Lean Tour to Japan – May 2015 – Shinka Management
The Australian Industry Group Lean Japan Tour will visit Tokyo and Nagoya in May 2015
The May 2015 Australian Industry Group Lean Japan Tour will be held on Sunday 17th through Saturday 23rd of May. The lean study tour will include lean management seminars, lean training and visits to several companies for discussions with senior management and factory visits.
For further details of the tour and a list of factories that we visit see our lean tour page.
Contact us to express your interest in participating or complete the registration form to sign up now.
Early-bird registration closes 14th February 2015.
The May tour is targeted at companies operating in Oceania. For companies operating in other geographies, please consider the July 2015 Kaizen Tour.
Example Itinerary (subject to change)
Sunday: Arrive Tokyo Narita
- Tokyo sightseeing
- Evening briefing and dinner
- Japanese Business Etiquette
Monday: Briefing and Factory Visit
- Food and beverage factory visit (TBC)
- Latest manufacturing trends
Tuesday: Nagoya – Site Visits & Training
- Toyota seat track plant visit
- Pressed component plant visit
Wednesday: Nagoya – Site Visits & Training
- Toyota pressed components supplier
- Toyota Production System Training
Thursday: Nagoya – Site Visits
- Metal One Isuzu factory visit
- Factory visit (TBC)
Friday: Tokyo – Site Visit & Debriefing
- Food and beverage factory visit (TBC)
- Time study and work sampling seminar
- Review Session
Saturday: Tokyo – Recovery
- Tokyo Sightseeing (Akasaka and Akihabara)
- Departure from Narita Airport
Learn more about our lean study missions
The Lean Japan Tour is Shinka Management’s flagship lean professional development program. For further detail about our lean study missions, see the Lean Japan Tour page, or read more about past participants’ Lean Mission Testimonials.
What our tour participants have said…
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I would highly recommend the tour to anyone who is in the business of improving people. The ideas stimulated through this tour have helped me reform our entire vision of what improvement means for our business.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Had the pleasure to accompany Ben and clients on the 2007 Lean Japan Tour. I had worked with many Japanese, ASEAN, UK and US firms and as such have participated in benchmarking assignments and tours of their operations. Some involved attending and presenting at various strategy, productivity and quality management conferences. In that context, I…
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Quezon City, Manila, Philippines
My experience on the Shinka Management Lean Japan Tour was spectacular. Learning more about TQM and Lean Management in the country where almost all industries are implementing these approaches has been surreal. It was also a good experience witnessing these firsthand in the manufacturing industry and even more so in the healthcare industry. It is…
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Melville, Hamilton, New Zealand
What a journey into lean! A week jam-packed with learning the true essence of lean from a Sensei, then being critiqued on your practical application of the skills. Followed up by site tours of what world class lean manufacturing looks like. Highly Recommended.
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Jerome, Idaho, United States
I was very impressed with the professionalism and preparedness of the Shinka team. The support both before and during the tour was fantastic. It was the right mix of culture and personal development. There were lots of learnings I will take with me.
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