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The origin is the encounter with Toyota Motors

Founder of Jaroc, Kenji Horie (the present Chairman of the Board of Directors) published bulletin of "Distribution facilities" for production company about 40 years ago.
That theme was the change and efficient promotion of the distribution site based on the concept from "mass production" to "small quantity production of many items". At that time, representative companies in Japan changed production system to “small quantity production of many items” depends of the request of a market peculiar to Japan from "mass production of the period of the high growth of economy" to enhance production efficiency and competitiveness.
He explained in “Distribution facilities”, for example, How can do to make 10 pieces of parts at the same cost of 1 piece? It’s better to take charge of work by a role of one section rather than one person alone takes charge of many processes as a versatile worker.

He suggested the organization of the person-saving by enabling having many kinds but small quantity production in one person, and who is suitable in that process in detail.
It was the staff of Toyota Motor Corporation to see this bulletin and hold consultation
with him. The theme is as below;

"Effective management of the service parts of automobiles
　which continues increasing"

Making of management shelf for exclusive use of automobile parts which based on seven safekeeping principles began. It is birth of the Japan Rocromatics industry that is a forerunner of Jaroc. And relationship with Toyota Motor Corporation started at the time. That’s the reason we have kept very full understanding regarding production and distribution of automobiles for about 40 years until the present.
New products be born with Kaizen activities.
"There are meanings and stories one by one"

One of the wonderful point of Toyota Motor Corporation is that tens of thousands of employees is a condition of "Addictive problem solving". They are pursuing a better thing consistently without being satisfied with the present conditions. It is “Kaizen" which became world term now.
Any kinds of small activities to get rid of waste leads to big cost reduction by repetition. For example, a lot of number of the figures stuck on a shelf board is too small to find out with eyes. How can solve this problem? We did solve as below procedure.
At first, give up handle managing by numbers of parts. Next, reduce the number of figures using location numbers to show that place. And then, give up sticking of that numbers to shelf board directly and attach a big vinyl pocket in which big label put to catch contents easily. Finally, remodel a shelf board which is able to move freely anywhere without the vinyl pocket falling. As that result, "Shelf board with shaped hollow surface can attach card" and "Noren" were commercialized.

　　Jaroc’s shelf board & Noren　　　　　Pallet rack for Grass parts　　　　　　　　Pallet rack for Door parts　　　　

Through changing numbers of location not numbers of parts, we can solve the problem that is too small to find. That cause it to shorten time for searching parts, furthermore, a source of reducing cost and bearing profit.
Jaroc’s actions to Kaizen." Big effect by piling up even if 　an effect is small "

We realized "kaizen spirit" with various jobsite people of production and distribution.
It is very quiet work compared with other works. Sometimes, there are a lot of kaizen parts can be understand after it became form in real. And there are many parts to be effective for only restricted customers and jobsites not usual customers. However, an effect of the cost reduction came from "kaizen" produces a lot of merit rather than that of increasing sales by several percentages. Increasing sales cause just short-term effect, but an effect of jobsite kaizen is semi permanent.
In addition, "kaizen" causes “another kaizen“. And the synergy of cost reduction is born and becomes a firm and strong company. It is our joy to feel that. It’s our work to form Kaizen of removing various wastes after clarifying problems thoroughly in jobsite within the limits of a customer’s budget.

Above goal is the slogan of our company, too. Now we entered upon 40 years after establishment of company and spread our market mainly on a household appliances, medical supplies, precision instruments, wholesale trades, warehouse works, construction industries not to mention the automobile industry inside and outside Japan. A lot of customers are fighting desperately to achieve productivity on jobsite. We are sharing their troubles and suggesting suitable solution one by one.

Our sales group visit customers and feel their troubles together with recognizing what are their wastes, think how can we do with standing in their side.
Next, our planning group realizes a solution in detail. It is not plan of just beautiful or merely convenient equipments, neither design of equipments which can be everything. But It is a development and design of the best solution equipments to achieve the purpose.
Our supply group are doing best how to supply the best quality products with good price. We opened factories in China, Korea, Thailand, Europe, U.S.A. besides Japan to meet the need of customers in the worldwide factory or logistic site by helping them with good quality not to mention optimization of a price.
Our operation group’s duty is that has a customer feel relieved by installation and maintenance. We are sure our many of kaizen equipments can be used for 30～40 years.

Jaroc’s spirit is "To think together with customers, To take any trouble together with customers, To create the most suitable distribution equipments together, To be a physical distribution company can put up profit to customers"
We, Jaroc will not stop the activities of Kaizen．