With the combination of a small number of people + software + servers and robots
We are promoting a new era of company management.
We hope to share part of this process with you in this corner.
November 11, 2024
We purchase the goods, package them, find someone to buy them, sign the contract, deliver the goods, and confirm payment.
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The people who make the products, sell them, organize the work, and do the administrative work work work together.
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Pay expenses, make sales, make a profit, and turn cash.
All of these would be appropriate to describe the existence of a "company".
However, I feel that this is not what we are aiming for.
I think they hit it big, but they didn't catch the core.
It was at this time that I was inspired by a book that used the definition of "innovative company" and discussed the deprivation of corporate value.
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Corporate Value Looted
William Lazonick (author), Yangsoob Singh (author), Takeshi Nakano (commentary), Masanori Suzuki (translation)
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Recognize that companies can grow significantly by transforming their cost structure by creating higher quality, lower unit cost products than they have in the past.
Innovative companies invest in a collective and cumulative learning process to develop higher quality products than their competitors.
And if it succeeds, the innovative company will gain a larger share of its product market, precisely because buyers will see the product as high quality.
This market share spreads the fixed costs of production over more units sold and translates the higher fixed costs of developing higher quality products into lower unit costs.
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We identify three "social conditions for innovative firms" that enable firms to produce products of higher quality and lower unit cost than previously possible.
These social conditions are strategic management, organizational integration, and financing commitment.
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The most interesting part, though lined with difficult kanji, was the "collective and cumulative learning process.
Let me rewrite it with a little interpretation.
Yes, we want to aim for good service if we are going to do it anyway.
However, whether it is possible to reach it through hard work is another matter.
There are so many things to think about, so it's hard to know what's ahead.
But you won't reach it unless you aim for it, so let's start.
What is risky is that you never know when or how good the service will be.
So we have to stick with it and make it work until we get there.
We have the funds, look into business meetings, and get all kinds of feedback.
The team discusses "this and that" with each other.
There is a lot of waste, but all sorts of wisdom accumulates in the organization.
The probability of good service is increasing.
Hmmm, it is a tedious process, unlike financial products.
I suddenly remember what my friend said.
He said, "Why do you think (I) work on financial products? Because people will always complain somewhere, but money never says anything.
It sure would be nice to drop a quick effort and get a quick result, but not at all.
It would be easier if the results were determined by the amount of effort, but the future always remains uncertain.
But it is also true that there are those who enjoy such a process.
I guess it goes without saying that we are that type of person.
After all, they are all peculiar and often cause trouble.
Well, it is also true that how could we have made it this far with laughter?
Not necessarily because of that, but I secretly hope that we can continue to get better together in various things.
I would like to conclude by quoting a sentence from there.
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Learning, which is the essence of the innovation process, is collective and cumulative.
Innovation cannot happen alone.
People learn how to work better through interaction with others who are dedicated to the same organizational goals.
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It is due to the cumulative nature of these collective learning processes that we seek to keep key employees employed over the long term.
And in complex division of labor systems producing complex products, the "key" personnel for the collective and cumulative learning process can be found deep in the organizational hierarchy.
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Just as companies need collective and cumulative learning to be innovative, employees need collective and cumulative careers to remain highly productive in their now 40+ years of professional life.
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