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Approach Kaizen Cycle Based on Lean Concept

KAIZEN Cycle

DENSO has continued to implement kaizen cycle based on Lean Concept at the parts manufacturing sites since its establishment, refining its technologies, skills, and workers.

For more than half a century, DENSO has implemented an original Kaizen cycle of grasping, analysis, planning, and implementation. This cycle consists of accurately grasping the actual situation at manufacturing sites, conducting thorough analysis based on data, making specific improvement plans, and then ensuring that these plans are implemented. By continuously implementing this cycle, we can steadily accumulate results such as improving productivity, stabilizing quality, and reducing costs, which will motivate customers to continuously improve their factories. DENSO's practical Kaizen approach based on our rich experience and know-how will strongly support the growth of our customers' manufacturing sites.

STEP 1

Grasping: Visualization of Data

Even if there seems to be no problem, sometimes losses beyond imagination are hidden. It is important to visualize the current situation with data so that you can properly grasp the current situation.

STEP 2

Analysis: Pursuit of Root Cause

Just visualizing data is not enough to get to the root cause of the issue. We pursue the root cause by analyzing the trends and details of waste from the data and clarifying the actual situation of manufacturing sites.

STEP 3

Planning: Prioritization

Not only do we sort and organize waste and loss in descending order of its amount, but we also prioritize them according to the situation of the manufacturing sites, taking cost-effectiveness and feasibility into consideration.

STEP 4

Implementation: Improvement Efforts

What we offer is not a first-aid type of automation that only introduces machines, robots, and systems, but approaches that enable continuous improvement activities based on quantitative evidence of data, sharing information with various sections within the company.

Our Value

  1. Lean Concept That Eliminates the Impossible, the Wasteful and the Uneven

    To find and solve problems, you need a reliable eye to identify the impossible, the wasteful and the uneven, and you must have well-founded criteria for decision-making. Over the years, DENSO has refined Lean Concept, a practical theory for better manufacturing, and we propose engineering based on knowledge.

  2. The World’s Best Knowledge Bank

    DENSO has solid know-how accumulated over 75 years at 130 plants in 35 countries. We can provide high-quality proposals because we have continued to take on the challenge of advanced production streamlining.

  3. Creating a Mold for Improvement Utilizing Data

    DENSO is utilizing digital data to innovate improvement activities based on Lean Concept. Communicating based on data standardizes workflows and allows for faster and broader improvements. We support the realization of a state where the production site continues to improve themselves based on the experience.

Be Autonomous and Self-driven to Be an Organization That Can Respond to Change

Improvement in a manufacturing environment is a big innovation that comes from the accumulation of small improvements. This is like the flywheel principle, which produces a sustained force when it gains momentum. It takes a great deal of effort at first, but once it starts moving, it will naturally sustain itself.

Our solutions focus on supporting that start-up phase. Our goal is to create a system that allows each factory to continue improvement efforts on their own. We will continuously improve competitiveness by creating an autonomous, self-driven improvement flow where the production site takes the initiative in thinking and implementing improvements.

Learning Solution

Lean Automation School

We are offering Lean Automation School to encourage the growth of manufacturing sites in Japan by utilizing the manufacturing know-how we have cultivated. Amidst the drastic changes in the environment surrounding manufacturing, we contribute to the creation of strong production sites by maximizing the power of workers and equipment.

LASI

Based on 70 years of automation experience, we teach Thai companies the correct procedures from process improvement to robot introduction so that they can build lean production lines. We focus on optimizing the entire process, rather than just introducing robots. In cooperation with the Thai government, we contribute to industrial development.

Contact

We will lay the foundation for maximizing productivity and improving your manufacturing site with advice based on our skills and experience. Please feel free to contact us for more information.

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