Lean Tours and a Study Mission to Japan

Lean Manufacturing primarily began as the Toyota Production System (TPS) and was not referred to by its current name until the 1990s. Various techniques, tools and methodologies developed over time as Toyota continued to refine their production system, until it became the phenomenon we know today.

Enna.com provides a number of Lean Kaizen tours to Japan to gain the ultimate immersive learning experience. These will allow you to broaden your professional horizons and witness the approach in action in world-leading organisations.

Japan Tours

Enna’s kaizen factory tour offers a tantalising taste of best-in-class practices and other unique opportunities, across a wide range of industries. Some of the opportunities made available to you are given below:

·         Bear witness to best-in-class practices

·         Relationship building and networking

·         In-depth tours

·         Interactive discussion

The tours are highly customization and allow you to request a factory that would be best aligned to the needs of your business. Furthermore private tours can be arranged by Enna’s industry experts to provide you with the best possible experience. The tours are open to any phase of development, whether you are considering implementing such a system or are looking at ways to maintain and sustain management practices.

Some of the topics covered in the tour are listed below:

1.       Cost reduction of  manufacturing or other operations

2.       Dealing with supply chain issues in an economic downturn

3.       Management of cash flow and credit

4.       How to get more out of your staff and become more productive

5.       Technology leverage for adaption to an emerging economy

6.       Leading of change in a downturn to prepare for the upswing

Japan Lean Mission

This is more than a tour – it is a mission. These tours provide you access to a wide range of industries and your goal to study and learn as much as you can from this opportunity. Enna gives you unprecedented access to some of the best facilities in Japan, the birthplace of the approach. This could be the ultimate learning experience for your management team to be truly immersed in the broad range skills involved in adopting this philosophy.

Furthermore with the wide level of customization granted by Enna you can tailor the tour to best suit the requirements of your organisation, thus making the tour as valuable as possible to your employees. Additionally the tours can be adapted to view management through the lens of leadership enabling your management team to develop sustainable continuous improvement within your organisation. The tours take into account the full picture of the organisation and as such provide a holistic learning perspective with numerous benefits.

With a broad range of topics and industries covered this unique experience could be the turning point for cementing lean management practices into every aspect of your business and inspiring your employees to truly engage with the approach. Limited spaces are available so make sure you do not miss out on your lean study mission to Japan reservations.