Centralized Management to Prevent Overlooked Design-Change Impacts and Improve Quality in Complex Manufacturing

See the event page for details and registration. ■ The invisible confusion caused by fragmented design management In complex manufacturing industries such as aerospace and defense, medical devices, heavy industry, and industrial machinery, design changes occur routinely. However, information is often managed separately across Excel files, various documents, and individual systems. As a result, teams cannot tell which information is the latest, departments develop different understandings, and communicating and reflecting changes requires significant effort. This fragmented state makes it difficult to understand the impact scope of design changes and causes invisible confusion on the shop floor. ■ Why does rework persist? The issue of overlooked impact scope It is often said that many defects are not caused by “design mistakes,” but by the failure to correctly implement and verify design intent. When work proceeds without accurately understanding how far the impact of a design change extends, missed fixes and misunderstandings occur, leading to nonconformities and repeated responses. As these situations accumulate, rework repeats, and additional man-hours and schedule delays become routine. Many sites tend to accept this as unavoidable, but behind it lies a structural problem: information across design, manufacturing, and quality is fragmented. ■ How to achieve centralized management that prevents overlooked impact scope This seminar explains mechanisms for centrally managing information across design, manufacturing, and quality, and for accurately identifying the impact scope when design changes occur. Using SaaS that can be introduced in a short period, the seminar will present concrete use cases showing how connecting fragmented information enables rapid response to changes while reducing rework. It will share practical approaches for improving quality and productivity in complex manufacturing. ■ The present and future of spaceport development and operations, and challenges and approaches for building space transportation infrastructure As the global space market expands, Japan is strengthening industrial investment through initiatives such as the Space Strategy Fund, and the range of participating companies is broadening. However, developing and operating massive space transportation infrastructure such as rocket launch sites requires both local and global perspectives, as well as collaboration with diverse stakeholders including large-scale supply chains. The reality remains complex and full of challenges. ASTRO GATE, which plans and operates multiple spaceports around the world, will introduce challenges in ensuring quality in the design and manufacturing of complex, large-scale infrastructure systems, as well as future approaches, based on field knowledge and the latest technology trends. Speaker: ASTRO GATE Inc. CTO, Taichi Nakao Speaker profile: Joined the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2017 and worked on launch operations for H-IIA/H-IIB rockets and the Epsilon rocket. Later worked on the development of ground facilities for rocket launches, including the mobile launcher for the H3 rocket. Since 2025, he has served as CTO of ASTRO GATE Inc., leading spaceport design and development, technical coordination with domestic and international rocket operators, and space-related consulting, while promoting spaceport planning, development, and operations worldwide. Finalist in the Global Challenge category of the Japan CXO Award 2025. ■ What is a manufacturing execution platform that enables transformation in complex manufacturing companies? As market needs diversify, manufacturers are required to execute high-quality and highly efficient operations while addressing cybersecurity, dealing with shortages of skilled workers, and responding to repeated technological innovation. In companies where design changes occur frequently, communication and approval of those changes are often handled through separate systems or documents, which tends to cause operational errors. This session will introduce Manufacturo through a demo, showing how it supports make-to-order and customized product manufacturing, reduces total lead time from the research phase to mass production, and helps improve operational quality across the entire enterprise. Speakers: Manufacturo Inc. Sales Director Kazuyuki Maenami, presentation Senior Solution Consultant Masaharu Minami, demo Organized and co-organized by: Manufacturo Inc. ASTRO GATE Inc. Supported by: Open Source Utilization Institute, Inc. Majisemi Inc. See the event page for details and registration. Majisemi will continue to hold webinars that are useful for participants. Public materials from past seminars and other seminars currently accepting registrations are available on the relevant page. Majisemi Inc. Shiodome Building 3F, 1-2-20 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0022 Contact: https://majisemi.com/service/contact/