For the morning schedule, 700 people were invited, including current ISOWA-Bito and their families and alumni and their families. For the afternoon schedule, more than 100 TASUKE-Bito (employees of partner companies) and their families, and for the first time, people living in the community near ISOWA's headquarters, were invited. It was the largest event in the history of ISOWA.
On the day of the event, everyone could see demonstrations of ISOWA's box-making machine, "Ibis," threading corrugated sheets and enjoy meals from 15 different kitchen cars.
Many people were interested in the newly completed cardboard boxes and the machine we had painstakingly made.
The specially set up
food court inside the factory was filled with guests chatting and smiling.
Due in part to
COVID-19's influence, this was the first time since 2018 that we invited the
families of our employees to this event.
(https://h-isowa.blogspot.com/2018/12/open-house-2018.html)
ISOWA's philosophy is
"Working hard for my own and my beloved family's happiness."
But if everyone only
thinks about their own happiness and the happiness of their beloved family, we
cannot function as a team.
We must also respect
the happiness of our coworkers and their families.
It is my belief that
this caring spirit will lead us to the "best corporate culture in the
world."
Some of our customers
have factories that operate at night. When an urgent problem occurs, our
employees go out even in the middle of the night.
Even on weekends, we
do maintenance work at our customers' factories. Since the machines are large, our
installation work can be done only during major holidays. More than 100 workers
head out to customer's factories for that purpose during such holidays. In
fact, some employees were unable to attend this family open house due to their
work commitments at customer sites.
ISOWA is what it is
because of these colleagues.
So, I feel very bad
for the families of our employees.
Even if I wanted to express
my apologies and appreciation, I rarely have the opportunity to meet the families
of our employees.
But these employees
work for their families. So, when I see the smiling faces of our employees'
family members, who are their treasures, or exchange a few words with them, it
fills my heart with contentment.
And they naturally make
me smile.
I once again realized
that seeing the smiles of my employees and their families is the core of my
intrinsic motivation.
I will continue to do
my best for all of them!
