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India Observational Study Mission on "Zero Defect Manufacturing in SMEs"
(December 7 to 8, 2015)

The members listening to the lecture at Kawamoto Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
(The members listening to the lecture at Kawamoto Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.)

The study mission requested via Asian Productivity Organization (APO) was carried out in Tokyo from 7 to 8 December, 2015. The mission members were 6 in total; 4 from manufacturing companies, 1 from industrial association of Uttarakhand and 1 from National Productivity Council of India. The Japan Productivity Center (JPC) organized 2 presentations on the history of productivity improvement and its practical activities in Japan and 2 manufacturing site visits. These programs aimed for the members to acquire a better understanding of the productivity improvement and its practical approaches implemented by Japanese companies for the higher quality of the products.