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ProductionPuttingtheESPECidealintoproductsESPECproducesmorethan1,000standarddevices.Wealsoprovidemanycustom-madedevicestomeetthespecialneedsofourcustomers.TheFukuchiyamaPlanthousesapro-ductionlinethathasthecapabilitytohandleawidevarietyofsmallordersasitefcientlycreatesthenecessarylinkbetweenordersreceivedandproduc-tion.Theplantiscurrentlyhometosevendifferentfacilitiesand,asevidentinournewestfacilities,QCC(QCcircle)activities,3S(Seiri:organized,Seiton:neat,Seiketsu:clean)activities,andotherendeavors,ESPECsparesnoeffortinimprovingitsproductionfacili-tiestocreatethehighestqualityprod-uctspossible.WealsoestablishedtheFukuchiyamaTrainingCenteronsiteasthetrainingbaseforourcompany’semployeesandthosefromothercom-panies.Basedontheconcept,“Thefoundationforproductcreationisinthepeople,”theFukuchiyamaPlantcon-MonozukuriDojo(ourmanufacturingtrainingcourse)ductsauniqueprogramofeducationandtraining.Ithasintroducedanin-companyprociencymeasurementsysteminordertotrainanddevelopskilledemployeesabletoefcientlyproducehighqualityproducts,withmanyemployeesundergoingthetesteachyear.Theseefforts,aswellastheestablishmentof“MonozukuriDojo”(ourmanufacturingtrainingcourse),whichoffersavarietyofcurriculumsfortheacquisitionandimprovementofproduction-relatedknowledgeandskills,indicatethatweareplacingthefocusondeveloping.17ESPECCORP.COMPANYPROFILE