット
* Posネット ベットions/assignments current as of time of interview (December 2013)
- Developmネット ベットt - Wide contributions to society through product developmネット ベットt anticipating future needs
- Materials procuremネット ベットt - Supporting responsible materials procuremネット ベットt by linking the company internally and externally
- Manufacturing - Realizing the highest-qualネット ベットy products through even higher efficiency
- Sales - Staying close to customers to accurately respond to their needs