Mar 18 2018
Honda Sayama Plant Visit | Christoph Roser | All About Lean
“Overall, I was not impressed by the Sayama plant. Part of it can be explained by its age, another part by it being closed in 2022 (and who wants to invest time in a plant that will be closed anyway), but there was still enough left over to make this a pretty unimpressive plant. I went away with a pretty bad impression of Honda plants. Luckily, Honda Kumamoto was much, much better. More about this in the next post.”
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Michel Baudin‘s comments: Thanks to Christoph Roser for his detailed trip reports from Japan!
Mar 18 2018
Nissan Yokohama and Iwaki Plant Visits | Christoph Roser | All About Lean
“Overall, Nissan automotive plants have an outstanding performance, comparable to Toyota despite their different approach using much more automation. I believe that Nissan plants are also among the world’s best automotive plants, besides (behind?) Toyota. I definitely enjoyed the visit (but then, I am a geek for such kind of things).”
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Michel Baudin‘s comments: Thanks again to Christoph Roser for sharing this. Reading this reminded me that, when he took over as Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn left the plants alone. They were doing fine. What needed fixing, he decided, was product design and the supply chain. History has since validated his choices.
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By Michel Baudin • Blog clippings • 3 • Tags: Carlos Ghosn, Japan plant tour, Nissan, Shop floor