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24
I
mprovin
g
t
h
e Pro
d
uction S
y
stem Base
d
on
Suppl
y
Chain Mana
g
ement
Canon has been workin
g
to improve its SCM
throu
g
h various re
f
orm activities to meet market
d
eman
d
s, supp
ly
pro
d
ucts to t
h
e mar
k
et in a time
ly
manner and eliminate ineffi cient o
p
erations. We
have develo
p
ed a Unifi ed Production Information
System to standardize these reform activities and
establish them throughout the Group. Initially intro
-
duced in 2003, the s
y
stem has been implemented
at 20 Group production sites as o
f
Januar
y
31,
2009. The s
y
stem inte
g
rates all production in
f
or
-
mation and immediatel
y
links to in
f
ormation on
desi
g
n chan
g
es and fl uctuations in market trends.
Owing to dramatic economic shifts, the Com
-
pany was compelled to implement major reforms to
its production strate
g
ies. We worked to increase the
accurac
y
o
f
our SCM to precisel
y
respond to market
d
eman
d
s w
h
i
l
e re
d
ucin
g
stoc
k
s. We continue to a
dj
ust
production volume through our fl exible production
C
ell
p
roduction of
interc
h
angea
bl
e
l
e
n
ses
f
o
r
S
LR
ca
m
e
r
as
at
O
i
ta
C
anon, Japan
At Canon’s new Kawasaki O
ffi
ce, CMOS sensor production
a
nd automated technolo
gy
development are conducted.
Canon is raising the effi ciency and quality of its production system to thoroughly
improve supp
l
y c
h
ain management
.
PRODUCTION