Malaysia authorise Canon Incorporate located at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia and named as Canon Opto (M) SDN BHD. The date of incorporation is on 14 December 1988 and the main production line is about the digital camera, EF lenses, video lens unit, and optical lenses.
Actually, the canon company came from a small laboratory in Roppongi, Tokyo by 2 brother-in-law on November 1933. The first camera created and produced named as Kwanon, the selling price is about 400 to 500 yen, is cheap right? Is not, according to the currency at that particular time, this selling price is about 5 times of the salary of a graduated student.
Until years 1935, Canon is named for this company and it stands for "criterion or standard of judgement " and " rule or model ", and the aim of this company is to be excellent global company.
Canon Opto (M) SDN BHD with more than two thousands staff that including local people and foreigner. The qualification to be the member of this company is their attitude and communication skill. Few years before, the factory intake worker from Vietnam, due to the communication problem, they changed to intake Indonesian where their mother’s tongue mostly similar to Malay language. So it is really important to improve our communication skill in order to make the job smoothly and easier.
After understanding about the history of Canon through briefing, we had a tour around the factory especially the production line. The lens production have to go through several process before use by the camera which including polishing process, centening process, and combination process. During the production, the rule and regulation is strictly for every staff to ensure the product is perfect and reduce the flaw product rejected from client.
Went through the production line, everything is in sequence and precise even the position and line up of the machine. Every staff have own responsibility on their position and cooperated to another apartment. All staffs are busy on doing their work in a fast and precise way. Chatting to each other and using cell phone are restrict to ensure the work efficiency. Although the rules and regulation in the factory are strict but the factory also taking care on the staff's welfare by provide a lot of facilities, for example rest area.
According to the person in charge, the factory was purchased a machine from Japan to recycle the unwanted waste which will cause the green house effect. The waste inside the factory were handle well by categorized it to that recyclable and not recyclable. This is really a good habit to make the production more eco friendly. The food waste produced also process to become fertilizer to be another purpose.
But, I also discover something bad. When I enter the factory that mainly manufacturing lens glass, I smell something strong and pungent. Actually the machine using certain type of acid to polish the raw material glass to make the surface smooth but most the worker that responsible to this job having their work without wearing mask. After long term of period, this may cause some healthy problem and illness. So, the factory should take more concern about the worker health and safety.
Anyway~this really a memorable trip that let me learn more about the Japan company and their working management...
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