Today Mr. Rajesh Nath enlightened us about Japanese Supply Chain Management. Mr Rajesh Nath is VP of Fanuc India, manufacturers of Robots, Computerised Numerical Control machines. For those who missed his lecture, I am taking this opportunity to share his views through this blog.
According to him
"Operations Management is not just Supply Chain Management"
"Operations Management is not just Supply Chain Management"
Rather, OM includes nine vital roles such as
1. Design 2. Quality 3. Process 4. Factory/Layout 5. HR 6. SCM 7. Inventory Control 8. Scheduling 9. Maintainence
Fanuc Group works solely on Japanese philosophy which contradicts the traditional one. To illustrate this:
1. They produce all their products in one single plant- Mother plant
The basic fundamental is the economies of scope and reducing discrepancies in having multiple small plants.
2. The production planning for whole organisation is done by 'a single person'.
The automation of planning and manufacturing eliminates the need for human supervision on the shop floor.
3. They work on a principle of "Narrow Path"
In world of diversfication, they also emphasise on basic technology.
4. They also undertake aggressive Mergers & Aquisitions
5. Centralized Command is prevalent in the organisation
6. One of the impressive policy of the company is
"the actual designer of any product's prototype goes through the cycle of
Design ---> Development ----> Manufacture---->sales"
" Ringi Process " - the Japanese technology gave us an insight into the Japanese management system.
Your comments are highly appreciated.
1. Design 2. Quality 3. Process 4. Factory/Layout 5. HR 6. SCM 7. Inventory Control 8. Scheduling 9. Maintainence
Fanuc Group works solely on Japanese philosophy which contradicts the traditional one. To illustrate this:
1. They produce all their products in one single plant- Mother plant
The basic fundamental is the economies of scope and reducing discrepancies in having multiple small plants.
2. The production planning for whole organisation is done by 'a single person'.
The automation of planning and manufacturing eliminates the need for human supervision on the shop floor.
3. They work on a principle of "Narrow Path"
In world of diversfication, they also emphasise on basic technology.
4. They also undertake aggressive Mergers & Aquisitions
5. Centralized Command is prevalent in the organisation
6. One of the impressive policy of the company is
"the actual designer of any product's prototype goes through the cycle of
Design ---> Development ----> Manufacture---->sales"
" Ringi Process " - the Japanese technology gave us an insight into the Japanese management system.
Your comments are highly appreciated.
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The session was very informative and this article would provide opportunity to those who missed the session to know what our speaker talked about. He also talked about the logistical difficulties faced by his company due to poor infrastructure in India.
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