Kinki Kogyo Inc.

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  Proactive adoption of IoT

  We pride ourselves on our factory automation, and have adopted IoT technology over the past several years. We previously aspired to have a subsidiary factory overseas (e.g., in Vietnam), but adopting IoT has enabled us to do the work ourselves. In this way, we use IT to optimize manufacturing operations: we perform the main tasks in-house while connecting with manufacturing facilities around the world to call on when required.

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  Change in management style from top-down management to team effort

  In the past, a company’s proprietor was expected to know all and do everything, and decision-making was a top-down affair; now, though, company management is a team effort. We think together, and if we fail as a result of our thinking, we dust ourselves off and try something else. Our management style encourages people to try without fear of failure.

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  Signage to boost understanding among our new neighbors

  Noise and odors are an inevitable part of manufacturing. Since the area surrounding our factory has been developed into residential housing, we have striven to promote understanding among our neighbors by posting signs about noise, truck traffic, etc.

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  Accepting visits from overseas managers

  We host study tours (organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency) of overseas SME proprietors. These tours are a good way to promote one of Japan’s better qualities.