New JIT, New Management Technology Principle ◾ 53
Given this background, a task team was formed that set development targets in
several phases, while also anticipating the required quality improvements demanded
by the market, which grow year after year, and systematically promoting the proj-
ect through close monitoring of the process improvement. In the early phases of
improvement, mainly the coating materials were improved (Improvements (1)–(7)),
and in the latter half, improvements in coating and drying equipment were pro-
moted in parallel (Improvements (4)–(8)). More specically, the following widely
varying improvements were implemented.
1. e aim of improving the solvent coating materials was better corrosion
resistance characteristic ...