Honda’s Saitama Factory Tour

On the 22nd of February,we went inside Honda’s Saitama Factory, a place where they produce cars such as the Odyssey, a best seller in Japan. It was offered by the IM school to all students enrolled in the Operations Management course. It was about 2hours from IUJ by bus, so I spent most of the time sleeping… Another thing is, no picture inside the factory was allowed. Also a good opportunity to spent a day outside IUJ. More pics inside!!

A big place! A bit like Airbus factory in Filton, this place is huge…

So we arrive at the place, and first surprise, in these very difficult times in the automobile sector, they offered gifts! Ok, it’s just a cap and apple juice, but still!

The grey device is the thing we used to communicate while visiting the factory.

Bravo Team, do you copy?

No no Katsushi, it is not a free gift!

Then somehow we started shooting a gangsta video clip:

Overall, it was very interesting, knowing things like there is a new car every 46.4s on average (not the real number of course, but close). This kind of assembly line makes you doubt about the final quality of the product…

After the production area, we spent a bit of time in the Showroom (very tiny).

and it was already time to go back… Like for the first part of the trip, I spent most of the time going back in the “Sleeping Beauty” mode…