Product Safety PDS Promotion: Visualizing safety initiatives,
We are continuously making improvements.
All business units involved with products implement a "Product Safety PDS" (Product Safety Plan and Demand System), which involves setting safety goals, executing them, and verifying the results. The Product and Service Safety Management Office, a specialized department, is involved from the goal setting stage and provides checks and support to ensure that each business unit can appropriately promote safety activities.
The company's internal structure, specifically the Product and Service Safety Management Office and each business unit, works in collaboration to address this issue.
We have established a Product and Service Safety Management Office, a specialized department with company-wide authority. Based on product safety policies and other guidelines, it supports each business unit in creating systems to produce safe products. Although it is an internal department, it always strives to maintain an objective, third-party perspective in its approach to safety management.
On the other hand, each business unit has a "Safety Officer" who acts as a driving force for product safety activities. We have established a system in which both parties work together to promote safety while maintaining a healthy level of tension.
We create our products with trusted partners through our registered business partner system.
To deliver peace of mind and safety to our customers, the cooperation of our business partners is essential. Benesse Corporation registers business partners who have agreed to our safety initiatives, and together we work to create safe products.
Safety assurance system at overseas manufacturing bases: We conduct safety checks at our overseas business partners' factories.
Children's toys and educational materials are sometimes developed and manufactured at overseas locations. Benesse Hong Kong, an overseas subsidiary, has local expatriates and staff who are well-versed in Benesse Corporation's commitment to safety, and they work in cooperation with partner factories to ensure safety.
Our employee training program fosters the ability to discern safety and security.
"Every employee is a contributor to safety and security." To ensure that all employees are always mindful of this in their daily work, we implement various safety education and awareness programs, including web-based training for all employees.
Main Programs
- Safety Webinar for all employees in related departments
- Level-based milestone safety training
- Safety training by business unit
- Regular information updates from the Product and Service Safety Management Office.