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March 2008

Program Outline

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Participation Requirements

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The Training Course on

Practical Solution of Quality-Related Problems

[SPQP]

3 -16 September 2008

The Training Course on Practical Solution of Quality-Related Problems (SPQP)

1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAM:AOTS - the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship - is a non-profit association run with Japanese government subsidies from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Since its establishment in 1959, AOTS has been conducting various technical and management training programs in Japan for the people of developing countries. The total number of participants in past AOTS training programs amounts to almost 136,000 from about 170 developing countries and regions. These former participants are playing very important roles in industry and contributing greatly to the economic development of their respective countries.

At the request of former participants of AOTS training programs as well as the industrial and business circles in developing countries, and to meet the needs for human resource development in Japanese affiliated companies, AOTS has been organizing various training programs.

The Training Course on Practical Solution of Quality-Related Problems (SPQP) is a management training program designed to enhance managers/supervisors problem-solving abilities with regards to quality improvement in the industries of developing countries.

2. COUNTRY AND NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:25 participants

3. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:Participants should have the following qualifications.

(1) Participants should be, in principle, managers or supervisors of an organization.(2) Participants should be between 25 and 60 years of age.(3) Participants should be university graduates and/or have equivalent professional experience.(4) Participants should be healthy enough to undergo an intensive training program in Japan.(5) Participants should have a sufficient working knowledge of English.(6) Participants should be residing in developing countries.(7) Participants should not be students or armed forces personnel.(8) AOTS ex-participants who have recently been awarded an AOTS Scholarship and participated in an

AOTS training program in Japan are not entitled to apply for any program which starts within six months (183 days) after they have returned home from Japan.

Notes:(1) Participants may be from any industry or any type of company, with little/no practical experience in QC

problem-solving, and want to become leaders/promoters of QC problem-solving activities.(2) In the case of Japanese companies and/or companies that have Japanese capital, persons who are engaged

in the duties described in the participation requirements are able to participate in this program without regard to their positions.　

(3) Family members are not allowed to accompany the participants to Japan.(4) Participants shall not request AOTS to arrange, nor arrange by themselves, any additional programs, and

shall leave Japan and return to their home countries soon after the completion of the program.(5) The Guarantee Letter, which is one of the invitation documents to be issued by AOTS, shall be used only

for the purpose of obtaining a training visa and shall not be used for any other purposes, such as participants’ business.

(6) The number of participants for the same host company or from the same sending company may be limited if there are more applicants than AOTS can accept.

4. APPLICATION PROCEDURE:Applicants should apply to AOTS by submitting the following documents to reach AOTS Head Office by no

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later than 26 May 2008.

(1) AOTS Training Application Form, Applicant’s Personal Record and Medical Check Sheet (AOTS official form)

(2) 2 copies of a photo (4 cm x 3 cm)(3) Brochure of the applicant’s company/organization(4) Photocopy of a passport, an election card, a driver’s license or any other identification document issued by

a public organization in the applicant’s country containing, in Roman letters, the applicant’s name in full, a photo of the applicant and his/her home address

(5) Pre-Training Report (6) Overseas Travel Insurance Consent Form(7) Enquiry into Training Contract (For Japanese Joint-Venture-Companies and Companies exclusively funded by Japanese Enterprises)

The application documents will be forwarded to the AOTS Screening Committee, which will meet on 10 July 2008, for official approval of participation. Those who have successfully passed the screening process will be notified when they receive the invitation documents.

Notes: If the number of participants is less than 13 as of 26 May, AOTS may postpone or cancel this program.

5. OUTLINE OF THE PROGRAM:

-OBJECTIVESThe objectives of the program are:(1) To enable participants to master the concept and methodology of the QC Problem-Solving Approach,

which is indispensable to TQM (total quality management) activities, through lectures and participative “Project Exercises”,

(2) To enhance participants’ practical ability to solve problems at their organizations, and(3) To enhance participants’ ability to guide/promote problem-solving activities at their organizations.

-DURATION3 - 16 September 2008 (2 weeks)

-CONTENTSFirst Step: Understand fundamentalsFirst, lecturers will give an overview of TQM in Japan and the importance of problem-solving activities in its effective promotion. Participants will then find themselves in intensive sessions focusing on actual problem-solving procedures and techniques.

Second Step: Develop practical abilityParticipants will visit Japanese companies implementing excellent quality management activities to see how problem-solving activities are conducted. Then, “Project Exercises”, which are unique participative sessions, will be set up for participants to actually use the problem-solving techniques they have learnt about theoretically in Step 1.

A typical daily schedule consists of a 3-hour morning session, a 3-hour afternoon session and a 2-hour evening session.

Please refer to the Tentative Schedule for further details.2

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Also, participants are requested to take the Web-Based Training (WBT), entitled “Practical Tools for Quality Control 1,” so as to help them have a basic knowledge of quality control prior to the training in Japan. For details of the WBT, please refer to the end of this program outline on WBT QC-1.

Note: The curriculum has been designed for someone who would have little/no knowledge of the QC Problem-Solving Approach, the Seven QC Tools, or the Seven Management Tools for QC. To precisely understand the basics of QC problem-solving approaches, it is usually necessary to have a certain knowledge of statistics, which is included in the curriculum. However, participants do not need knowledge/experience of QC in advance since they will be guided by greatly experienced lecturers/instructors, who will offer clear explanations using many appropriate examples, while minimizing the use of technical terms and QC jargon. As for difficult tools or topics, lecturers/instructors will be more careful in confirming that the participants fully understand the content by utilizing the evening hours as Q & A sessions.Those who have already had some knowledge/experience and who wish to become leaders/promoters will also greatly benefit from the course.

-LANGUAGEAll lectures, discussions and company visits will be conducted in English, or Japanese with translation into English. The program documents and training materials will be prepared in English.

-PROGRAM DIRECTORMr. Katsuya HosotaniPresident, Quality Control Research Institute, Inc.

Mr. Hosotani is one of the most active figures in quality control today and has successfully guided many leading Japanese companies in promoting TQM. He was awarded the Deming Prize in 1998 and currently is a member of the Deming Application Prize Subcommittee and lead auditor of the ISO9000 quality system. His efforts to promote quality circle activities have been well recognized, too. He has published many books on quality management.

-TRAINING LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONThe program will be held at the following AOTS Training Center.

AOTS Kansai Kenshu Center (KKC) (To be determined)7-5, Asaka 1-chome, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-0021, JapanTel: 06-6608-8260 (Reception) Fax: 06-6690-2678



Tentative Scheduleof

The Training Course on Practical Solution of Quality-Related Problems [SPQP]3 - 16 September 2008　 AOTS Kansai Kenshu Center <To be determined>

Date Morning Session Afternoon Session Sep. 2 (Tue.) (Arrival in Japan)

3(Wed.)

Orientation Opening Ceremony

LECTURE:Introduction to TQM-Definition of TQM, how to introduce and promote TQM,Importance of Problem-Solving Activities

4(Thu.)

LECTURE:Problem-Solving Viewpoint and Approach-Quality first, market-orientation, PDCA cycle, priority-orientation, control based on the facts, process control, prevention of problem recurrence, standardization

-Problem-solving steps, problem-solving steps and QC tools

5(Fri.)

LECTURE/EXERCISE:Problem-Solving Approach and Useful Techniques -1How to summarize data-Population and sample, mean and standard deviation

Techniques for Topic Selection-Graphs

Techniques for Understanding the Actual Situation (1)-Check sheets, pareto diagrams

Techniques for Understanding the Actual Situation (2)-Histograms, process capability

6 (Sat.) Day off7(Sun.) Day off

8 (Mon.)

LECTURE/EXERCISEProblem-Solving Approach and Useful Techniques -2Techniques for Analyzing Causes (1)-C-E diagrams, scatter diagrams

Techniques for Analyzing Causes (2)-Control charts for analysis

9 (Tue.)

LECTURE/EXERCISE:Problem-Solving Approach and Useful Techniques -3Techniques for Considering and Implementing Countermeasures-Tree diagrams, Matrix diagrams

Techniques for Standardizing and Establishing Control- Control charts for control, check sheets, SOPs

10(Wed.)

COMAPANY VISIT:QC Circle Activities and Problem-Solving Activities at a Company

COMAPANY VISIT:QC Circle Activities and Problem-Solving Activities at a Company

11(Thu.)

EXERCISE:Project Exercise on Problem-Solving -1 (QC Game)-Topic selection, understanding the actual situation

12(Fri.)

EXERCISE:Project Exercise on Problem-Solving -2 (QC Game)-Analysis of causes

13(Sat.) Day off14(Sun.) Day off



15 (Mon.)

EXERCISE:Project Exercise on Problem-Solving -3 (QC Game)-Consideration and implementation of countermeasures, checking results, standardization and establishment of control, compilation of kaizen activities report

16(Tue.)

Report Presentation on Project ExerciseOverall Q&A Session about Problem-Solving Activities

Evaluation of the ProgramClosing Ceremony

17 (Wed.) (Departure from Japan) Remarks:

(1) The above schedule is subject to change for the convenience of lecturers and cooperating companies, or for other unavoidable reasons.

(2) Several group discussion sessions will be arranged in the evening.(3) Though Saturdays and Sundays are days off in general, lectures may be scheduled if deemed necessary.(4) Outside of the above course schedule, participants will have the chance to study through the use of WBT.

6. ACCOMMODATION:During the training period, participants will be accommodated at an AOTS Kenshu Center. AOTS will provide a participant with accommodation in a single room to the value of \8,700 per day with meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast).

Please note that AOTS Kenshu Center Canteens are closed on Sundays. The participant will receive \2,700 in cash per day for meals to cover this day.

Participants in principle are requested to arrive in Japan the day before the commencement of the training program and leave Japan the day after the final day of the program.

7. TRAINING COSTS:1) Outline

[Note] The amount and figures for the Fiscal Year 200 8 (April 1, 200 8 – March 31, 200 9 ) Training Costs and Participation Fee are subject to change , with effect from April 1, 2008 . Th e amounts given below are based on the Fiscal Year 2007 estimated amounts.

AOTS training programs are financed by Official Development Assistance (ODA) subsidies from the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) together with the Participation Fee (Contributions from Participant) from the participants themselves.

Participants shall pay the Participation Fee (Contributions from Participant) in cash to AOTS after their arrival in Japan.

The Training Costs will vary in accordance with the actual airfare, and participants’ staying days. Therefore, the Participation Fee will be finalized after their arrival in Japan.

The Estimates of the Participation Fee for the countries in Category 1* and for the countries in Category 2* are shown in Tables 1-1 and 1-2.

Please note that the subsidy from the Japanese government will be applicable from the day before the commencement of the training program to the final day of the training program in principle.



* Category 1 is the group of countries that are included in “Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories”, “Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories”, and “Other Low Income Countries” listed on the “DAC (Development Co-operation Directorate) list of ODA (Official Development Assistance) Recipients” of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and designated as ODA recipients by the Japanese government. Category 2 is the group of countries listed as “Least Developed Countries” on the “DAC list of ODA Recipients.” Please refer to Table 2.

2) Breakdown

1. Training CostsThe Training Costs are the total amount of expenses to invite a participant for the training program in Japan. It is the sum of (1) Allowance Costs, (2) Course Implementation Costs (3) Domestic Travel Allowance.

(1) Allowance Costs

International Travel ExpensesParticipants from China will not have their International Travel Expenses subsidized.Participants will purchase their own round-trip air tickets, concerning which there are no restrictions pertaining to boarding class.The subsidy from the Japanese government will cover the actual airfare up to the Standard Airfare Limits (the AOTS’s Standard Airfare limits is shown in Table 3).Please refer to “Guidelines for Purchase of Air Tickets by the Participant” for the arrangement and the method of reimbursement for details.A participant is not allowed to overstay at city(ies) of a third country between participant home country and Japan by any reasons other than flight convenience. In such a case, AOTS might not reimburse the International Travel Expenses to the participant.

Accommodation and Meal AllowanceAOTS will provide a participant with accommodation to the value of \8,700 per day with meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast), while the participant stays at an AOTS Kenshu Center.For the arrival day, AOTS will provide a participant with accommodation to the value of \7,900 per day with dinner and breakfast at an AOTS Kenshu Center.

Personal AllowanceAOTS will pay \1,200 per day in cash to a participant.

(2) Course Implementation CostsCourse Implementation Costs, which is the cost to carry out a 2-week AOTS Management Training

Program, is \370,000.

(3) Domestic Travel AllowanceAOTS will pay \1,720 in cash to a participant for the cost of travel between Kansai Airport and AOTS Kansai Kenshu Center (KKC).

2. Participation Fee (Contributions from Participant)

The Participation Fee, which consists of Contribution to Allowance Costs, Contribution to Course 6

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Implementation Costs and Contribution to AOTS’s Administration Costs, is the amount participants should bear.Each participant will be requested to pay the Participation Fee to AOTS in cash after his/her arrival in Japan.

(1) The Contribution to Allowance Costs for the participants from the countries in Category 1 is 25% of the Allowance Costs. The Contribution to Allowance Costs is not set up for the participants from the countries in Category 2.

(2) The Contribution to Course Implementation Costs is \134,000 for a 2-week AOTS Management Training Program.

(3) The Contribution to AOTS ’ s Administrati on Costs is \1,800 per day for the participants from the countries in Category 1, and \1,000 per day for the participants from the countries in Category 2, and covers administrative expenses.

3. The Amount to be paid in cash to participants by AOTS

The subsidy for international travel expenses (when they are claimable for subsidy), Personal Allowance (1,200 x staying days) and Domestic Travel Allowance will be paid in cash as per Tables 1-1 and 1-2 by AOTS to each participant after his/her arrival in Japan.



[Table 1-1] Estimate of the Participation Fee for the country of Category 1* The amount and figures for the Fiscal Year 200 8 (April 1, 200 8 – March 31, 200 9 ) Training Costs and Participation Fee are subject to change , with effect from April 1, 2008 . Th e amounts given below are based on the Fiscal Year 2007 estimated amounts.

Country: MalaysiaInternational Travel Expenses: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Kansai/Japan, RoundtripManagement Training Course: 2-week Course



[Table 2] DAC list of ODA Recipients

Effective from 2006 for reporting on 2005, 2006 and 2007

Category 2* Category 1*

Least Developed CountriesOther Low Income Countries

Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories

Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories

(per capita GNI < $825 (per capita GNI $826-$3 255(per capita GNI $3 256-$10 065

in 2004) in 2004) in 2004)

Afghanistan Cameroon Albania ▪ AnguillaAngola Congo, Rep. Algeria Antigua and BarbudaBangladesh Côte d'Ivoire Armenia ArgentinaBenin Ghana Azerbaijan BarbadosBhutan India Belarus BelizeBurkina Faso Kenya Bolivia BotswanaBurundi Korea, Dem.Rep. Bosnia and Herzegovina ChileCambodia Kyrgyz Rep. Brazil Cook IslandsCape Verde Moldova China Costa RicaCentral African Rep. Mongolia Colombia CroatiaChad Nicaragua Cuba DominicaComoros Nigeria Dominican Republic GabonCongo, Dem. Rep. Pakistan Ecuador GrenadaDjibouti Papua New Guinea Egypt LebanonEquatorial Guinea Tajikistan El Salvador LibyaEritrea Uzbekistan Fiji MalaysiaEthiopia Viet Nam Georgia MauritiusGambia Zimbabwe Guatemala ▪ MayotteGuinea Guyana MexicoGuinea-Bissau Honduras ▪ MontserratHaiti Indonesia NauruKiribati Iran OmanLaos Iraq PalauLesotho Jamaica PanamaLiberia Jordan Saudi Arabia (1)Madagascar Kazakhstan SeychellesMalawi Macedonia, Former Yugoslav South AfricaMaldives Republic of ▪ St. HelenaMali Marshall Islands St. Kitts-NevisMauritania Micronesia,Fed. States St. LuciaMozambique Morocco St. Vincent & GrenadinesMyanmar Namibia Trinidad & TobagoNepal Niue TurkeyNiger Palestinian Adm. Areas ▪ Turks & Caicos IslandsRwanda Paraguay UruguaySamoa Peru Venezuela



Sao Tome & Principe PhilippinesSenegal Serbia & MontenegroSierra Leone Sri LankaSolomon Islands SurinameSomalia SwazilandSudan SyriaTanzania ThailandTimor-Leste ▪ TokelauTogo TongaTuvalu TunisiaUganda TurkmenistanVanuatu UkraineYemen ▪ Wallis & FutunaZambia

▪ Territory.(1) Saudi Arabia passed the high income country threshold in 2004. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this List,it will graduate from the List in 2008 if it remains a high income country in 2005 and 2006. Its net ODA receipts from DAC

Members were USD 9.9 million in 2003 and USD 9.0 million (preliminary) in 2004.*”Category 1” and “Category 2” are defined by the AOTS standard as specified on page 5 (*).



[Table 3] Standard Airfare Limits (FY 2007)Standard Airfare Limits may be changed on April 1, 2008.

* Mark indicates the countries of category 2.A: Total training days are 30 days or less. B: Total training days are 31 days or more. Unit: Japanese Yen

Area CountryPlace of

DeparturePlace of Arrival

A B Area CountryPlace of

DepartureA B

Southeast Asia

Indonesia 78,600 98,300

Central and South A

merica

Argentina 169,100 296,000* Cambodia 85,200 106,200 Uruguay 180,800 338,700

ThailandBangkok 65,100 92,400 Ecuador 185,100 346,700Chiang Mai 68,900 97,800 El Salvador 161,700 302,900

Philippines

Cebu

Narita 59,200 72,800 Guatemala 161,700 302,900Kansai 57,000 70,200 Costa Rica 173,900 332,100Chubu 58,300 82,000 Colombia 171,600 452,500

Manila

Narita 55,800 68,600 Jamaica 196,900 368,700Kansai 52,800 74,300 Chile 190,000 397,400Chubu 54,900 77,200 Dominican Republic 203,200 380,600Fukuoka 47,400 66,700 Trinidad and Tobago 221,700 415,300

Viet Nam 　 86,800 99,800 Nicaragua 176,400 311,700

MalaysiaKuala Lumpur 85,700 98,800 * Haiti 203,200 380,600Kota Kinabalu 68,800 87,000 Panama 189,800 300,500

* Myanmar 96,800 111,700 Paraguay 155,000 290,400* Laos 71,400 88,900 Barbados 221,700 415,300N

ortheast Mongolia Ulan Bator

Narita 112,600 164,800 Brazil 137,900 220,700Kansai 100,900 147,700 Venezuela 197,300 394,700

Middle

Asia

*Afghanistan 199,200 216,200 Peru 175,400 233,800Kazakhstan 211,900 229,900 Bolivia 180,500 338,100

Uzbekistan TashkentNarita 172,200 186,900 Honduras 161,700 302,900Kansai 159,700 165,800

Mexico

Guadalajara 190,800 318,100

South Asia

India

Calcutta 89,800 113,700 MexicoCity 172,900 267,200Cochin 108,400 137,300 Monterrey 174,900 270,300Chennai 93,500 118,500

Africa

Algeria 229,200 554,600Thiruvananthapuram 107,900 148,600 * Uganda 93,300 225,900Delhi 96,600 120,300 Egypt 68,900 137,800Hyderabad 107,900 136,600 * Ethiopia 95,300 230,700Bangalore 102,600 129,900 Ghana 197,900 478,900Mumbai 101,900 132,500 Cameroon 205,400 497,100Ahmedabad 113,600 143,900 Kenya 85,600 207,100

Sri Lanka 70,100 112,900 * Zambia 248,400 601,200* Nepal 98,000 142,600 Zimbabwe 135,500 260,300Pakistan 97,200 135,100 * Sudan 121,600 294,300* Bangladesh 93,500 127,800 Seychelles 111,300 269,400* Maldives 158,400 230,600 * Senegal 232,000 561,500*Bhutan 125,700 183,000 * Tanzania 89,800 217,400

Oceania

Fiji 86,900 216,100 Tunisia 178,700 432,400Papua New Guinea 130,800 325,100 Nigeria 133,000 322,000*Samoa 68,100 169,400 * Madagascar 107,200 259,600* Vanuatu 103,700 240,000 * Mozambique 102,300 247,700



Europe

Ukraine 99,700 211,800 Mauritius 54,500 132,000Serbia and Montenegro 137,100 221,400 * Mauritania 144,000 348,600Slovak Republic 134,300 285,500 Morocco 265,900 643,500Czech Republic 137,200 304,200 South Africa 134,000 241,200Turkey 97,800 142,600 * Malawi 156,500 378,700Hungary 86,000 129,000

Middle East

Iran 95,000 124,700Bulgaria 130,300 277,000 Oman 144,100 199,800

PolandWarszawa 122,900 261,200 Saudi Arabia 138,000 210,900Katowice 124,100 263,800 Jordan 162,300 225,100

Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 126,500 268,900 Syria 152,800 211,900

RomaniaBucharest 126,500 189,800 Bahrain 179,100 248,300Timisoara 128,700 193,100 Lebanon 201,400 279,300



Guidelines for Purchase of Air Tickets by the Participant

1. Arrival and Departure Dates:Arriving in Japan on the day before the commencement of the program and departing on the day after the closing day of the program or the nearest days to be allowed by the flight schedule within two days before and/or after the program.

2. Method of Reimbursement: During the training program in Japan, participants should present to AOTS their air tickets and submit officialreceipts of air ticket purchase for reimbursement. The sum of the following items (1) and (2) will be subsidized.In principle, an economy class air ticket purchased for a round-trip on the standard route according to thecriteria of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is defined as the standard airfare to be covered.

(1) Actual round-trip airfare within the Standard Airfare Limits (the limits of AOTS’s standard round-trip airfare amount) specified for the respective area (country).

(2) The departure tax, airport tax and other taxes indispensable to the usual flight route defined by IATA subject to the submission of evidence.

[NOTE] A participant is not allowed to overstay at city(ies) of a third country between participant’s home country and Japan by any reasons other than flight convenience. In such case, AOTS might not reimburse the International Travel Expenses to the participant.

3. Official Receipts:AOTS will confirm the air ticket and official receipt and calculate the actual yen value of the air ticket with theexchange rate on the date of the ticket’s issue.

(1) AOTS can only accept the official receipts duly issued by the issuer in which a breakdown of the total airfare is explicitly described, such as airfare, tax (the departure tax, airport tax and other taxes indispensable to the usual flight route defined by IATA) and commission. It should also contain the name of the issuer’s representative, address, telephone number and facsimile number.

(2) Neither Invoice nor Calculation Sheet will be accepted as the receipt. However, an Invoice/Calculation Sheet using the letter-head of the air ticket issuer stating the word “Received” or “Paid” and including the signature of the air ticket issuer may be accepted.

＊ If any participant fails to submit the official receipt duly issued by the relevant airline company or travelagent, the participant will not receive any subsidy towards his/her airfare and will be required to pay thefull amount of the Participation Fee in cash to AOTS.

8. HANDLING OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

AOTS handles personally identifiable information we have obtained from the applicant as follows:.

(1) Administrator of Personally Identifiable Information: General Manager, General Affairs Division, The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) Department in charge: General Affairs Department, General Affairs Div., AOTS Tel:81-3-3888-8211 e-mail: [email protected](2) Use of Personally Identifiable Information

Personally identifiable information provided by the participant will only be used for the screening of the



participants and the implementation of the training program. It will not be used for any other purposes or beyond the scope required by laws and regulations of Japan.

For AOTS’s privacy policy, please visit http://www.aots.or.jp.

9. FURTHER INFORMATION:

AOTS HEAD OFFICEMr. Tetsuji Kawakami, ManagerScholarship Processing DepartmentScholarship Administration Division

30-1, Senju-azuma 1-chome, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 120-8534, JapanTel: 81-3-3888-8214Fax: 81-3-3888-8242E-mail: shouhei @aots.or.jp

AOTS OVERSEAS OFFICES

1. AOTS Bangkok Office 2. AOTS Beijing Office

(General Manager) Mr. Mikiharu Taniguchi14th Fl. SSP Tower 3, 88 Silom Rd., Suriyawong, Bangruk, Bangkok 10500Tel: 66-2-238-5233~4, 268-0784Fax:66-2-634-1200E-mail: [email protected]

(General Manager) Mr. Hiroyuki TanakaBeijing Fortune Bldg. Rm.1502, 5-hao, Dong-Sanhuan Bei-lu, Chaoyang-qu, Beijing 100004Tel: 86-10-6590-8265, 8266Fax:86-10-6590-8267E-mail: [email protected]

3. AOTS Jakarta Office 4. AOTS Kuala Lumpur Office

(General Manager) Mr. Hironori Suzuki6th Floor,Summitmas I, Jl. Jend.Sudirman, Kav. 61-62, Jakarta 12190Tel: 62-21-522-6776,6777Fax:62-21-522-6661E-mail: [email protected]

(General Manager) Mr. Masami Kodaira52A, Jalan SS 22/25, Damansara Jaya47400, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan Tel: 60-3-7726-7273, 7276Fax:60-3-7726-7269

E-mail: [email protected]

5. AOTS Manila Office 6. AOTS New Delhi Office

(General Manager) Mr. Osamu Yoshioka18F Pacific Star Building, Sen. G. Puyat Ave. cor. Makati Ave.,Makati City Philippines 1200

Tel: 63-2-856-1690,1691Fax: 63-2-856-1692E-mail: [email protected]

(General Manager) Mr. Yasumi SuzukiFlat No.1307, 13th Flr., Gopaldas Bhawan, 28 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 110001Tel: 91-11-2370-4122,2370-4124~4125Fax:91-11-2370-4123E-mail: [email protected]

7. AOTS Hanoi Office

(General Manager) Mr. Takayuki Kido６ F-04, Prime Center, 53 Quang Trung street, Hai Ba TrungDistrict, HanoiTel: 84-4-945-4995Fax:84-4-945-4996E-mail: [email protected]


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PRE-TRAINING REPORT- The Training Course on Practical Solution of Quality-Related Problems -

[SPQP]

Please fill in the following items by using a personal computer or similar equipment, or by handwriting in block letters. AOTS will duplicate and distribute it to lecturers and other participants as a reference material for the group discussion and the presentations to be held during the program.

1. Your name

2. Your Country

3. Name of your company/ organization

4. Outline of your organization

(Please give a brief description or outline of your company/organization. In addition, please also attach a brochure of your company/organization if available)

5. Your position and department

(preferably by attaching an organizational chart indicating your position)



6. Your duties in detail

7. Present activities for quality improvement in your organization

Please tick if your organization implements any of the following activities.

___ TQM

___ Six sigma

___ Management by Policy (Hoshin Kanri)

___ ISO 9000 series

___ Small group activities such as a QC circle activities

___ Kaizen (Improvement )

___ 5S

___ Others (Please specify)

Please describe the above-ticked activities at your organization in detail.



8. Most critical problems you are now facing in your quality improvement activities, indicating their suspected causes from your viewpoint

9. Possible countermeasures to solve such problems together with limitation factors

10. Your expectations of the program in relation to the described problems



Chapter Chapter Chapter

1 5 9

2 6 10

3 7 11

4 8

Course participants: Those who plan to participate in the SPQP courseCourse period : From one month before the course begins until the end of the course (estimated time to complete the course: 30 hours)

Course fee: Included in the SPQP course participation fee

THE ASSOCIATION FOR OVERSEAS TECHNICAL SCHOLARSHIPTraining Division, Training Development DepartmentTel: 03-3888-8238 Fax: 03-3888-8242

For further details, please contact us:

E-mail: [email protected] http:/ / d-training.aots.or.jp

Access the AOTS distance training homepage http://d-training.aots.or.jp and login at the menu screen

1. To master the basic concepts of quality control.2. To learn basic statistical quality control techniques, such as the 7 QC tools.3. To solve problems relating to quality on the manufacturing floor, by mastering the aforementioned concepts and techniques, and to develop the ability to contribute to quality improvements.

1. There are check tests at the beginning of each chapter and proficiency tests at the end, enabling you to check your own ability

2. You can learn the basics from explanations that use specific case studies and detailed explanations of how to compile graphs

WBT Practical Tools for QC English

Stratification

Pareto Diagrams

Cause-and-EffectDiagrams

Control Charts

Program ProgramProgram

Collection ofData for QC

Quality ControlOutline

QC Mind Set

Graphs

Check Sheets

Histograms

Scatter Diagrams

Objectives

Features

How to Use the Course

Content

Sample Screenshots

Prerequisites for Participation


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