Corporate Strategy for Dramatic Productivity Surge.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction Tetsuro Saisho -- Part I Case Studies of Productivity Surges in Management Functions -- Section 1 Time Reduction -- Chapter 1 Welding Steel Plates Six Times Faster Tetsuro Saisho -- The Development of a New Technology -- Seam Welding and Spot Welding -- Overcoming Challenges and Expanding the Usage of Seam Welding -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 The Reduction of Drying Time by 90% Tetsuro Saisho -- Applying the Technology of a Different Business -- Various Drying Methods -- A Device Designed to Meet Clients' Demands -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 The Sudden Rise in Web Conferences and Teleconferences Akira Ishikawa -- Japanese Market Size: 70 Billion Yen -- A Three- to Six-Fold Improvement in Level of Understanding -- Drastic Cost-Cutting -- Chapter 4 The Reduction of Traveling Time from Five to Three Hours Kazuo Matsude -- Launch of the Kyushu Shinkansen ( Bullet Train) -- Cross-Border Marketing -- Concrete Tourism Promotion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Shortening Inspection Time by 90% Akira Ishikawa -- Definition of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) -- Speedy and accurate distribution support -- Zero Error -- The Pros and Cons of Two Methods -- Chapter 6 Instantaneous and Spontaneous Information Sharing Hiromichi Yasuoka -- The Impact of Social Media at Times of Emergencies -- Use of Social Media by Local and Central Government Offices -- The Use of Social Media is a Demand of the Times -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 The Development of a Three-Minute Battery Charger Toru Fujii -- The Successful Development of Ultra-Fast, Three-Minute Express Charging -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 High Speed Measurements Enabled by the Multi-Head Weigher (The Computer Scale) Takashi Yonezawa -- Manual Measurement -- Multi-head weigher -- Combination Weighing Technique -- 1. Subdivide -- 2. Measure -- 3. Combine.