Lean Japan Tour – 17-23 November 2024 – Japan Study Trip
The 17-23 November 2024 Lean Japan Tour will be held on Sunday 17th through to Saturday 23rd November. This lean Japan study trip will include lean seminars, practical kaizen training and visits to factories for meetings with senior management.
The program is open to companies from all regions, and will be run in partnership with Shinka Management’s European partner consultancy Möbius.
Location: Tokyo, Japan
For further details about Shinka Management’s Japan study trip programs and to read about past kaizen and lean manufacturing programs held in Japan, see our Lean Japan Tour page.
Download the registration form to find out more about the program.
This 17-23 November 2024 lean Japan study trip is targeted at English-speaking professionals from across the globe.
Example Itinerary (subject to change)
Sunday: Arrive Tokyo
- Tokyo sightseeing / free time
- Orientation & Japanese business etiquette seminar
Monday: Nagoya – Site Visits & Training
- Lean leadership in Japan
- Toyota factory tour – Toyota Boshoku Seiko
Tuesday: Nagoya – Site Visits & Training
- Lean implementation in Japan
- Toyota final assembly plant tour
- Standard work seminar
Wednesday: Nagoya – Training & Site Visit
- Suzaki Industries factory tour (Toyota Supplier)
- Metal One Isuzu factory tour
- Sightseeing to local castle
Thursday: Nagoya – Practical Training
- Hands-on kanban simulation
- Standard work and kaizen practical
- Karakuri Kaizen Examples
Friday: Nagoya – Site Visit & Debriefing
- Site visit or Toyota Commemorative Museum
- Final seminar and tour debrief session
- Return to Tokyo
Saturday: Tokyo – Recovery and Sightseeing
- Free morning in Tokyo for sightseeing
- Departure
Learn more about our kaizen Japan study trip programs
The Lean Japan Tour is Shinka Management’s flagship lean professional development program. For further detail about our Japan study trips and other Japan-based lean manufacturing training programs, see the Lean Japan Tour page, or read more about past participants’ Lean Mission Testimonials.
What our lean study mission participants have said…
Žilina, Slovakia
Thank you to Shinka Management for the positivity, preparation, knowledge, senseis, food, accommodation, photos, and overall care throughout the tour. I learned a lot. I had participated in a similar training program in Japan two years ago, but Shinka Management takes the experience one or two levels higher in several aspects. Thank you.
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Greenwood, Mississippi, United States
I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn the Toyota Production System from the source. I look forward to implementing the many findings in our plant. This experience has given me a different approach to improving our plant’s lean journey. Thank you again for everything.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
I attended the Shinka Management / Ai Group / JMAC Lean Japan Study Tour in 2010 – outstanding, highly recommended. (I don’t have this much fun when I go on holiday.) To see the cultural home of Lean Manufacturing is an experience you will never forget. Ride on a bullet train, walk the factory floor…
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Milton, New Zealand
If you have embarked on a lean journey The Lean Study Tour should be on your bucket list! It was inspiring to see the Toyota Production System in action as a management system, as well as the small improvements made day in and day out by dedicated and motivated teams all striving to continuously improve.…
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Auckland, New Zealand
Paul, Eri and Ichi provided a fantastically well curated tour to the birthplace of continuous improvement. Hearing the theory, experiencing practical hands-on learning at the dojo, and then seeing the theory put into practice at a number of world class manufacturing plants was thought provoking, motivating and inspiring. Now the fun starts – putting theory…
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Kaizen Japan Study Trip Run in Partnership with Möbius
Möbius is a European consulting firm driven to have a positive impact on society and committed to achieving results for its clients. As a thought leader in various sectors and services the company raises the bar by developing, promoting and supporting breakthrough innovations.
Möbius is making the Shinka Management Lean Japan Tour program available to its client base through partnering on the 17-23 November 2024 Lean Japan Tour. Current and propective clients of both Möbius and Shinka Management are welcome to register their interest for this Japan study trip.
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