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Tour Japan's Leading Manufacturing Companies with OP·EX Direct Results Inc.
OP•EX Direct Results Inc. is proud to present an exclusive trip to the birthplace of Lean Manufacturing, Japan. We have planned a one-week tour of Japan at a reasonable , all-inclusive cost that will guide you to a better understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles. Our partnership with Enna allows access to Lean facilities that no one else has due to Enna's close relationship with Japanese companies. This will be a great experience for any leader and student of Lean. You will have one-on-one exclusive access to Japanese Lean thinkers and learn from their experiences and simple solutions. You will realize the action and flow of Lean throughout your stay in Japan; we have designed each manufacturing tour to highlight fundamental aspects of Lean. This trip will teach you to discern the dynamics of Lean at the different plants we visit. We will be working with you to transfer these practices to your own work environment. Topics Covered During The Study Mission
Toyota Production System • Employee Empowerment • Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) • Total Productive Management (TPM) • Lean Accounting • Lean Hospital • Flow, 5S Office • Waste Identification • Mistake-Proofing • Just-In-Time, Visual Management • Value Stream Mapping (VSM) • Kaizen Training using Toyota's production line (Simulation Dojo)
OP·EX Direct Results Inc. has partnered with Productivity Press to provide a vast resource of Books, DVD's, and Video's.  Some of the first books published by Productivity Press were translations of the works of leading Japanese industrial experts on the Toyota Production System (TPS) - the heart of the improvement strategy we now call lean manufacturing. These included writings by Shigeo Shingo, a Japanese industrial engineer at Toyota and one of the foremost experts on TPS, as well as the works of Taiichi Ohno, a top Toyota executive and the man whom Toyota credits with doing the most to structure TPS as an integrated framework. The early publications also included key works on process improvement by leading American authors. In the more than 20 years that have passed since the publication of these books - which are still offered today - Productivity Press has developed the largest catalog available anywhere of publications and learning tools about continuous improvement.
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