The Meiji Group adopted its "Now ideas for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址" slogan in 2021. The slogan expresses how the group brings ideas to life in the field of health, and in this way, works to solve challenges facing society. All employees must take on the slogan at a personal level. They must embody it if the group's vision of the future is to become a reality. This was the mindset as Meiji Holdings, Meiji, Meiji Seika Pharma, and KM Biologics launched a project for advancing the meiji brand beyond the companies' individual boundaries.
Through this project, the group has developed ways of achieving what the slogan intends. The meiji Brand Awards, an internal recognition program, is one of these ways. The awards let employees deeply consider meiji's unique value for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址, and then take action.
1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 spoke with Kazuhiko Yoshikawa, who manages the award initiative.
Creat1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g an idea-generat1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g system
Since the Meiji Group took up the "Now ideas for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址" slogan, employees have thought up with a huge range of ways to make it happen.
1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 realized there was a need to share all these ideas organization-wide. So, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 came up with the meiji Brand Awards as a way to provide the recognition these ideas deserve.
The awards are open to anyone group-wide. An individual or a team can be recognized, as well as internal ideas and initiatives, and even initiatives outside the group. The key aim is to encourage as many employees as possible to think about meiji's unique advantages for health and 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址.
W1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ners 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 each category came together for the meiji Brand Awards 2022 ceremony.
Re1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址gnizing the entrants' enthusiasm
The meiji Brand Awards have now been held twice since they started in FY2021. The winning ideas pass an initial selection before employees vote on them, and then there's another selection round. The Idea Sub1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmittee, which manages the awards, applies its own criteria in running the two selection rounds.
As I read through the applications, I'm often struck by the passion and enthusiasm put 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址to them.
Applicants use a specific format to enter, and there's no limit on how many pages they can write. Some applications have been upward of 10 pages and 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址cluded photos along with the text.
Award-winners' speeches 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址nveyed their strong enthusiasm.
The importance of en1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址uraging 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunication
In FY2022, the awards' second year, applications 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址re accepted in two categories.
Practical Ideas category recognizes outstanding individual and group initiatives related to health. The new Workplace Action category is for initiatives right where members work. A total of 606 applications were received, up from 508 in the previous year. As awareness of the awards is gradually increasing, more and more applications are coming in from Japan-based as 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 as overseas group companies.
The Gold Award in the Practical Ideas category 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址nt to "Share Smiles with Foreign Moms in Japan." This project contributes to a non-profit supporting overseas women living and raising children in Japan, in ways such as providing powdered milk. The Silver Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址nt to Meiji Seika Pharma and KM Biologics' volunteer activity team for "Three Volunteer Groups Sharing Internally and Externally."
Chaewon Ohara (left) was awarded for "Share Smiles with Foreign Moms 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Japan."
Members of the award-w1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址n1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g "Three Volunteer Groups Shar1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ternally and Externally."
The "Experiments for Kids Us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Meiji Products" project, us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g products such as Meiji Kantan Toromake (a powdered product that thickens food and dr1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ks, mak1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g them easier to swallow), received the Gold Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 this category.
The Silver Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址nt to "Aiming for an Open Aso Plant." This initiative invited employees' families and local residents to tour the plant.
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Gold Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Practical Ideas: "Share Smiles with Foreign Moms 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Japan"
Chaewon Ohara
IR Team, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunication Department, Meiji Holdings 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd.
As a foreigner living in Japan, I myself dealt with loneliness and anxiety when I was giving birth and raising my child. I started volunteering so I could be there for women going through the same types of things I 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址nt through.
Donating Meiji Hohoemi powdered milk not only lets us tell mothers about powdered milk in Japan, but also the benefits of Meiji products. 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 can feel that 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址've made a difference in women's lives. I hope to continue sharing Meiji Hohoemi and supporting foreign mothers living in Japan. I want to bring smiles to as many faces as possible!
Silver Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Practical Ideas: "Three Volunteer Groups Shar1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ternally and Externally"
Shun Taga
Filling & Packaging Technical Development Section, Technical Development Department, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd.
There are three volunteer organizations*1 active within Meiji Seika Pharma and KM Biologics. Core members of each organization met through the "Talking with Management"*2 initiative, which is part of the meiji brand promotion project. 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 realized their activities and thinking had quite a lot in common. So 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 began sharing creative approaches and expertise gained from our activities, participating in each other's events, and exchanging members bet1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址en organizations.
This 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址llaboration lets us share individual lessons learned and challenges, and it en1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址urages a positive mindset. At the same time, it helps expand the participants' internal and external networks, so a wide range of ideas can emerge.
Gold Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Workplace Action: "Experiments for Kids Us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g meiji Products"
(Left) Yukiko Yokoi
Manager, Head of Formulation Research Lab. Group 1, Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd.
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Junichi Kaneshige
Manager, Formulation Section Group 2, Formulation Technology Center, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd.
After seeing the meiji Brand Awards in the previous year, we also wanted to share meiji's unique value for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 with society. We decided to use Meiji products for health-related experiments specifically for children.
1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 often communicate with medical professionals, but 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 usually don't have any contact with kids. The children who took part asked us many questions, like, "How do I become a researcher?" This made us really proud of what 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 do. 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 want to continue demonstrating meiji's unique health-related benefits through our work.
Silver Award 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Workplace Action: "Aim1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g for an Open Aso Plant"
Kenji Ueda
Aso Production Section 1, Aso Plant, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd.
The Aso Plant manufactures equine serum/plasma crystals, which are used as raw materials for human antitoxin products. It also raises specific pathogen-free (SPF) animals such as chickens and pigs. Because of the kind of work 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 do, the plant is about an hour and a half drive from the city of Kumamoto. This led to personnel issues such as fixed duties and a lack of transfers and new assignees.
The whole plant was trying to improve the quality of life for the horses, and 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址re also trying to create a more open workplace. So, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 decided to give plant tours to employees and their families, and to the local community and children.
Through the project, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址re able to find solutions to issues 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址'd been aware of but unable to think and act together to concretely improve on. I'm very glad all our members 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址re able to combine their energy to solve issues and actively communicate with each other.
Raising awareness of meiji's unique value for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址
Some employees have truly taken on the slogan as a personal goal, but others have not. They vary on how important they think it is to promote meiji's unique value for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 in society.
I hope as many employees as possible take part in the meiji Brand Awards and see what it's like to bring their ideas to life. It makes me incredibly happy to see employees wanting to 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ntribute to society as members of the Meiji Group.
With so many applications, not all ideas could be shared with all employees. The award-winners may have received the most recognition, but there 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址re many more great ideas among those that didn't receive an award. Yoshikawa and the other Idea Subcommittee members hope to find ways to communicate more of these ideas to more employees. With more initiatives like the awards, the Meiji Group aims to continue coming up with new ideas.
Category | Award | W1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址n1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g idea | W1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ner |
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Practical Ideas | Gold Award | Share Smiles with Foreign Moms 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 Japan 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ordinated with a non-profit organization supporting foreign mothers in Japan, donated Meiji powdered milk, took part in volunteer activities |
Chaewon Ohara IR Team, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunication Department, Meiji Holdings 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
Silver Award | Three Volunteer Groups Shar1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ternally and Externally Meiji Seika Pharma and KM Biologics members established a 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunity for sharing knowledge and expertise and cultivating a challenging and transformative mindset |
Shun Taga Filling & Packaging Technical Development Section, Technical Development Department, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Bronze Award | Us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Meiji's Support for Women 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 the Workplace | Sakurako Ito Meiji Labor Union, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Susta1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ability Award | Castle Grounds Cleanup at Three Sites | Yuki Ozawa 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Development Department, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. Hiroshi Wada Sustainability Promotion Section, General Affairs Department, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Planning and Administration Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Global Award | Disseminating Ideas for Reusing Empty Powdered Milk 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ntainers | Shuhui L1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址 1st Sales Division, Nutritional Department, Taiwan Meiji Food 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Excellence Award | Meiji Products for Your Own Health | Ryuuma Motomura Production team, Nishishunbetsu Plant, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Visit1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Lectures to Boost Our Fan Base | Takako Sakaguchi Specialty Food Service Team, Food Solution Development Department, Food Product Development Division, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Spread1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g the Word About 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址fluenza Prevention | Shion Miyamura Product Marketing Section, Marketing Department, Sales & Marketing Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Health Promotion with a Charity Relay Race | Eiji Yasuda Digital Transformation Group, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Development Department, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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"Chatt1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g with President Nagasato"—KM Biologics Edition | Mayuka Nakamura 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Planning and Administration Section, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Planning Department, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Planning and Administration Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. Akari Futagoishi Packaging Section, Filling & Packaging Department, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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A "Positive Master System" for Employee 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunication | Taiki Takemura SYCREST Strategic Marketing Group, CNS Product Management & Promotion Department, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Def1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Our Purpose | Shusuke Nagahara Legal Team, General Affairs & Legal Department, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Administration Division, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Workplace Action | Gold Award | Experiments for Kids Us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Meiji Products Advanced meiji brand awareness by lead1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g experiments for children us1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Meiji Toromake, Meiji Gargle, Meiji High Lemon, and other products |
Formulation Research Lab. Group 1, Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. Formulation Section Group 2, Formulation Technology Center, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
Silver Award | Aim1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g for an Open Aso Plant Developing ideas for making the Aso Plant a more open workplace, organizing tours for employee families and the local 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunity and children |
Aso Plant, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | |
Bronze Award | Workplace Steps for Circl1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Japan | Production Team, Asahikawa Plant, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | |
Excellence Award | Nutrition Education Sem1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ars for Health Management | Direct 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mmunication Team, Public Relations Department, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | |
A Special Marathon for Promot1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Regular Exercise | Operation Management Team, Kurashiki Plant, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | ||
Tast1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g and Shar1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Meiji's Health Benefits | Quality Assurance Team, Tohoku Plant, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | ||
Raising Vaccine Awareness in the 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址mpany | Vaccine Planning & Promotion Department, Meiji Seika Pharma 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | ||
Nutrition Lectures Sponsored by Local Governments | Nutrition and Food Function Team, Nutrition and Food Function Research Department, Food Microbiology and Function Research Labs, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | ||
Calomeal App for Visualiz1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g Nutrition | Team 5, Sales Promotion Department, Kanto Sales Headquarters, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. | ||
Asian Nutrition Meet1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址g | Global Sales Operation Team, Global Nutritional Business Management Department, Global Nutritional Business Division, Meiji 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd | ||
Food and Exercise for Healthy and Happy Lifestyles | Production 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址ntrol Section, Production Management Department, Production Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. Sustainability Promotion Section, General Affairs Department, 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址rporate Planning and Administration Division, KM Biologics 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |
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Promoting "Now Ideas for 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址" to Dairy Farmers | Sales & Marketing Department, Sapporo Branch, Meiji Animal Health 1066Vip威尼斯会员注册地址., Ltd. |