This year’s Quality Control Circle activity spreads to Southeast Asia along with the overseas expansion of Japanese companies. Joined by 13 countries, Ja-pan (Toyota Kyushu, Kubota, TMJ), Ko-rea, China, Taiwan, India (600 people), Indonesia (300 people), Sri Lanka, Philip-pines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, about 400 teams in each country partook with a total of 1,700 participants. This year’s convention was held in Okada, Manila, Philippines as TMJ showcased advanced measures to reduce talk time with elderly people. TMJ and TMJP in Southeast Asia is increasing its name recognition as TMJP began improving activities since last year. The 3-day event from October 24 to 26, 2017 were gathered by the man-ufacturing industries, hospitals and TMJ BPO vendors at its first. The presenters were led by TM Gerontology, Tomizuka, Memba: Saito, Takaku, Takemoto, Mori, Jougo, Chiba and attended by TMJ: Mr. Nogami and Mr. Kinoshita, TMJP: Akihito Ishita, Raymond Garcia, and Beverly Bar-rantes. Characteristically, KAIZEN, 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain), GENBA, ISHI, Japanese meth-odologies such as KAWA diagram were taken as Japan is building overseas ba-ses. It gradually developed into Southeast Asia as they realized that it has a great influence on the improvement of quality and productivity of each country. Master Kaizen’s Viewpoint Mr. Nogami As TMJ won the Silver Award, it seems that there will be a change this time, especially in the manufacturing in-dustry not only in favor of examination item but also, including a story in charge of day-to-day technical consultation. Mr. Kinoshita “Even though we got the Silver Award, we are still proud of ourselves for coming up with a wonderful idea. That's why we are encouraging the future aspirants to aim for the best. This is something that we will

always remember.” Beverly's impression “I am honored to be able to participate in

such wonderful event. We listened to vari-

ous concepts of improvement from various

countries and different techniques, tools

etc. are currently being improved at TMJP. “

Mr. Akihito Ishita “What I felt, especially while listen-

ing to the announcement of each country

was that the content was solid enough and

at the same time, I felt educated. Overall, it

was truly amazing and vibrant. I felt extraor-

dinarily motivated to participate in ICQCC.

In addition, as the corporate phi-

losophy followed the ones in Japan, I felt

that Japan’s offshore business mission is

possible and that it is permeating nowa-

days. I was surprised and at ease as it en-

gaged me. This is the same with TMJP, as it

has been operating at TMJ. To be able to

do it, we are required to understand TMJ's

quality, service level and its mission firmly.

Also, I felt that TMJ is promoting KAIZEN

activities, and that it will be a great ad-

vantage to have global expansion and use it

as its strength.

In the future, I think that TMJP will

have a positive impact. It was a pleasure,

and I'm really thankful to Mr. Nogami, Univa

and the improvement team at Nippon Kei-

danren for supporting us so far.”

11.21.2017

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