Supply Chain Management
(Quality)
Providing high-quality, safe, and secure products and services requires integrated initiatives with supplier involvement. The Bandai Namco Group is working closely with suppliers to bring customers even better products and services.
Initiatives with Suppliers
Ensure thorough quality control in suppliers’ production processes
The Bandai Namco Group strictly observes the laws and regulations of each country. We also establish our own standards. In this way, the Group is working to strengthen supply chain management.
Bandai (Shenzhen) in Shenzhen, China is an important production management base for the Toys and Hobby business. This is where quality control of local suppliers, quality inspections, and other safety tests are conducted. It gathers and shares information with the frontline to enhance quality assurance activities to facilitate sharing of production quality issues, as well as takes steps to educate employees and strengthen the inspection systems of suppliers.
At Bandai Namco Filmworks, we conduct onsite inspection of the manufacturing process covering lines that assemble DVD and Blu-ray Disc packages. Bandai Namco Filmworks also conducts interviews and visits to factories that manufacture goods sold at live event venues following a factory audit checklist containing its own standards.
Additionally, at Artpresto, we share the quality control system to maintain the quality of products and to prevent occurrences of defective products in the production processes of outsourcing partners. For food packaging operations, we use flow diagrams to share the system. In addition, we are working to thoroughly control and improve the quality of products at production sites, which includes conducting regular audits of plants and factories.
Establish opportunities to share information with suppliers
At Bandai, we hold meetings as a venue to communicate with suppliers regularly. We also share information and have put into place a commendation system to recognize excellent suppliers. For example, we hold quality study sessions for associate manufacturers every year to share information on changes to safety standards in line with revisions to domestic and international laws related to toys and quality standards set forth individually by Bandai.
