July 16
2019
July 17
2019
The 23rd Lean in Europe visit was a double visit to Škoda's Lean Centre and to LEGO’s packing facility near Prague in the Czech Republic.
It took place on Tuesday, 16 & Wednesday 17 July 2019 and included an evening discussion, moderated by Prof. Richard Keegan, around how the participants' companies capture, process and use data to capture value (see thumbnail picture at the bottom of this page).
The Škoda part of the visit focused on:
strategic development;
team training; and
using lean and industry 4.0 tools.
The LEGO part of the visit focused on:
implementation...
LEGO and Škoda’s Lean Centre
June 28
2019
28-06-19 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CET
Patents: Patentability of Software Inventions and AI – Overview of Legal Systems and Recent Trends in Germany, Japan and other European jurisdictions
How can you get protection for your Software and AI-related inventions?
Software related inventions are often perceived as not patentable. Though this perception is not correct, it is understandable. The law is highly complicated and the fact that every jurisdiction treats this matter differently, doesn't help much. This webinar will shed some light on this topic and help inventors understand...
June 24
2019
June 28
2019
Discover Japan approach to World-Class Manufacturing
Learn how Japanese firms achieve superior production standards
Focus on the latest trends by visiting the top manufacturing plants in Japan
Visit the real "GEMBA" (i.e. production site in Japan)
Meet senior Japanese industry leaders
Since the first edition in 1992, more than 700 participants from across all EU Member states have participated in this practical training course.
The 5-day World Class Manufacturing training mission provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese manufacturing methodology and is aimed...
Japan
June 18
2019
What are the EPA opportunities for EU exporters of Processed Agricultural Products (PAPs) to Japan?
The EPA offers important market access opportunities for EU PAPs exporters to Japan. Duties will be eliminated at the entry into force of the Agreement for important products such as mineral waters, cigarettes, cocoa powder, pectic substances, spirits, yeast and caseinates. For other products such as uncooked spaghetti, esterified starches, food preparations, duties will be eliminated over periods between 6 to 11 years. Sizeable tariff quotas are provided for other PAPs...
June 11
2019
What are the EPA opportunities for EU meat exporters to Japan?
The EPA offers important market access opportunities for EU meat exporters to Japan. Duties will be gradually phased out for pork meat and processed pork meat, as well as for poultry meat. For beef meat duties will reduced from almost 40 to 9% over 15 years.
This webinar is part of a series of webinars by the EU-Japan EPA Helpdesk. Each webinar will address a different topic or sector and will look at the changes the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will make and the opportunities it will create. Each...
June 06
2019
½-DAY "ABOUT JAPAN" CROSS-CULTURAL WORKSHOP SERIES IN THE EUIn cooperation with local members of the Enterprise Europe Network, the EU-Japan Centre organises cross-cultural workshops in the EU to introduce European companies to the basic principles of Japanese business culture. The goal of the workshops is to prepare European companies for doing business with Japan.
Led by an expert consultant with coaching experience at all levels of corporate hierarchy from normal employees to top leadership, the workshops covers the following points:
Japanese Business EtiquetteGeneral...
June 04
2019
04-06-19 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CET
How can managers in EU-based SMEs achieve clear and confident outcomes in their negotiations with Japanese business partners?
Earlier Webinars in this series have illustrated how Japanese and European business cultures differ. In European cultures it is normal for people to express individual preferences and concerns directly and explicitly, while in Japan there is a shared expectation that these should be stated indirectly and implicitly, perhaps in order to avoid causing embarrassment or conflict. In Europe, parties to business...
May 29
2019
½-DAY "ABOUT JAPAN" CROSS-CULTURAL WORKSHOP SERIES IN THE EUIn cooperation with local members of the Enterprise Europe Network, the EU-Japan Centre organises cross-cultural workshops in the EU to introduce European companies to the basic principles of Japanese business culture. The goal of the workshops is to prepare European companies for doing business with Japan.
Led by an expert consultant with coaching experience at all levels of corporate hierarchy from normal employees to top leadership, the workshops covers the following points:
Japanese Business EtiquetteGeneral...
May 28
2019
28-05-19 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CET
How can EU-based SMEs prepare effectively for hosting a business delegation from Japan?
After having invested time, money and other resources into making initial contact and subsequently developing the basis for a business relationship with partners in Japan, one objective commonly shared by managers in European small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is to invite their Japanese partners to their ‘home base’ in Europe. One potential gain in having such an invitation accepted is that the relationship between partners becomes more solid and...
May 27
2019
27-05-19 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CET
The number of patent applications from Europe filed at the JPO was over 20,000, which accounts for more than a third of the total number of patent applications filed at the JPO from overseas (2017). Even if your patent is successfully granted, are you ready to enforce your patent rights in an efficient way? If your patent is infringed, how should you counter this? How should you take proper precautions in order to prevent infringement? We will introduce these measures based on the practice and systems in Japan from the viewpoint of...