[Seminar - Nagoya] How to Create and Review Basic Work Manuals in Manufacturing Environments

June 14, 2017

[Seminar - Nagoya] How to Create and Review Basic Work Manuals in Manufacturing Environments

On July 25, 2017 (Tuesday) at the Nagoya branch of Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

 

Learning from Case Studies: Solving Challenges with In-House Manuals with Exercises

How to Create and Review Basic Work Manuals in Manufacturing Sites

 

will be held.

 

Recently, there has been an increasing demand for personnel who can immediately contribute in manufacturing sites, and a major challenge has become how to smoothly develop such talent. This demand is not limited to new graduates but has expanded to include a wide range of individuals, including seniors and foreigners.

Against this backdrop, the theme of "what constitutes a basic manual that everyone can understand" is being re-evaluated in manufacturing sites. In fact, many companies are addressing the themes of "skill transfer, operational efficiency, safety assurance, and cost reduction" through work manuals in manufacturing environments.

　On the other hand, in workplaces where they are creating work manuals in-house while performing their original duties, they are facing unique challenges such as "not being able to find the time as they wish" and "not knowing where to start." Many companies seem to be troubled by the anxiety of "Is this really the right way to proceed?" due to a lack of reference information and success stories from other companies to solve these issues.

What is an effective approach? In this course, based on our 30 years of experience as a manual production company, we will propose methods to address various challenges faced in the manufacturing field.

 


Event Guidelines

Date and Time
Date: July 25, 2017 (Tues), from 10:00 to 17:00
Location
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Nagoya Branch 6th Floor Seminar Room (〒461-0001 Nagoya City, Higashi Ward, Izumi 2-21-28) >>Access
Program
1. Five Tips for Distinguishing the Quality of Work Manuals
2. Learning from Case Studies - Introduction to Initiatives by Various Companies
3. Problem-Solving Approach 1: Building Consensus Among Stakeholders
4. Problem-Solving Approach 2: Standardizing Work Manuals
5. Problem-Solving Approach 3: Improving the Clarity of Table of Contents and Section Structure
6. Problem-Solving Approach 4: Techniques for Writing Clear Text (with Exercises)
7. Problem-Solving Approach 5: Achieving Simultaneous Release in Japanese and English

Instructor

Yoshiyuki Yasuoka

Yoshiyuki Yasuoka

  • ・17 years of experience in technical writing
  • Engaged in projects for creating operation manuals for internal systems, business manuals, various instruction manuals, product utilization guides, and educational materials.
  • ・Active as a manual evaluator and consultant for major manufacturers' manual production
  • ・Since 2008, continuously responsible as a dedicated instructor for the product manual development department of a major FA equipment manufacturer.
  • - "How to Create Easy-to-Understand Instruction Manuals and Know-How for Reducing Production Costs" and "Techniques for Creating Manuals Useful for Multilingual Deployment" are among the themes for which I have served as a seminar instructor.
  • - Regularly serves as a seminar instructor at Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun and Japan Tech Center
  • ・2013 Special Session at TC Symposium: "Introduction to Video Manuals" presentation
  • ・2014 Special Session at TC Symposium: "Creating Video Manuals - Practical Edition" presentation
  • ・2015 TC Symposium case study presentation on "Solving Issues with In-House Manuals"
  • ・In 2016, presented a case study at the TC Symposium titled "Standardization of In-house Manuals: Business Improvement of Manuals for the IoT Era"
  • ・2016 TC Symposium Panel Discussion Coordinator for "How to Nurture Industrial Equipment Manual Creators - In-house Manual Human Resource Development and Skills"
  • ・2016: Gave a presentation at CEATEC JAPAN on "Winning in Global Competition! 'Document Management and Operations in the IoT Era' Seminar"

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    Kaori Horikoshi

    Kaori Horikoshi

  • ・15 years of experience in technical writing
  • ・Engaged in projects for creating seminar materials for Microsoft Office products, books, various product manuals, help documents, and business manuals.
  • Involved in manual evaluation, consulting for major electronics manufacturers in manual creation, and developing seminar materials for representatives of major insurance companies.
  • In addition to Japanese manuals, also responsible for multifunction printer operation manuals (20 languages) as a translation director.
  • ・Active as a machine translation consultant
  • ・ 2013 23rd JTF (Japan Translation Federation) Translation Festival "Approaches to Machine Translation in Multilingual Contexts - From the Perspectives of Evaluation and Process" Lecture

 

 


If you wish to participate in the seminar, please apply through the website of the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, the organizer of the seminar.

 

 

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