I have not been to the U.S. for a long
time, since the pandemic began.
The last time I traveled on business was,
in December,
2018.
During that
time, we bought our own office, three times larger than the one we had rented,
and the number
of employees has doubled to now 25. It’s thanks to the
IA team, who have contributed to the patronage of our North and South American
clients and their Kikai (“machine” and “opportunity”) Loss Reduction.
What a gorgeous
welcome, by the way. I am overwhelmed.
Mr. S, who has
only been here for a few days as a successor to Mr. Y, who has been here for 3
years, has been completely Americanized and brightened up. I have high
expectations for him.
Unlike most
American companies, IA follows the philosophy of ISOWA Japan and is committed
to Japanese-style management with an emphasis on Corporate Culture. It has
evolved every year, and people who saw the evolution and admire the culture of
thinking as a team rather than as an individual, and by extension, Japan
itself, are now joining us.
Exactly “choose
who rides the bus” and “choose by who rides the bus”.
This further
creates the evolution of IA. Of the 23 people, excluding expatriates from
Japan, the number of bilinguals who spoke fluent Japanese had increased to 4.
The iceberg under the surface matters.
It is a virtuous
cycle toward a philosophy-based management.
ISOWA America is
nice. Really nice.
To contribute to
the Kikai (“machine” and “opportunity”) Loss Reduction, we need people and
parts. Parts inventory is essential.
Behind the larger office is an even larger and more orderly warehouse, which holds 3.5 times more spare parts than it did a few years ago.
In the evening,
Mr. Y's wife, Mrs. A, and her daughter, Miss Y, joined us for dinner. It was a
friendly and enjoyable dinner party.
Let's continue
to do our best! Let’s go, ISOWA America!
