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EU-JAPAN NEWS november 2009 I 3 vOL 7 NEWS FROM THE CENTRE Distribution & Business Practices in Japan 1-week mission Call for applications Group company visits and lectures The EU-Japan Centre is currently inviting applications for the The course provides strategic analysis, forecasting and best < Distribution & Business Practices in Japan > 1-week training practices, as well as offering key facts, data and the latest mission in Japan. industry/sector developments. A summing-up session led Targeted at companies from the EU Member States commit- by marketing experts will help EU managers to facilitate ted to either expanding their business into Japan / Asia, or analysing market/sectors and building the best practices/ considering entering the Japanese market, the course will marketing excellence. help participants: • to understand how existing distribution chains (from The mission is open to all sectors (Food and Non-Food) from manufacturers to retailers) successfully adjust their strategy all-size companies and consists of seminars, case studies, to develop segmentation and product differentiation in the field trips and visits to wholesalers, distribution centres and Japanese market; retailers such as convenience stores, general merchandise • to learn about the Japanese way of achieving customer satis- stores and supermarkets. faction, and to acquire practical tools useful for building a suc- http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/ cessful marketing strategy for the Japanese / Asian markets. business-training.html IN THIS ISSUE • EU-Japan Centre News is a joint venture co-financed by the European • Call for applications - Host companies in Japan Commission and the Japanese Ministry of • Food Safety Administration in the EU and Japan Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Its aim Seminar is to foster the development of industrial cooperation between companies from both • European Commission News regions through training programmes for • Best Practices in Support of World-Class Clusters businesspeople, for EU and Japanese students and researchers, and through information • FP7 - JST Call for Proposals to fund Researchers in Japan services and an industrial dialogue. • Japanese Component & Material Buyers’ Exhibition in Budapest • JETRO-Ireland Technology Forum This occasional newsletter is produced by the EU-based office of the EU-Japan Centre, and • Japan’s Open Future: An Agenda for Global Citizenship Seminar is primarily intended to provide EU/Japan- • EU-Japan News in Brief and Calendar related news. FROM THE CENTRE EU-JAPAN NEWS NOvEMBER 2009 I 3 vOL 7 « WCM» 20th mission in Japan The 20th «World Class Manufacturing A welcome reception was organised in Japan» mission was organised by on the first day with high-profile the EU-Japan Centre in Tokyo from attendees such as the Ambassador of 19-23 October 2009. the Republic of Poland, the Science & 20 participants, working in various Technology Counsellor from the Dele- sectors, such as Automotive, Chemi- gation of the European Commission to cals, Steel, Packaging, etc., from 13 EU Japan, Counsellors from the Bulgarian «It was most beneficial witnessing first Member States took part in the course. and German Embassies, a Director at hand TPS, TPM and Kaizen in practice METI, etc. on factory floors in Japan. I was very The course’s objective was to offer an impressed with the innovation on the insight into WCM methods in a very The participants gave a very posi- lines (particularly at Daikin industries). practical way. The participants visi- tive feedback on this mission; they The enthusiasm at all the plants visi- ted 4 world-class companies (Ricoh, highly appreciated the company visits, ted was infectious and inspiring. I look Toyota, Daikin and Omron) and were lectures and hands-on training as forward to applying what I have learnt offered lectures on “Fusion of Total they will be able to implement this in our factories..» James GRIFFIN, Productive Maintenance and Toyo- new knowledge in their usual working Tadley Engineering Ltd, British ta Production System” and “Kaizen environment: Method, Total Company Improvement Method Implemented by Manage- http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/ ments on Factory Shop Floor”. business-training.html « WCM» 1st mission in the EU In October 2009 the EU-Japan Centre (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) Equip- organised together with the support of ment Alsace and 2 days of plant visits JMA Consultants Inc. and the European to 3 Japanese companies in the region “Clearly and without a doubt the Centre for Japanese Studies in Alsace (Sharp Manufacturing France SA, THK methodologies dealt with are espe- (CEEJA) the first “World Class Manufac- Manufacturing of Europe SAS and Salm cially relevant in today’s world. The turing in Europe” mission. Société Alsacienne de Meubles SAS). way the EU-Japan Centre handled it was professional and with great pre- Held from 4-9 October 2009 in Alsace The topics covered during the course cision to the key issues. This expe- (France), the mission was an intensive included different important aspects of rience is relevant as a guide to senior 5-day advanced course on producti- actual WCM tools and techniques – lean manufacturing managers.” – Antonio vity, WCM techniques and continuous manufacturing, productivity, industrial BARBETA, Philips Electronics Singapore improvement methods. engineering and visual management – Pte Ltd, Portuguese and were followed by the observation Twenty-three participants, experts in and practical analysis of the gemba production management in the Euro- (“production site”) and of the various pean manufacturing industry, were se- production processes throughout the lected from twelve EU Member States. factory tours/plant visits. The mission programme consisted of 3 days on-the-job training at MHI-MEA http://www.eu-japan.eu/global/ business-training.html “At my company I think we have been doing many useful things in order to improve the WCM level. After this week, I have been recharged with many new and useful things which will be considered strongly to intro- duce and apply.” Peter SZARKA, Coloplast Hungary, Hungarian Essit velisse con henibh elenit, veradionse FROM THE centRE EU-JAPAN NEWS NOvEMBER 2009 I 3 vOL 7 Call for applications - Host companies in Japan The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial the synergetic effects through this Host companies are included in the Cooperation is looking for Japanese cultural exchange reflected by enhan- selection process right from the start, companies in the industrial sector ced team spirit and the extension of to ensure that the students‘ abilities which are willing to offer an 8-month their international corporate network. match their corporate needs. Before the traineeship for European students with Last but not least, the hosting of a traineeship begins, during a 4-month a background of engineering, architec- vulcanus participant created added language course vulcanus participants ture, IT and other scientific fields. value in new product ideas, new disco- acquire adequate Japanese skills for veries and also patent applications. communication on a daily basis. This traineeship is part of the Centre’s ‘vulcanus in Japan’ programme, which Highly qualified and motivated Euro- The 8-months traineeship period will aims at providing companies in Japan pean engineers, scientists and archi- take place from January 2011 until with highly qualified European student tecture students August 2011. trainees and thereby a useful and fresh ‘vulcanus in Japan’ participants are Application deadline for Japanese host insight into business and research with from among Europe’s best university companies: 30 November 2009 Europe. students and chosen from more than Contact: 800 applicants who undergo a strict Keiko Sato, Programme Manager Former Japanese host companies conti- selection procedure and are admitted E-mail: [email protected] nue to acknowledge that hosting a on the basis of their academic results, Tel.: +81 (0)3-3221-6161 European student not only supported motivation and ability to adapt to a their internationalisation of corporate different culture. http://www.eu-japan.gr.jp/japanese/ activities, but they also still appreciate page754.cfm Forthcoming EU Seminar: Food Safety Administration in the EU and Japan 18 November 2009 - Tokyo Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which su- venue: The EU-Japan Centre - Japan office pervises the entire food chain and provi- Supported by: des a solid scientific basis for European The European Business Council in Japan food safety policies and legislation. The Delegation of the European Com- Labelling and Traceability systems are mission to Japan now compulsory for all operators. Call for «Expressions of Interest» After various food scandals which made New developments in the sector (GMOs, Romania - Japan Day! newspaper headlines over recent years, etc.) require a constant legal adaptation, the new Japanese government is willing and a major revision of legislation for Early December 2009 - in Bucharest today, as outlined in the DPJ Manifesto, food and feed safety was made in 2006. venue: to revise the existing administrative Today in the EU market, all enterprises University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest structure for food safety. In the EU, the involved in the food and feed sector, past 20 years have seen steady progress from producers, manufacturers, retailers Information Seminar intended for EU bu- in this area. to caterers, are compelled to be respon- siness executives, production managers sible for meeting the EU safety require- and engineering