Phl320: Globalization Argumentative Paper

Globalization Argumentative Paper

La Tasha Johnson

PHL/320

July 27, 2015

Stephen Mersereau

        (1, Conclusion)Globalization is good for businesses because it helps companies expand productivity. (1, Premise)Within our company globalization has helped unify our companies in other states and countries. Under the Akebono Production Systems (APS), we standardize all aspects of the operation process. These range from which products are manufactured at which facility, the facilities itself, to management.

 Our headquarters are located in Japan, and they have a different way of doing things and want all of the facilities to be on one accord. They’ve changed the way we dress, our flow process, and has implemented training to ensure that everyone knows the proper way. They send our training group to Japan to receive their training, which is a great experience for them. Learning the way other cultures conduct their business is an eye opener and kind of exciting to me. Although we may feel that our way is working, seeing thing from another prospective is always good. If you don’t try it, you’ll never know if it works. It’s like our decision making process, and they send people in to evaluate the process that has been put in place to make us a more productive business.

We also have a new safety process that has been put in place at our walking intersections within the plant. The process was transitioned from our home plant to all of the North American plants, including our facility in Mexico. At every intersection where a forklift could be present, we have to stop, look and point to the left, look and point to the right, and finally look forward and point forward, and then proceed to walk forward.(2, Premise) At times we forget, because all of it is new to us and change is good but it is also hard to get use to.(2, Conclusion) I feel that bringing this safety rule to our plants has helped and will continue to help prevent forklift and other safety hazards, because it gives us time to pay attention to what we are doing and where we are walking. There are times when a forklift driver or tugger driver may not blow their horn at every pedestrian walk area, so we have to be aware of our surroundings.

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