The First of Common Factors to High Value-Added Manufacturers：Discrimination of Use Value of Their Products

<p>　The Research Committee of Japan Society for Production Management had conducted questionnaire surveys on success factors of high value added manufacturers from 2014. Despite the fact that added value of Japanese manufacturers as a whole has declined, some companies are growing. We discovered the common characteristic of high value added manufacturers.</p><p>　The first, we have confirmed that the manufactures have constructed a method of how to respond to the needs of the end consumers. These were differentiation of the value of use of the product and establishment of the supply process of the product. Next, we understood that the organizational structure and production system for maintaining them are important. Finally, what we were able to confirm was investment of product development for the introduction of products faster and in common.</p><p>　Then, we summarized the results of our interviews as discussion papers. The results of our interviews are summarized in discussion papers as survey analysis of manufacturing high value added management. They were No.002:Seiren(Oct.2015), No.003:Daikin(Feb.2016), and No004:Omron(Oct.2016). These are published in the HP of our society. (URL：http://e-jspm.com/category/shibu/discussionpaper)</p>