424 ◾ New JIT, New Management Technology Principle
However, it is by no means easy to transfer the know-how of Japanese manu-
facturing directly to overseas production bases as mentioned above. In other words,
there is always an obstacle to overcome—a suitable production system for each
production base, due to the dierence in abilities (level of skill and education) or
national characteristics between the local production site and Japan.
erefore, to cope with this situation, an environment in which the creation of
labor values—employee satisfaction (ES), advanced skills, a sense of achievement,
and self development—can be realized must be urgently considered (Amasaka,
2007f, 2008b; Yamaji et al., 2007). In order to accomplish this, the authors ...