January 2007

P. 6    Interview

Tsuneji Uchida: President and COO, Canon Inc.

 

P. 17   Kaleidoscope

This is bearing and so is that: A collaboration between engineers and artists, etc.

P. 21    Detailed Reports

P.21 Incidents of lithium ion secondary batteries catching fire - Sony responds to this magazines doubts

P.23 NTN Corporation develops a rolling bearing for use in auto engines

P.25 Teijin chases new technologies aimed at being easy on the environment, from both the materials and processing method sides

P.29 Nihon Unisys Excelutions markets tools for producing 3D PDFs

P.31 Yesterdays customer is todays competitor - Moog enters the automotive testing market

P.32 If the nature of the work changes, direct guidance should be possible - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare offers new interpretation of framework for contractors

P.33 CoCreate Software releases new version of its OneSpace 3D-CAD program with the possibility of PDF output

P.34 Nissan building a car with lower CO2 emissions, and will introduce its own FR hybrid in three years

P. 46  Cover Story: Lessons from the past

P.48 Part 1: Overview

P.54 Part 2: PFU, Tiger Corporation, Hagataya, Sakamoto Urushi Manufacturing, Murata Machinery, Shinano Kenshi, Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder, Kuretake, Oike & Co.

P.77 How to Select and Buy Low-Priced Parts in China

Part 13: Look carefully at the processing of wire harnesses - quality can be affected by workers and by materials management

P.83  New Ideas

Low-priced rolling conveyors, etc.

P.88 Search for Manufacturing

Over half are sensing a drop in quality

P.93 Special Report

Parts mounting also moving to cell production system

P.101Special Report

A revolution in production at Murata Manufacturing with the start of a components chart

P.108  The Method

ABCs for reforming/improving business (Part 2): Methods for investigating and analyzing business operations

P.114 Toyota Production System and Its New Developments (Part 13)

Introducing the Kanban delivery methods to small and medium-sized companies

P.119 Documentary

Development of Lexus LS (Part 4)

P.124 Introductory Course on Analysis for Designers

Part 12: Analysis of thermofluids (2) Reducing calculation time through simplification

P.130  Material Dynamics Mandala

Part 25: What are washers for?

P.136  Outstanding SMEs:

Cosmo Instruments Co., Ltd., Morifuji Giken Industry Co., Ltd

P.204  The Master

Part 31: Dismantling is also part of building things

P. 207 Accident Investigation

Pool death accident provoked by sloppy management

P. 210  Frank Opinion

Brand strategy based on manufacturing ability