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U.S. vs. Japanese companies

 

 

 

VadiK teachings Vadim Kotelnikov

Comparative
Competitive Advantages

Vadim Kotelnikov, founder of 1000ventures - personal logo VadiK

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Comparative Strengths & Advantages

 

 

 

 

United States

– where markets and technologies undergo constant and rapid changes

Japan

– where technologies are relatively stable and making incremental improvements is the basis for advantage

 

Systems Thinking vs. English Thinking

Language as a Competitive Advantage

G7 vs. BRICS

 

 

 

"There is a saying in the United States that the customer is the king. But in Japan the customer is the God."
~ Tak Kimoto

 

Sources of Competitive Advantage

 

 

 

   

Comparative Competitive Advantages

Comparative Competitive Advantage focuses on the comparative analysis of the long-term competitive advantages of the companies, organizations, ecosystems or countries under consideration.

 

 

 

USA

 

Motto

 

Japan

 

Move fast, break rules.

"O snail, climb Mount Fuji with no hurry."

 

USA

 

The Core Advantage

 

Japan

 

 

USA

 

Making Things Better

 

Japan

 

Revolution: radical innovation, breaking rules and changing the name of the game

Technology-focused solutions to enhance product design and manufacturability

Quality management: statistical control of processes, zero-defects, and vendor quality programs

Evolution: Kaizen (continuous improvement), group technology, good condition and proper placement of equipment, smaller manufacturing units, and quality circles

Kaizen culture

People-focused total quality management, statistical control of processes, collective responsibility

 

USA

 

Making Things Faster

 

Japan

 

Reducing bureaucracy

Institutionalizing innovation

Flexible manufacturing systems

Innovation-adept culture

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Continuous reduction of lead and setup times

Equipment maintenance

Supervisory training

Broadening of worker's jobs

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

 

USA

 

Making Things Cheaper

 

Japan

 

Job enlargement programs

Outsourcing

Automation and robotics
 

Value analysis

Standardizing products

Lean manufacturing, just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing

Reducing lead and cycle times

 

 

USA

 

Being More Agile

 

Japan

 

Fast company

Opportunity-driven business development (ODBD)

Enterprise-wide business process management (EBPM)

Cross-functional communication improvements

Considering agility as an integral part of quality and delivery capability; a by-product of action programs to improve these areas

Being more agile - the ability to introduce faster new products and designs and respond quickly to changing customer demands –  the area in which Japanese companies maintain the largest competitive lead over US firms

 

USA

 

New Product Development (NPD)

 

Japan

 

Empowering cross-functional innovation teams

Moving ideas sequentially (vertically) through functional areas

Entrepreneurial simulation games

Development by cross-functional product development teams; integration of all ideas in the early design stages, thus reducing time and cost, and optimizing the overall manufacturing process

 

 

USA

 

Suggestion Systems

 

Japan

 

Stress the suggestions' economic benefits and provide economic incentives

Stress the morale boosting benefits of positive employee participation

 

 

Vadim Kotelnikov quotes

Keep learning forward for if you strop learning, you stop creating history and become history.

Vadim Kotelnikov, founder of 1000ventures - personal logo VadiK

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Author

Founder

 

 

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