Today’s Challenges

Availability of Market Information
Obtaining market information is more difficult by the rapid changing of customer’s preference. Therefore, product development and marketing concept determinations are usually based on speculative information. From our viewpoint, valid information is collected, analyzed, and interpreted then market strategy is proposed to maintain or create the business opportunities.

Sales Activity and Chanel
With dynamic behavioral changes of customer and competitor, sales and marketing became a dynamic issues on which a business must timely review and recognized its marginal movement. Customer and market analyses is useful tools for effective sales activities and strategic increase in market share.

Customer’s Expectation
Good customer experience and repeated purchasing are seen as key elements for sales approach. Company can check the level of their customer satisfaction by evaluating whether their products or services has met or exceeded expectations. Then, the defined gap between expected and actual levels can be attained for the development of improvement action.

Inactive Dealer
Dealer is seller and/or service provider of your product or service. Effectiveness of dealer is essential for your sales enhancement. Dealership management system is therefore important, efficient of operation and information management can essentially built up the sales and create customer satisfaction.

Main Consulting Areas
> Market & Marketing Research
> Marketing Strategy
> Sales Upgrade
> Customer Satisfaction Improvement
> Dealer Management

Today’s Challenges

Management Complexity
With complexity of problem and managerial environment, solution is difficult to clarify and hit all of the key issues. Defining problem is the most important and necessary step to develop the management solutions, which can only be formed by aiming on its ultimate objective.

Dynamic Business Opportunities
Business planning is a strategic approach developed in order to explore business opportunities and to realize a high degree of success.

Incompatible Business Function
Establishment of strategic management systems and reorganizations is mainly to enhance the effectiveness of corporate strategic actions. To grasp the updated business opportunity, business functions must be flexible and effective.

Main Consulting Areas
> Corporate Strategy
> Strategic Planning
> Mergers and Acquisitions
> Organization Improvement
> Management Development

Today’s Challenges

Implicit Indirect Cost
White collar productivity is difficult to measure, as a result its performance and cost are challenging to manage. With work simplification, process redesign, function enrichment, and overhead value analysis, value of indirect labor can be improved.

Intangible Office Work
Office work and performance is measureable. Measurement of office work and manager performance can help improve the office work productivity. Work measurement method are simply applied to effectively manage and plan for the office workload planning.

Inefficient Business Process
Design of work and information flows is a pre-determined condition of business efficiency. As a result of inefficient process design, operational mistake can be naturally generated from minor to critical level. Efficient process redesign is a necessary solution not only to improve efficiency, but also to level up customer satisfaction.

Business’s Risk Management
Dynamic change is a nature of current business environment. To maintain competitive advantage, it is necessary for the company to establish an effective prevention and situational recovery procedures. Applicable risk management and continuity plan is widely adopted by current business environment.

Main Consulting Areas
> Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
> Business Process Continuity (BPC)
> Risk Management
> Management of Indirect Cost (MIC)
> Indirect Manpower Planning
> White Collar Productivity Improvement
> Standard Operational Procedure (SOP)
> Electronic Data Processing (EDP) Improvement

Today’s Challenges

Cost of Logistic
Logistic is a management function to determine its cost from delivery speed and resource utilization. Logistic strategy and plan should be prepared based on a comprehensive view of market trend forecasts, business plan, and production and sales policies.

Distribution Difficulties
Distribution involves a broad range of function from material procurement and production to final sales. Distribution problems are consequently difficult to locate and define so the situation remains unchanged. To overcome the difficulty, comprehensive assessment is required.

Conflict of Logistic Optimization
Optimization among production, sales, purchasing, warehouse, and distribution is the key difficulty for a logistic effective design. With analysis tools such as Industrial Engineering, Value and Cost Analysis, overall supply chain can be optimized.

Cost of Inventory and Warehouse
Stock is a sleeping money and sometimes stock value decrease with time. Costs of storage and quality loss is a conflict agenda among procurement, warehouse, production and sales functions. Planning for minimum stock level and maximum warehouse space utilization require virtual evaluation of total supply chain conditions.

Labor Productivity
When work and time standards for service and material handling are designed and strictly applied and actual labor performance are measured and managed, a dramatic labor productivity improvement can be attained.

Main Consulting Areas
> Logistic Cost Reduction
> Inventory Stock Reduction
> Warehouse Design and Planning
> Labor Productivity Improvement
> Material Handling System Design
> Distribution Plan and Extended Delivery Point (EDP)
> Distribution Automation

Today’s Challenges

Cost of Production
Adequate planning and preparatory arrangements are required for lean production. Strict concepts from Industrial Engineering (IE) are adopted to design and implement for the most efficient line of production and the highest utilization of resources.

Production Mixed and Lot Size
Within the diversified market demands, conventional mass production is being replaced by multi-product and small-lot productions. In response to market trend, effective mixed production management systems is widely applied on the basic production management.

Efficient Workflow
Line and labor organization design is a pre-determinant condition of work efficiency. Work methods can be another solution to improve work and labor productivity.

Labor Productivity
When work and time standards are designed and strictly applied and actual labor performance are routinely measured and managed, a dramatic labor productivity improvement can be attained.

Equipment Efficiency
Production results is highly dependent on the reliability and maintainability of equipment and machinery. When equipment management techniques promote to operational level, training and small group activities are necessary for adoption of operation improvements.

Defect Quality
Cost of low quality not only reduce the total profit, but also deteriorate product reliability from customer’s view point. Quality check point is a fundamental step to prevent the high cost of low quality. Defect issues elimination is the superior step to reduce the risk of poor quality cost. For a broader view point, total quality management is a comprehensive solution to enhance total quality from the material entry toward finished goods processing.

Main Consulting Areas
> Production Cost Reduction
> Total Productivity Management (TPm)
> Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
> Program for Equipment Improvement & Development (PEID) and Skill Kanri
> Total Quality Management (TQM)
> Performance Analysis and Control (PAC)
> Monodzukuri
> Automation Applications
> Workflow and Layout Redesign
> 5S and Safety

JMAC’s vocation for manufacturing

JMAC was born in Japan with the mission of improving the efficiency, quality and service of industrial companies. We know that working with a multinational or an SME is not the same: although the basic methodologies are applicable anywhere, the context is different, and applications require in-depth customization.

In all industrial sectors in which we have been operating, from mechanics to fashion or food our experience tells us that competitiveness is achieved and consolidated over time by acting not only on production but on all processes, starting with the development of new products and design.
From experience we learned that methodologies should focus on the needs of companies, and get customized. That’s why in some cases we have developed specific approaches for different types of business:

Similarly, so called “capital intensive” companies whose business is realized by transformation processes or by using expensive equipment, will primarily focus on effective maintenance systems (by applying the TPM, for instance).

Companies whose business is realized by assembly processes and with a wide use of manpower will more likely focus on industrial engineering, adopting traditional Lean techniques (One Piece Flow, Kanban, 5S, ..)
Finally, the correct answer to the “mischievous” question is: You do not have to copy Toyota, but to take inspiration and create your own of management “system”.

Our website provides information on JMAC consultation and related activities in Thailand.

Speaker: Suzuki Tokutaro, Developer of TPM®, and Suzuoki Satoshi, Representative of Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance, provided key factors on how to link TPM activities with business result effectively. Venue: Bangkok, Thailand

Logical thinking and problem solving skill up

Japanese Consultant : Mr. Kazunobu Tokuda, and Thai Consultant : Mr. mapthai Palat Kritteesakul, provided class room training with practical workshop and brought actual quality problems for analysis through 3 months with quantitative data and apply QC story concept effectively. Trainees was build up logical thinking and problem solving skills through the course.

Client : Hitachi Metal (Thailand) Ltd.

JMAC and Thailand Management Association will hold the seminar on Oct 7th, 2015 focusing on the latest  concepts on Quality Improvements.

Mr. YOSHIMURA (founder of DRBFM）speaks of the japanese standard methodology for quality development in R&D phase.

CLICK HERE TO FILL APPLICATION FORM

ตุรกี แผนที่

「調達コスト削減　成功のポイントとは」

JUNE 17th, 2016

このたび、弊社では、「ポスト『生産機能オンリー』時代　間接機能が価値発揮する拠点への革新」と題し、連続シリーズでのセミナーを開催いたします。今回は、調達購買機能にスポットを当てます。

経済活動がグローバル化し、グローバル競争の中でコスト競争力の強化がますます求められています。

このような環境下において、コストの大きな比率を占める材料費コストダウン＝調達コストダウンは避けられません。そこで、今回はどのように調達コスト削減を計画的に実行していけばよいのか、そのポイントについてご紹介いたします。

Application form CLICK HERE!

SEPTEMBER 21st, 2016

現地化推進でローカル人材への期待が転換した今こそ考えたい

「日系」らしさを活かした人材マネジメントとは

Application form CLICK HERE!

November 3rd, 2016

転職を当然とする流動性のある労働環境において、いかに優秀な社員のモチベーションを
高め、自社への帰属意識を高めつつ業績を向上させていくかが問われています。
人材が定着し育つ組織風土への改革、幹部への登用も含めた後継者育成は、
益々大きな課題となっています。

一方で、現在の日系企業の“幹部層とミドル層”は、“日本人とタイ人”という構造が多く、
日本人幹部自らが、多様性を受け入れる経営を具体的行動として示すことが求められます。
それは、ハイコンテクストな日本的企業風土の中で培われた技術や習慣を、ローコンテクストな
現実に変換し適用していくという、苦痛にも似た困難を伴う改革でもあります。

JMACタイでは、日系企業様での改革推進のポイントについて、事例を交えて具体的に解説致します。
・自らに向き合い、一人ひとりと相対するとはどういうことか
・タイ人幹部・ミドルは何を思い、何に困っているのか
・自己改革視点を持ちながら、実際に当事者として企業改革を推進したポイントとは

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＜プログラム予定＞

13:30～13:40 ご挨拶とJMACタイのご紹介
JMA Consultants (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
Business Development Manager  阿部　晃久

13:40～14:20 仕事のやり方を変え組織風土を変える、そして幹部候補育成を加速させる
JMA Consultants (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
President　勝田　博明

14:20～14:45 タイ人マネジャーからみた現在の日系企業拠点経営（英語）
JMA Consultants (Thailand) Co.,Ltd.
Chief Consultant  CHAWEEWONG BOVORNKIRATIKAJORN

15:00～16:10 秘伝　組織の成長と自己変革　（課長・部長・社長編）
YAMAHA PARTS MANUFACTURING THAILAND CO., LTD.
Adviser President　神　肇　様

16:10～16:30 全体の質疑応答

16:30 終了

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日時 2016年11月3日（木）13:30-16:30　（13:00　受付開始）

会場　Grand Centre Point TERMINAL 21 Bangkok
（BTS Asoke駅 直結）

対象者　在タイ日系企業の経営トップ、幹部の方々
参加費　無料
定員　　最大50名
（申し込み多数となった場合は抽選とさせていただきます）

申込　事前登録制となっております。
下記URLより必要事項を記入のうえ、お申し込みください。

https://goo.gl/forms/MYsPQ497dybGWiLm1

Japan Management Association (JMA) held the 2nd GENBA Management Conference & Award 2017 on 2nd June 2017 at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre with 400 audiences. Theme of the conference is to present KAIZEN (Improvement) activity through process improvement as well as human resources development to enhance productivity, presented by 6 executives from 6 companies. The winner who received highest vote from audience is DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA CO.,LTD.

KAIZEN leaders from 6 companies, NEC Platform Thai Co.,Ltd., DAIKIN Industries (Thailand) Ltd., Siam Compress Industry Co.,Ltd.,DENSO International Asia Co.,Ltd., Nissan Motor Thailand Co.,Ltd., Mazda Powertrain Manufacturing Thailand, share their excellent experiences about how they eliminate muda, to increase Productivity, Quality, Safety and Cost-effectiveness.

The winner of GMCA Award Y2017 is Mr.Poramate Wisoongthanun from DENSO International Asia Co.,Ltd., received the air ticket reward from Mr.Masami Nakamura, the president of Japan Management Association, to join the MONOZUKURI CONFERENCE in Japan.

More than 400 audiences from various industries participate the JMA GENBA Management Conference & Award 2017

For more information, please see Production Seminar in Japanese (In Japanese only)

For more information, please see Problem solving for manufacturing industry seminar in Japanese (In Japanese only)

For more information, please see HRM Seminar in Japanese (In Japanese only)

Japan Management Association Consultant Thailand (JMAC THAI) organized the course “TPM Facilitator Training Course” (Total Productive Maintenance) on 2-6 October 2017. The course is the combination of lecture and practical exercise.  We are very pleased and honored that the participants in our class comes from 4 leading international companies from various industries.

This class covers all areas of TPM , in addition , highlight of the course is Autonomous Maintenance practice on actual shop floor that is the main key important pillar of TPM. Participants can apply in real shop floor. Moreover, Practical exercise provides steps of Autonomous Maintenance including Big Cleaning (Initial Cleaning step) to explore abnormal issues and create provisional standard for inspection.

This class was completed successfully.

For those who are interested to join in next session, please follow details in our website www.jmac.co.th

Participants are doing initial cleaning activity at actual site which is the first step of Autonomous Maintenance

The machine after initial cleaning activity has been done. It is ready for the next step.

The Autonomous Maintenance activity board is being prepared from team member brainstorming after each step is done at actual site. The board is presented to instructor and all participants to share improvement ideas.

Process/Machine Maintenance management for Food Safety

The Best way of Equipment Management to Avoid Food Contamination

and

Specific Approach to Eliminate the Risk Factor by Equipment Management

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【JMAC Thailand Seminar】

Equipment management for food processing and manufacturing industry,  

based on Hygiene management, considering its risk factors

JMA Consultants Inc. (JMAC) is well known for workplace improvement especially in manufacturing industry over 30 years. Based on the 30 years’ experience. On the other hand, JMA Consultants (Thailand) is the first Japanese company for management consulting, which provides practical solutions for companies especially in manufacturing companies over 20 years in Thailand.

JMA Consultants will deliver tips and secrets of improving food safety through equipment management in food processing/manufacturing facilities.

■Date and Time:            December 8, 2017, 13:00 – 16:30

■Registration:               12:30-13:00

■Location:                     Grande Centre Point Terminal 21, Sukhumvit 2 and 3 on C Floor 

■Admission Fee:           Free of Charge

■Seminar for:                Managerial position, Plant Manager, Dept. Managers, and Hygiene responsible position at Food Processing/Manufacturing Company and Plant

■Language:                   JAPANESE/THAI(Interpret)

Hygiene control for “Food Safety” is the “MUST” action in every sector/every department in the food related industry.

Food Safety is very important and can affect existence of the company.

Majority of food products is processed or manufactured by Equipment. Equipment management and hygiene control level is mutually connected. In other words, if the equipment management level is high, the hygiene control level is also high.

Therefore, equipment management is the key issue for maintaining equipment reliability and stable production with high hygiene control level.

In this “Seminar for Food Processing and Manufacturing Industry”, JMAC Specialist shares the idea for:

• Approach for effective equipment management with consideration of risk factors in hygiene control

• Equipment maintenance item analysis

• Equipment maintenance planning (maintenance detail and execution) 

by using actual case example.

This is necessary element for sustaining or improving food safety.

JMAC hopes your attendance for further improvement and sustainable of Food Safety.  

■Contents:

1. Importance and relationship of hygiene control and equipment management

Expense contributes to Quality

Risk Management

2. Equipment Management’s 7 Step deployment with risk factor consideration

Step 1:     Analysis subject

Step 2:      Functional breakdown and functional defect classification for analysis subject

Step 3:     Estimating functional defect cause

Step 4:     Clarifying and evaluating product hazard mode

Step 5:     Organizing inspection standard

Step 6:     Understanding right status and abnormal status

Step 7:     Creating “Quality Declaration” sheet

3. Key points for creating hygiene control system

4. Q & A

If you are interested in joining our seminar, please fill in application form below.

https://goo.gl/forms/WdBfxKOtbeQak6WA2

For more information, please contact;

Japanese client:

Ms. Mari Hata

mobile: +66-(0)85-489-3668
E-Mail: mari_hata@jmac.co.th

Thai client:

Ms.Suriyawadee

E-Mail： jmac@jmac.co.th
Tel：+66-(0)2-643-9428
http://www.jmac.co.th/

According to success from GENBA Management Conference & Award in 2017, in 2018 Japan Management Association (JMA) will arrange 3^rd GENBA Management Conference & Award in 26^th June 2018 at Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC).

Theme of the conference will be about presenting actual case study and sharing experience in order to enhance production efficiency.

If you are interested in joining the conference, please check our website http://jpaward.com