Book 'Essential Handbook for Project Managers and Practitioners: New Factory Construction Project Management – A Method for Building Value-Creating 'Mechanisms' Beyond Just 'Box' Construction' Released on May 1st

Japan Management Association Management Center (Representative Director and President: Shiro Cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter JMAM) will release the book 'Essential Handbook for Project Managers and Practitioners: New Factory Construction Project Management – A Method for Building Value-Creating 'Mechanisms' Beyond Just 'Box' Construction' on May 1, 2026 (Friday) at bookstores nationwide and online bookstores. ■ Contents of This Book Systematizing the three phases of reorganization, planning, and execution into immediately usable procedures on-site. Achieving a 'mechanism' that continues to create value. Due to global political instability, changes in the natural environment, increasing complexity of consumer preferences, and shortening product lifecycles, manufacturing sites are facing turmoil. As a solution, new factory construction is booming. Factory construction cannot achieve overall optimization if the building and equipment, which are mere 'boxes,' are considered first. It is crucial to optimize the prerequisite production strategy, production management design, process design, system concept, and equipment function design, and then translate these into building specification requirements. New factory construction projects consist of multiple phases: ① Planning and Conception Phase, ② Basic Planning Phase, ③ Basic Design and Detailed Design Phase, and ④ Construction and Start-up Phase. This book particularly focuses on 'Planning and Conception,' which involves drawing the blueprint (from concepts and strategies) for a new factory, and 'Basic Planning,' which translates these into specification requirements. The 'Planning and Conception' and 'Basic Planning' phases place a significant burden on the client side and are critical phases where 80% of the new factory's specifications are determined. This book covers all phases of new factory construction projects, from concept formulation based on management strategy, to building a 'mechanism' for promotion such as project organization, WBS, and meeting design, and further to specific equipment and utility calculations. This is not merely a guide to construction work, but a practical owner's engineering handbook for owner companies to drive projects with their own will and logic. ■ Can the investment in new factory construction truly be recovered? ■ Comprehensive coverage from concept formulation to specification requirements and fundraising. ■ A design bible consistently guided by logic, from strategy to profit and loss plans. ■ Reliable implementation through phases and steps. This book thoroughly focuses on the practical aspects of new factory construction projects, explaining a method for building a value-creating 'mechanism' that does not end with 'box' construction. Japan Management Association Consulting (JMAC) explains all the techniques cultivated through many years of corporate consulting. ■ Book Overview Title: Essential Handbook for Project Managers and Practitioners: New Factory Construction Project Management – A Method for Building Value-Creating 'Mechanisms' Beyond Just 'Box' Construction Author: Japan Management Association Consulting Release Date: May 1, 2026 (Friday) Price: 4,180 yen (tax included) Publisher: Japan Management Association Management Center Pages: 432 pages Format: A5 ISBN: 9784800594310 ■ Table of Contents General Remarks: Fundamentals of New Factory Construction Chapter 1: Approach to New Factory Construction Chapter 2: Core of New Factory Construction: Designing the 'Production System' Chapter 3: Overall Progress of New Factory Construction Specific Remarks: Phase-by-Phase Design Procedure Guide Chapter 4: Ph0: Factory Reorganization Phase Chapter 5: Ph1: Planning and Conception Phase Chapter 6: Ph2: Basic Planning Phase ■ Author Profile Japan Management Association Consulting Established in 1942, Japan's first management consulting firm. A comprehensive consulting firm that undertakes over 2,500 consulting projects annually for companies in Japan and abroad, covering strategy, R&D, production, operations, IT, etc. Particularly strong in supporting the manufacturing industry. ■ Introduction to the Pages Systematizing 'practical knowledge' cultivated on the front lines of the field. ■ Introduction to the Pages Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4800594316 Rakuten Books: https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/18555146/