To "craftsman spirit of" reputation first known "Made in Japan" how? More recently, the scandal-ridden Japanese companies have been overwhelmed this problem.

October 16, when the high-speed intercity trains in Japan Hitachi for British manufactured into commercial operation, delays due to technical problems, such as leakage and failure; 8, Japan's third-largest steelmaker Kobe Steel Products inferior race charged and quality control data tampering scandal began to ferment, the US Justice Department to intervene even started yesterday, requires the company to submit relevant information to sell to American customers of substandard products; 2, Japan's Nissan Motor Group 6 factory quality staff It was found to have no knowledge of Quality Supervision, Inspection and qualified, but is responsible for long-term vehicle quality work. Together with Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki Motor, Mitsui Sumitomo construction, these famous Japanese companies are "fake list" of the past two years. Even conceal the Takada airbag defect quality company filed for bankruptcy in June this year. Japanese find any company's image. The pursuit of quality, integrity, spirit, pride of the Japanese who insist on these where to go? "Made in Japan" altar, reflects the fall spirit of enterprise.

Caption: 13, Tokyo, Japan, Kobe Steel, Kawasaki, CEO Bo also held a news conference on fraud apologizes.

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"I have visited the Ma Zida plant in Hiroshima Prefecture. At that time, the plant is still in shock from the 2008 Lehman crisis finally the pressure of cross God's time ...... took us to visit the factory staff Miyawaki Katsunori muttered, ' so I'm afraid the boss will be angry, but the Lehman crisis period we do very happy '. According to him, the production line was shut down, factory workers have nothing to do, they were busy improvements, such thinking can keep pace with the production staff mobile gun, etc. many of intellectual work later in the factory practical application. "" Japanese Economic News "writer Sugimoto your company as an example of article 16 says, proficient staff working in the field of ideas collide with each other and constantly push forward 1 mm, 1 yen to improve the unit, these bits and pieces of Japanese manufacturing pushed the top of the world.

Former director of the Fairbank Center at Harvard University's well-known American scholar Fu Gaoyi (Ezra Vogel) in his best-selling book "Japan's first: Implications for the United States" in (1979) wrote in "lifetime employment" of employees in Japan, "will not oppose new technology, not due to the technological innovation and headache, afraid of their own behind the times" because they do not have to worry about the technology advantage is no longer unemployed. Instead, they "for the company's development, for the introduction of new technology is very enthusiastic."

Today, however, the situation is quite different. Executive President of Japanese companies (China) Research Institute Chen made the "Global Times" said that in recent years he saw production line in Japan most significant change is that the previous workers are enterprise employees, a unified uniforms, but now, officially workers , different contracts and temporary workers dressed in work clothes together. "Contract workers, temporary workers in many companies the proportion of 30-40%, the more difficult and requires skilled jobs, the more we rely on these temporary staff to complete, there is no technical qualifications and who will be sent to front-line cheating." Skilled degree can not be guaranteed, let alone innovation.

And Kobe Steel had all the Japanese business executives Yamada (a pseudonym) said in an interview, "Global Times" reporter, the past "lifetime employment" in exchange for their absolute loyalty to the company's employees with a secure life. In that context, you can develop a highly skilled professionals to master. However, with the introduction of Japanese companies in recent years, European and American philosophy of "lifetime employment" system collapse, the Japanese corporate culture from "Live employees and their families" to "shareholders' equity priority." Plus the "lost 20 years" to force the performance of sluggish corporate layoffs, increased staff and business conflicts, which take improper behavior of some employees soil.

Associated with the production line changes more than that. Chen Yan told the "Global Times" reporter, many Japanese companies in the past, both graduated from the prestigious university master's degree or PhD, the entry will be sent to the production line, working for months with the workers. In the twenty years after the time, they basically is the ordinary workers, there is no title, just to get close to the 50-year-old section chief position, a few years was promoted to minister. Japanese business managers are often required for enterprise factory quite understand.

"But the Japanese minister of a listed company told me that now there is a lot of Japanese companies, especially large enterprises - a lot of bureaucratic managers know only participate in numerous meetings, watching countless reports continue to confirm the heritage of the spirit of enterprise, etc., rarely go directly to the front-line inspectors, improve production methods, their line neither knew nor interested in. after a problem, just bend over to apologize in front of countless video and still cameras. "Chen saying that those who shout the slogan of the most hard, tend to have the best chance of promotion, but these people do not have the "craftsman spirit", also lack the courage to innovation, because innovation often coexist with risks.

the reason

Speaking of the Japanese spirit of enterprise, "Global Times" reporter interviewed Japanese business people and academics mentioned most is: quality, integrity and progress. As the "first in Japan: Implications for the United States," a book said: The Japanese are always more idealistic and motivated than others. The Japanese attitude to life makes foreigners feel that they have not up to not give up the energetic, complete tasks seriousness, neatly dressed, polite.

A senior media person in Japan on the "Global Times" reporter said that many Japanese companies "fallen so far", "very sad", because Japan's outstanding entrepreneurial spirit, is the number of hundreds or even thousands of years as one day of excellence silted.

By the end of 2016, the number of Japanese companies have a hundred years more than 20,000, an average of 100 companies have a hundred years, called "Rise of the treasury." Which operates more than 200 years of business accounted for more than half of the world, including the establishment of the temple in AD 578 construction companies "Jin Gang Group", was founded in AD 705 of the "Western Hills Wenquan Qing Yun Museum" and so on. "It feels difficult times do not give up the principle of good faith, but try again today compared with yesterday, tomorrow than today with absolutely can not lose." Qingyun Pavilion 52 generation descendant Fukasawa said, "I want to protect ancestors inherited something ...... "

What "inherited from ancestors thing" Yes? Specialize in one technique, after a long period of focus becomes king of a small area. For example, the world's only company to master an ultra-small plastic gear production and processing technology in Japan. This gear only millionth grams minimum diameter of 0.149 mm. From the top car to the top watch, many of the key parts are in need of such gear.

"Technically, meticulous equipment, not the pursuit of quantity and speed, quality top priority." Chinese manufacturing industries a perennial cooperation with Japanese companies, "Global Times" reporter said of the spirit in his eyes Japanese companies. But he said this spirit began to decline in about 10 years ago, the financial crisis. Chen Yan told the "Global Times" reporter, Kobelco after the scandal broke, a Japanese company executives said to him, "We're getting on the scale of production than China, however, we want to rely on variety and quality to maintain production, but this is no guarantee that companies have been able to get orders. we are down on production costs, feel tremendous pressure every day. " Kobe Steel products use a Japanese car prices executives Kato (a pseudonym) on the "Global Times" reporter, said the technology level of Kobe Steel's not unlikely to meet customer requirements, the company has been profitable there should be no financial problems. The only reason can think of is "cost savings, speed up production," because including car prices, including the companies are hoping to buy "quick and cheap" products, Kobe Steel itself has a good reputation, do so more conducive for orders.

The above-mentioned Chinese manufacturing industries to the steel industry, for example, also mentioned two other factors fall of the Japanese spirit of enterprise: high-level "confidence" and the middle of "worry." "Japanese steel mills a lot of equipment is relatively old, are often unable to reach the latest product requirements. As the Pacific War, although the United States is much more advanced weapons, but the Japanese still believe that 'man can conquer nature' as executives of Japanese companies stubbornly believe that their products have been is the world's highest level, can make up for lack of experience with the technology and equipment. so among the layers have proposed to update the device, they will turn a deaf ear. unable to keep up with equipment to meet customer demand, which in turn will lose customers to the next can not be accountable middle only 'flexibility', eventually leading to the outbreak of the great. "

Kato also said that Japanese companies employees are generally not particularly aware of some kind of "spirit of enterprise", but think "seriously do products." When they found the problem, we will report to the leadership middle, middle afraid to take responsibility then it will be considered after the description of the situation "chain reaction" to the top: to take no solution can not explain to the senior leadership; to customers, not on time delivery, loss of orders, the risk of payment of liquidated damages, so better to think of ways to hide. "Section Chief (middle Japanese companies) responsible for the entire class, a strong sense of responsibility, in the enterprise, it can be said that the most energetic of them ...... long lesson must avoid engaging in trivial things, we must proceed from the overall situation, to grasp the overall situation the company's ...... "Fu Gaoyi in the middle of its Japanese companies described in the book, apparently not above the mouth of the Sino-Japanese business people as" responsible "management personnel.

Normality

Kato on the "Global Times" reporter, said he did not think the product is really made in Japan deteriorated, but from time to time broke the scandal of this "spirit" has been loosened. Because the outside world will say "Japanese companies are so big that other companies do not know how to do," thereby losing the trust of Japanese companies.

"Global Times" reporter who interviewed Japanese companies often bypass the topic of the spirit of enterprise, and focus on interpretation of the "complexity" about the recent scandal of Kobe Steel, he told reporters. Japanese executives Yamada said, "raw material is a very complex industry, do not try to manufacture products according to customer requirements, you can not know exactly whether to meet demand, such as gambling." He had to hand over the material for the manufacture of missiles, rockets, submarines and other equipment as an example: "In order to meet customers' data requirements, the need for a large number of experiments, often just in case production in accordance with the amount of 5-10 times even so. , it is difficult to guarantee that any errors in the process, before the time of delivery, might there have been cases 'almost on the line' in. this of course is wrong, but the quality of Japan's third-class products are often better than one of the other countries and other products. "Yamada stressed that while Kobe Steel's reputation was hit, but it is irreplaceable in the market is obvious. Apart from Kobelco, the same quality of advanced aluminum products can only be imported from Germany, 1.5 times higher cost, delivery time at least 2 times slower. "Kobe Steel proactive public scandal related cases, the courage to take responsibility, which is the Japanese spirit of enterprise surviving another manifestation of it."

There are Japanese companies on the "Global Times" reporter that in recent years, the Japanese "craftsman spirit" has become a hot topic of international public opinion, along with higher outside of the "Made in Japan" expectation, the greater the degree of concern, in the event scandal, negative impact seems even more severe, "in fact, the enterprises have always been scandals in Japanese society."