Stories about us

MEMS (Micro-Electromechanical Systems) is a field that is likely quite unknown to the general public but which has a relatively long history. According to one estimation, the first “MEMS” was built in 1965, less than twenty years after the transistor was invented, but...

CFT operations (Cross-Functional Teamwork) is an approach applied at Murata, which strives to solve any problems quickly or develop operations efficiently. The experts of several teams are invited to participate to gain access to the best possible know-how on how to...

Balancing work, free time, family life, hobbies and one’s own natural sleeping rhythm is likely challenging for everyone. The traditional working hours from eight to four every weekday do not suit everyone, at least not during all stages of life, so it is refreshing...

OCD (Operator Competence Development) is a team of instructors and work technicians who develop training processes at Murata. The purpose of OCD is to ensure that a production worker starting work at Murata receives the best possible orientation and know-how to...

Everyone at Murata has at least heard of Lean at some point, and for some of us it is a part of our everyday work. But what exactly is Lean? Perhaps a better approach would be to define what Lean isn’t. It is not a bunch of difficult terms that are fun to drop into...

Operators and production support workers working in Murata’s production work in clean rooms that resemble laboratories. You cannot find cleaner work than Murata’s production! But why does the work have to be so clean, and what do the cleanliness requirements require...

I thought about the phrase in the title a great deal this spring when the coronavirus pandemic also forced our entire product development team to take up remote working over the course of just one weekend. Six months have now passed since that moment in March, and I...

Did you know that the operations of the entire global Murata corporation are guided by the Shaze, Murata’s own company philosophy? The Shaze was created by Murata’s owner Akira Murata in 1954, ten years after Murata was founded. A great economic crisis had just...

Now in the fall of 2020, the world is different from a year ago in many ways. At that time, the idea that a robotaxi would need various biological odor sensors to measure the cleanliness of a vehicle between rides was considered rather silly. Now, it is clear to...

Many of us have certainly heard it said that one cannot influence one’s own work or the way to do it. Alternatively, they say that development is the job of the development team. This sounds like history. To make the best possible use of us employees, companies should...