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I have now been working for Murata for four years, and the last few months I have been on assignment at our headquarters in Japan. It has been a rewarding experience to peek into the Japanese business culture. Over the years, many benefits of the gemba practices have...

NASA’s current Mars Exploration Program also includes Finnish technology from Murata. The SCA100T dual-axis inclinometer designed and manufactured in Finland is used in NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, which began its journey to Mars with the Perseverance rover in July...

Networking and networks are among the strengths of Murata and Murata Finland. Utilizing Murata’s extensive network provides business and country units with opportunities to have a business-related and financial advantage with the help of an enormous knowledge...

You are wandering around a shopping mall, looking for a specific store. You can find the store’s website on your phone, but unfortunately the phone is not yet able to guide you to its door. You locate a display board in the mall to show you the way. Outside the mall,...

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...