As the title says, last week, I was extremely busy as so many events were held. Please let me share such events with you in the order events happened.
On June30th
(Mon), the 2nd QTMM of the year was held at Sano Testing Research Center, a different place than usual. (Usually, it's held at HQ.) Unintentionally, it was the last day of the 1Q so firstly I explained about the outline of our Q1. After that, Murakami san, who started serving as Head of Global Technology Division from April, briefed on the status of advanced development, and Furukawa san, who has been in charge of China operations, on the status & future of the rapidly growing Chinese market. Both of them talked very passionately about the subjects. For more detail, please watch the recorded video of this QTMM after distribution. It is a must-see video as they talked very enthusiastically so please look forward to it!
After the QTMM, we took a facility tour of Testing Research Center. Although it was a short time, I realized the importance of "test" which has supported our Monozukuri. For example, people involved have challenged on various technical issues, and developed experimental approaches, giving us some competitive edge against competitors & leading to the future businesses. Under VP Aoki san, to those all people working for Sano, thank you very much for preparing the QTMM & the tour.
Due to various reasons, "FY13 Global QC Circle Convention" has been postponed since last year. However, finally, it was held on July 1st (Tue). Next February, 1 more Global QC Circle Convention will be held as FY14 Convention.
At the convention, 6 circles, coming from 5 regions & clearing the preliminaries, got together at HQ, and presented remarkable performances. It was also the competition so the judge selected the first prize. However, I think that all circles worked on high-quality activities so it was really difficult for the judge to select the one. CKK Kanda won Global Excellent Award for their activity. Congratulations! However, the most wonderful thing is that all circle members were very cheerful & energetic. A shop floor with a positive atmosphere is mandatory for a positive company. The source of such a positive shop floor is the QC circle activity. For those engaging in QC circle activities including 6 circles came to HQ this time, I appreciate for your efforts & I'm looking forward to seeing you at "FY14 Global QC Circle Convention" next February!