ACTIVITIES OF JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY JICA IN

ACTIVITIES OF JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) IN GHANA Presentation by the Agriculture and Rural Development & Industry and Private Sector Development Sections of JICA 20 th August, 2014

10 November 2020 VISION, MISSION & STRATEGIES Mission 2 Mission 1 Addressing Global Agenda VISION Reducing Poverty through equitable growth Inclusive and Dynamic Development Mission 4 Mission 3 Achieving Human Security Improving Governance Strategies Integrated Assistance Seamless Assistance Promoting development partnership Enhancing Research and Knowledge Sharing 2

Disaster Relief Official Development Assistance JICA 10 November 2020 JICA’S ASSISTANCE FRAMEWORK Citizen Participation Technical Cooperation Grant Aid ODA Loan 3

IN-COUNTRY SUPPORT Ensuring & Sustaining Macroeconomic Stability 10 November 2020 Ghana Shared Growth Development Agenda II JICA’s Support PRIVATE SECTOR Enhancing Competitiveness of Ghana’s Private Sector Agricultural Modernization & Sustainable Natural Resource Management AGRICULTURE Oil & Gas Development Infrastructure& Human Settlements Human Development, Productivity & Employment INFRASTRUCTURE EDUCATION Transparent & Accountable Governance Enabling Environment for Effective Plan Preparation & Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation HEALTH GOVERNANCE 4

10 November 2020 DEVELOPMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS q Project for Strengthening the Capacity of the Agribusiness Support Division to facilitate Private Sector Investment (2014 – 2016) Goal: To enhance the capacity of the Agribusiness Division (Mo. FA) in providing data and information on agribusiness investment in Ghana through an improved communication strategy. Activities (First Year): Collection of agribusiness/investment data Database development Capacity development & Pilot Project Planning ü ü ü 5

10 November 2020 DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE SECTOR q Project for Formulating a Strategic Model for Quality /Productivity Improvement through Strengthening BDS for MSEs (2012 – 2015) Goal : To enhance the development of MSEs in Ghana, the activities to replicate the “Strategic Model” which is established as a pilot in Ashanti Region to the whole Ghana are initiated by MOTI and NBSSI. Activities: Strengthen Regional Office to manage the BACs and its HRD Lead majority of BACs by intensive OJT by JICA experts to become local experts for MSE Consultation ü ü 6

- KAIZEN (INCLUSIVE • • OF S 5) - Kaizen in Japanese is meant to be Change (Kai) for Betterment (Zen) KAIZEN is the philosophy / concept / methodology of continuous improvement of quality and productivity with minimum investment. Japanese companies uses this KAIZEN to stay competitive (2 -3) Acquaintance with KAIZEN BDS experts in Japan as SME Consultants work for companies 7

0. WHAT IS 5 S? 1. 5 S is named with words of initial “S” in Japanese, (1) SEIRI (Sorting, Organization, Regulation) (2) SEITON (Set-in Order, Neatness, Arrangement) (3) SEISO (Shining ・Sweeping, Cleaning) (4) SEIKETSU (Standardization, Maintenance) (5) SHITSUKE (Sustaining, Discipline, Training). 2. These activities will improve working environment of shop floor and office floor, consisting of above five items. 8

EXAMPLES OF KAIZEN ACTIVITIES

CORPORATE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED C’TD Implementation of 5 S Labeling of thread was introduced to help visualization of stocked threads and reduce searching time. Before 5 S After 5 S 10

CORPORATE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED Implementation of 5 S Unnecessary items in the locker were removed, sorted and rearranged. Clients products were labelled 11

CORPORATE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED C’TD These are examples of innovations adopted by the business owner to improve upon productivity and increase efficiency. 12

MACHINE CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

KAIZEN ACTIVITIES AT HARII FARMS (GARI COMPANY) (TEPA)

Program Collaboration • Good Practice Center of RTIMP • KAIZEN implementation supported by RTF/IFAD § TEPA BAC activity is supported by REP

Concrete example of Kaizen (2) KARAKURI KAIZEN Karakuri Kaizen is an improvement method that applies the idea of the Karakuri doll. Cheap and small equipment is needed using neither the motor nor electricity as much as possible, and use gravity and the lever to its maximum. Historically, this doll was created about 300 years ago. Karakuri doll (Tea carrying doll) 16

EXAMPLE OF KARAKURI KAIZEN(TEPA’S GARI COMPANY) A new mechanism was developed for the opening and closing the cover of the feeder (grating machine) during the grating of cassava. Prior to the introduction of the Kaizen, the total man waiting time for opening and closing the cover of the grating machine when grating a truck load of cassava was fifty (50) minutes. After the implementation of the kaizen, a new mechanism was developed for the opening and closing the cover of the grating machine and man waiting time is now zero. 17

Concrete example of Kaizen To increase packing and sealing process by decreasing work in process. (1) Before Kaizen Lot production system was applied. (1 lot size is full of work bench. ) The former process. Put gari into plastic bag. Measure gari exactly. The next process. Seal each bag by using the sealing machine. Put 15 gari bags into one large bag. 18

There were several problems. (a) 1 lot size (= maximum work in process) was 183 bags. So operator had to walk and stretch hands to place and pick up bags. Maximum work in process was 183 bags. Operator had to walk and stretch hands to place and pick up bags. 19

• When operator picks up the gari into the plastic bag and then put into the large bag, her position was too low. So workability was not good. Between the two operators, the line balancing was not good. So one operator lost time waiting. After sealing, there is too much work in process 20

(1) After Kaizen Features of new work method are as follows. (1) Continuous manufacturing method is applied. (2) Two operators implement every process. (3) Work in process has decreased. Maximum work in process is 3. Put gari into plastic bag & measure gari. Seal gari using machine & put into large bag. 21

Merits of new work method are as follows. (a) Line balancing of former process and latter process is extremely good. (b) Thanks to minimum work in process, operators can easily locate and pick up work in process. (c ) New bag stand is introduced. So operator can easily prepare bag. 22

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6. EFFECTS FROM 5 S Directly effects are・・・ (1) Reduce loss time (2) Reduce machine failure (3) Reduce time for material delivery time (4) Decrease searching time for jig and tools (5) Increase productivity Indirectly effects are・・・ (1) Increase daily management, company quality (2) Improved awareness on significance of employee participation (3) Ensuring safety

4) BENEFITS TO MSMES • • • Enhanced Business Development Services are offered with the MSE Consultation is to do a) Corporate Diagnosis, Solution provision, on site instructions (KAIZEN) and Follow up KAIZEN activities (and 5 S) will increase the Productivity and Quality Improvement by on site supports and instructions to the implementation. This will enable the MSES to be more competitive so that the MSES will increase turnovers and/ or reduce cost. 25

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