Seminars

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As IT becomes an even more integral part of management, to raise the value of IT, it is essential to simultaneously enhance people's roles and work processes. Mr. Kurokawa will describe Field Innovation, Fujitsu's approach to becoming more deeply involved in the customers' business and working more closely with customers to bring about advancements in people, processes, and IT.

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This year's G-8 summit will be held at Lake Toya in Hokkaido, and one of the key issues will be how to accelerate initiatives to address the environmental problems the world is facing. IT holds significant potential for helping to resolve environmental problems. Reducing the energy consumption of IT equipment and using IT to reduce society's energy consumption are the two pillars of the Japanese government's “Green IT” initiative. Mr. Okada will discuss the direction of Japan's IT policies and the roles that corporations and organizations, both inside and outside of Japan, should play.

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Japan, which supplies only a limited amount of the food it consumes, has entered an era where food, much like the issues of global warming and the supply of resources, must be considered from a global perspective, and not a domestic issue like the aging of society or population decline. Mr. Nakano will discuss how Ryoshoku Ltd. has pursued supply chain efficiency as a bridge to link consumption and production, shifting away from traditional paradigms to pursue a new role in wholesale distribution.

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To realize sustainable growth in cooperation with local communities-central to the mission of corporate social responsibility-a company must pursue high productivity and farsighted innovation not only with regard to its people and work processes but also with regard to the IT platforms that support them. Shizuoka Bank aims to be a comprehensive financial group that grows while nurturing the dreams of people in its communities. Mr. Nakanishi will discuss initiatives for utilizing IT in management, including IT policy and governance issues as well as case studies of frontline reforms pursued from a customer-centric perspective.

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What I treasure most from judo is not winning a gold medal, but rather having learned to overcome adversity. Now, as a coach, my focus is on cultivating the unique talents of each member of the team and enabling them to grow as human beings. In addition, for my students to become stronger, I feel it is important to help them cultivate a sense of gratitude toward those around them. If they understand that their ability to excel in what they do rests on the support of those around them, they can convert pressure into strength. This presentation will focus on how judo builds character.

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Fujitsu continually pursues technological advancements to turn dreams into reality. Fujitsu is working to quickly grasp customer needs, create new sources of value, and pursue R&D that accelerates the management speed of our customers. To enable management to respond to rapid change, it is vitally important to make frontline processes visible and then identify process improvements. Mr. Murano's presentation, focusing on technologies for process visibility, will discuss how Fujitsu, from fundamental technologies useful in environmental protection to sophisticated IT uses in next-generation computing, is turning dreams into reality in corporate management.

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Through the adoption of US-style management systems and other reforms, Japan's corporations are being pulled in new directions. A traditional compensation system that pays employees according to a fixed scale no matter how hard they work makes it difficult to implement corporate reforms. Corporate managers must enable their salaried employees to pursue their aspirations as well provide them with security. Employees, too, must actively develop new ideas and contribute to the success of their corporations. In the context of these issues, Mr. Sakamaki will discuss management reforms required for corporate competitiveness.

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With the advance of information and communications technologies and the acceleration of globalization, corporations face an increasingly competitive business environment. Many corporations are now focusing on diversity to cope in this environment and generate new sources of innovation. Ms. Uchinaga will discuss the significance and importance of diversity in management strategy, with an emphasis on promoting the contributions of women.