Abstract
The head office of Murata Manufacturing Co,. Ltd., which produces electronic parts including ceramic capacitors, started the operation of a part of the electronic manifest system in October 2001. Operations were stopped after only one year due to the following reasons : a) very few contractors are introducing this system ; b) there is quite a big difference between this system and the original waste control system. When JWNET made considerable improvements to the system in June 2006, we reconsidered its use and started to operate electronic manifest once again in 2007. Finally, our entire group (approximately 20 companies) installed the system in March 2009. We introduce the outline of electronic manifest in this paper from the viewpoint of a company that is dealing with waste discharge, reporting on our own introduction process and examples of how we rationalized its installation, as well as suggestions for its improvement.
