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| Most people see headquarters, branches and subsidiaries
in a pyramidal relationship. Murata doesn't see them that way. Branches
and subsidiaries are categorized according to their functions. Currently,
Murata is comprised of over 70 subsidiaries. Each operates independently
as a production, sales and R&D center. Murata interconnects them all with
Murata matrix administration for dynamic cooperation.
People, materials, technologies and information freely traverse this matrix.
This organic and dynamic organization supports Murata's strategies. |
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For example, the accounting staff standardizes accounting processes and
the accounting system to be applied to the group subsidiaries. We also
store all accounting information on one server to centralize the accounting
tasks and cut the cost. |
Because of Murata’s integrated production system originating in development of materials, the process of creating a product may be lengthy. As the number of processes increases and the production process becomes complex, it is difficult to pinpoint the problem when the profit ratio is small. This is why Murata divides the organization’s structure vertically by products for R&D, production and sales, and horizontally by production processes in terms of materials, in-process products and completed products to manage them as separate independent profit-seeking entities. On the other hand, to avoid the risk of more non-producing personnel, headquarters staff members support the entire Murata group beyond organizational divisions. The Murata matrix organization including the vertical axis(products), horizontal axis (processes) and the third axis (headquarters support staff), draw the maximum efficiency from the Murata group of over 70 subsidiaries to realize coexistence of technological innovation and low-cost operation. |
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Information System Division Catering to Global Needs |
We have strengthened organizational cooperation among global members through
our high-speed digital communications network to allow information sharing.
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Headquarters Staff |
Staff members in charge of general affairs, personnel, accounting,
planning, support the activities of the Murata group through
various routines.
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Local Staff Meetings |
To localize our sales activities overseas sales offices are staffed mainly
with local resident employees. |
Murata has been promoting more rapid administrative decisions by concentrating central management functions to aggregate and share our information. To this end, we have concentrated central management functions formerly dispersed throughout various business sites in Japan, such as staff members handling Headquarters functions and business division functions, at our Headquarters. Furthermore, we are trying to speed up development and deployment of new products using global information network, by having a stronger collaboration with overseas business sites and R&D divisions. |
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