Sanchemipha 1
Jun Terui is CEO of Sanchemipha Co Ltd. , a manufacturer of consumer chemical products located in Sendai, Japan. In the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese tsunami and earthquake, the company faced the issue of not having enough knowledge and expertise to provide higher quality standards to their customers. Sanchemipha had acompetitive advantage in their industry of operation. It also had excess capacity due to lost customers from the Japanese earthquake. In order to increase orders and minimize excess capacity, Sanchemipha must come up with a plan to improve quality standards. Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.
Interviewee
Jun Terui
Company
Industry
Business Activity
Sanchemipha Co. Ltd.
Consumer Chemicals
Manufacturing
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Size
Medium
Employees
25 to 500
Greater than $25 million
Yearly Revenue
Private Company
Type of Entity
Subject
Management
Level of Difficulty
Difficult
Teaching Objectives
Learn about knowledge acquisition
Keywords
Knowledge Management
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