OYPM drive
Continuous innovation and undertakings towards the creation of products of higher quality
and products with greater ingenuity
The OYPM (Osaka Yuki Productive Maintenance) drive involves comprehensive production activities that the whole company and all employees work on based on 5S activities (arrangement, order, neatness, cleanliness, and training, all start with "s" in Japanese.) Centered on the three core activities of equipment maintenance, education and training, and quality control, we continuously implement a total range of activities from the accumulation of creativity and ingenuity to quality control.
We are progressing the extermination of the "3Ms" (overload, waste, and irregularity all start with "m" in Japanese), the elimination of loss, the improvement of morals, the simplification and greater accuracy of quality control, co-ownership of information and improvements in the skill of employees.
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Equipment maintenance
Equipment breakdowns lead to delays in production plans and can cause major trouble for customers. As a result, we are thoroughgoing in routine maintenance and management so that equipment breakdowns do not occur during production.
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Quality control
Osaka Organic Chemical Industry has acquired ISO9001:2008 certification company-wide and we are aiming for synergistic effects with our OYPM drive to improve quality and increase customer satisfaction still further.
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Education
Communicative education ... Acquisition of inspection skills for each individual item of equipment. We implement education using cut-out models of equipment or one-point lessons.
Comprehensive education ... Education in line with annual maintenance plans. We implement wide-ranging education including safety, quality and the environment.
Top-management diagnosis
Once a year (October), all executives from the CEO down go to each place of business to investigate, diagnose and also evaluate the half-yearly outcomes of the OYPM drive. The company hands out CEO commendations in accordance with the results of diagnosis, aiming to improve all employees' awareness of routine improvement.
The OYPM drive in photos
Before & After
Efforts to restore equipment to its "correct form" or "ideal form".
Production plant built between 1965 and 1975 (1)
Production plant built between 1965 and 1975 (2)
Reciprocating vacuum pump
Standard arrangement of files
Location management
The 3 "Tei's" (fixed location, fixed item, fixed quantity all start with the sound "tei" in Japanese) are an undertaking to reduce losses in the time taken to search for things by setting fixed locations with *1 and making improvements incorporating *2.
*1 Have a fixed quantity (just that determined) of a fixed (determined) item in a fixed (determined) place.
*2 Increase fixing by location assignment (determine locations) and location fixing (return used items to their original locations)
Vollpipette identification management
Screwtop container template management
Compartmentalized management of experimental supplies
Figure management of tools
Safety measures
Dangerous places are improved through suggested improvement activities to contribute to safe and comfortable workplaces.
Deodorizing of filling openings
Columns on the 1st floor of a plant
Safety measure for grating openings
Visual management
Workers aim for [1] early detection of abnormalities, [2] prevention of mistaken judgments and mistaken work, etc., and [3] greater efficiency (simplification) of inspections by making improvements so that everybody can understand right away.
Standard file management
File management
Visualization of controlled temperatures
Visualization of the degree of opening of valves
