Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53977#.VN2unSzQrzE Author(s) Akihiko Hidaka , Atsumi Miyake Affiliation(s) Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan . ABSTRACT In recent years, Japanese manufacturing firms have been building factories in the developing countries of Southeast Asia and employing local personnel. Using local employees who were basically people of the agricultural countries implies difficulties in both technical and safety terms. This study examines how quickly and effectively the companies going into the developing countries establish a standard of safety. The authors focus on Vietnam and Thailand as representative countries. To their surprise, the authors find that all 27 companies that answered their questionnaire had introduced “5S activities” at startup and were continuing to use them. In addition, nearly 80%...
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