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Students that have nished the advanced course and higher are qualied to be
SQC special sta or SQC specialist advisors (∼1100–2000 persons). Under this
system, they can display their ability as promotion leaders for company-wide SQC
Promotion Cycle development. Recently, Amasaka (1998a) and Amasaka et al.
(1998a) set up a new 5-year course (1996 onward; for a total of 3000 engineering
managers from all departments) for all managerial personnel (from directors down
to divisional, departmental, and sectional managers; ∼2200 persons up to 2000)
in an eort to strengthen the development of Science SQC for improving New JIT
activity.
5.4.4.3 Quality Improvement of Drive System Unit: Sealing
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