ABSTRACT
At present, advanced companies in the world, including in Japan, are shifting to global production to realize uniform quality worldwide and production at optimum locations for survival in an environment of fierce competition (Amasaka, 2004a). To attain successful global production, technical administration, production control, purchasing control, sales administration, information systems, and other administrative departments should maintain close cooperation with clerical and indirect departments. At the same time, they should establish strategic cooperative and creative business linkages with individual development, production, and sales departments, as well as with outside manufacturers (suppliers). For a manufacturer to accurately grasp customer intentions in order to proceed with production that satisfies the demands of the times, it is important that all the departments play a leading role in company-wide advanced management.
