For EU managers/executives working for manufacturing companies in the EU

- How do you become a World Class Manufacturer?
- Do you need to learn more about KAIZEN manufacturing methods and manufacturing excellence?
- How do you improve cost efficiency and manufacturing capabilities to increase performance?

World Class Manufacturing (WCM II-Nov06)

Training dates in Japan:  6 to 10 November 2006 (5 days)
Pre-Departure Briefing date in Europe: early October 2006 (1 day)
Application deadline: 13 September 2006
 
Many advanced Japanese manufacturing firms have enjoyed considerable success largely through their adoption, use and development of unique manufacturing principles. Japanese production methods offer the best practice in production, cost deployment, quality assurance and lean production. The World Class Manufacturing programme provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese manufacturing methodology.

This 5-day high-level mission in Japan is aimed exclusively at EU Executives and Managers with knowledge of WCM and an engineering background. It assists the participants to acquire a better understanding of TQC (Total Quality Control), TQM (Total Quality Management), TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), JIT (Just In Time), TIE (Total Industrial Engineering) practices and the current KAIZEN manufacturing methods (continuous improvement).

The training course consists of lectures and workshops and European top decision-makers are able to visit some of the Japanese factories to understand the real "Gemba" (the production site), to talk directly with their production managers, and to observe the effective implementation of manufacturing methods. A preliminary visit to an industry applying WCM methods is held in Europe, as well as a Pre-departure briefing session, prior to the training in Japan.

The EU-Japan Centre covers all costs directly related to the programme (i.e. conferences, seminars and transportation costs during group field trips).
The participant’s company is expected to cover the participant’s travel costs to and from Japan as well as living expenses in Japan (including accommodation).

All further information about programme design, application procedure
and participation criteria are available on:

http://www.eujapan.com/europe/wcm_november.html

The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation is a joint venture co-financed by the European Commission (EU) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. With its offices in Tokyo (since 1987) and Brussels (since 1996), the Centre is a not-for-profit organisation which organises training programmes and seminars in Japan for European managers on the Japanese business environment as well as in-service traineeships for scientific and technical students and the "Alternative Energy Programme". The EU-Japan Centre is also responsible for administering the EU-Japan Business Dialogue Round Table.
For more details: http://www.eujapan.com

For any further enquiries, please contact:
Jessica Michelson (Mrs.) – Marketing & Communication Manager
Telephone: +32 2 282 0043 - Fax: +32 2 282 0046 - E-mail: jessica@eujapan.com