JAPAN: CHAMPIONS OF LEAN PRODUCTION

Study Tour 2010

Third Edition
November 27 - December 4, 2010

The Study Tour allows to directly experience through in-company visits the most advanced Japanese management practices in the field of Operations and Technology Management.
Company visits from the 2010 Study Tour will mainly focus on the automotive and household appliances sectors, as the most relevant ones in the application of Lean Management principles.
A team of SDA Bocconi School of Management Professors will guide the group through the tour.

Participants
The Study Tour is targeted both to professionals and managers operating in all sectors, both in manufacturing and service companies, where Lean Thinking principles could be applied, fully or to a certain extent, bringing substantial improvements.

The Tour

November 28	Arrival and group gathering	Osaka (Japan)
November 28	Introduction about Lean Production and companies to be visited	Osaka (Japan)
Novembre 29 December 2	In-companies structured visits: presentation of the company and of the Operations/Supply Chain structure and organization; guided tour to the most relevant plants; discussion with the management throught Q&A; daily debriefing sessions on the visited companies. Based on the experience of the first two editions, we plan to visit around 6 companies, both multinational and medium size companies. They include: Toyota Denso Daikin Kansai Sekisui House Honda Mori Seiki* Final debriefing and benchmarking session on the 'lessons learned'	Corporate headquarters (Japan) Kyoto (Japan)
December 3	Cultural visit to Japan. 'Kyoto: the Imperial city'	Kyoto (Japan)

* Some companies could be replaced with some others of particular interest

Participation fee
€ 5.800,00 + VAT (if required)
For Alumni Bocconi and SDA Bocconi Operations and Technology Club members, the participation fee is € 4.800,00 + VAT (if required).

For further information
To get any additional information about the Study Tour and to contact the program coordinator:
Cristina Saporitii
tel. +39 02 5836.6825
fax. +39 02 5836.6795