Landing Pad Tokyo supports
innovation
at manufacturing SMEs
in Japan.
Landing Pad Tokyo powered by DMZ
Landing Pad Tokyo (LPT) is an “accelerator” for Japanese SMEs that brings a new culture of innovation to Japan. LPT introduces innovative state-of-art technologies and creative expertise mainly from Canada to accelerate developing management capabilities and R&D/operational capabilities of Japanese manufacturing SMEs.
LPT is receiving knowledge transfer from DMZ, an incubator/accelerator attached to Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. LPT is learning from and building on the curricula, programs, structure and experience that DMZ has developed to support its startups and is customizing the knowledge and expertise transferred from DMZ to develop capabilities of SMEs.
Further, LPT signed an MOU with the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN), of the University of Waterloo in Canada.
LPT is introducing startups from DMZ and WIN to LPT members so that the startups can accelerate digitization, technological advancement, and efficiency improvement of SMEs' manufacturing operations.
MISSION
01
Make SME's innovative and profitable.
02
Build infrastructure to help SMEs' innovation.
- - Enlightening management and employees
- - Cooperating with nation-wide hubs
- - Enabling municipal government
03
Introduce Canadian companies, technologies, and management methods to improve SMEs' capacity and capabilities.
NEWS
- December 17, 2024
LPT Seminar: Mr. Fujii, Sales Manager, Kawada Robotics, “Introducing NETAGE, a collaborative robot that will change the manufacturing industry”
Date and time: Tuesday, December 24th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 3, 2024
LPT Seminar: Mr. Toshihiro Iwaki, CEO, Link T&B, “Recent Power Electronics Technology”
Date and time: Tuesday, December 10th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 6, 2024
LPT Seminar President Endo of AT LAST Inc. “Life-Changing Sales Skills”
Date and time: Tuesday, November 12th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 23, 2024
LPT Seminar “Challenges of Smart Agriculture for Agricultural Corporations in Yamanashi Prefecture” by Ms. Fujiwara, President of Koma Farm Co.
Date and time: Tuesday, October 29th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 3, 2024
LPT Seminar Corporation Piezo Sonic President Tada “Ultrasonic Motors and Autonomous Mobile Robot Mighty”
Date and time: Tuesday, October 15th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 17, 2024
LPT Seminar “Profitable Patent Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises” by Prof. Ogura, Administrative Scrivener
Date and time: Tuesday, September 24th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 27, 2024
LPT Seminar Babilon President Moriguchi “Increasing Oil Literacy: Omega 3, the lipid that needs to be inoculated”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 3rd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 31, 2024
LPT Seminar Mr. Ohba, President of Sayama mold manufacturing “Challenges of a 3rd generation small and medium-sized manufacturing company president to do business overseas”
Date and time: Tuesday, August 6th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 2, 2024
LPT Seminar MillionSteps Mr. Iguchi “The State of Startups in Israel and Portugal”
Date and time: Tuesday, July 9th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 13, 2024
LPT Seminar Mr. Gotanda Valley Mori, “IT and Open Innovation in Mongolia”
Date and time: Tuesday, June 18th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 4, 2024
LPTseminar NPO WELgee, Director, Ms. Nana Yamamoto, “Coexistence and co-prosperity with overseas human resources as understood from the refugee employment support promoted by WLEgee”
Date and time: Tuesday, June 11th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 20, 2024
LPT Seminar “Introduction to the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 28th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- April 10, 2024
LPT Seminar LPT 2024 Activity Plan Presented
Date and time: Tuesday, April 16th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- March 18, 2024
LPT Seminar Introduction of Taiwan AIoT Technology Startup: Neurelli (Implementation of AOI technology using AI)
Date and time: Tuesday, March 26th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- March 4, 2024
LPT Seminar Mr. Itsumi, Director, MTL “Participating in SEMICON KOREA 2024”
Date and time: Tuesday, March 12th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 22, 2024
LPT Seminar SAP Sales Manager Tahara “Promoting DX in Small and Mid-sized Companies (in Non-Competitive Areas)”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 27th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 5, 2024
LPT Seminar OmniLinks CEO Joseph Kyoda “CES 2024 and Now Silicon Valley Visit Report”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 13th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 15, 2024
LPT Seminar LPT Kato “Report on Visit to Taiwan”
Date and time: Tuesday, January 23rd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 14, 2023
LPT Seminar LPT Chairman Inoue “Report on Visit to Germany”
Date and time: Tuesday, December 19th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 27, 2023
President Nakanishi of Evanlead Co., Ltd. “Aiming to become the world’s No.1 semiconductor nation”
Date and time: Tuesday, December 5th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 7, 2023
LPT Seminar SINIC Theory: Human Renaissance Institute Co.,Ltd., Mr. Nakama
Date and time: Tuesday, November 14th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 19, 2023
LPT Seminar Takahashi Shoten, President Takahashi, “New business development promoted by 14th generation representative”
Date and time: Tuesday, October 24th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 12, 2023
LPT Seminar AlphaDrive Mr. Uno “New Business Creation Starting from R&D in Existing Companies”
Date and time: Tuesday, October 17th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 5, 2023
LPT Seminar Mr. Arai @ Stylish Idea, Inc. “Scenario Planning”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 19th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 30, 2023
LPT Seminar Mt. Fuji Innovation Week Introduction
Date and time: Tuesday, September 5th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 21, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Mr. Sato, New Business Development, Mitsubishi Corporation Machinery, Inc. “New Business Creation from Insurance Business”
Date and time: Tuesday, August 29th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 25, 2023
LPT Seminar Inspierd.Lab Mr. Hara, “The Value of Cynic Theory ✖️ Design Thinking, etc.”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 30th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 12, 2023
LPT Seminar Bain and Company “Introduction to the State of Generative AI”
Date and time: Tuesday, July 25th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 3, 2023
LPT Seminar JETRO “Introduction of Training School for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises for Overseas Business Personnel and report from the participants”
Date and time: Tuesday, July 11th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 20, 2023
LPT Seminar Mr. Shinichi Kondo, Iwate Prefectural University, “Building a Management Strategy Model for Women Managers by Taking Advantage of Women’s Characteristics”
Date and time: Tuesday, June 27th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 7, 2023
LPT Seminar LPT Chairman Hirotaka Inoue (President of Aichi Sangyo) “Through the visit to Mongolian National Institute of Technology and others (visit in May 2023)
Date and time: Tuesday, June 13th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 23, 2023
LPT Seminar Mr. Ishide, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. “The latest AM technology and its application”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 30th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 8, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Mr. Tetsuya Sawanobori, CEO @ Connected Robotics Inc.
Date and time: Tuesday, May 16th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- April 18, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Hatano, president @ Hatano works (Ota-ku, Tokyo): “Welding to connect people”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 9th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- April 5, 2023
LPTMini Collision Mr. Nakajima, JIZAIE,Inc. “Introduction of JIZAIE’s Business and Support Project for Place where People can Play an Active Role”
Date and time: Tuesday, April 11th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 22, 2023
LPT Seminar Mr. Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Agency, “Business Trends and Startups in Thailand”
Date and time: Tuesday, March 7th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 22, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Mr. ninoseki, Enimas Corporation “Visualization of Company’s Electricity Usage”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 28th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 20, 2023
LPT Mini Collision “New Business Creation from Insurance Business” by Mr. Igawa, President, Rise Consulting Inc.
Date and time: Tuesday, February 21st, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 20, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Start-up Company: Be-Conn Inc. President Hirota
Date and time: Tuesday, February 14th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 17, 2023
LPT Seminar Mini Collision Mr. Kanomata, Creation Design Ltd. “Useful Software for Production Lines (Easy Video Work Manual Creation, etc.)”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 7th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 27, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Mr. Harayama @ Sales Manufacturing: Introduction to Manufacturing-Specific Charge Marketing
Date and time: Tuesday, January 31st, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 27, 2023
LPT Seminar Mr. Kawase, Yokohama City University, “Introduction of Employment Support for International Students (Current Situation and Issues, etc.)”
Date and time: Tuesday, January 24th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 27, 2023
LPT Mini Collision Sugiyama, President @ Atchi GK. (former Nintendo engineer)
Date and time: Tuesday, January 17th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 4, 2023
LPT Mini Collision President Koike @ EVTD Institute “Next Generation Vehicle Technologies (EV, Hydrogen, etc.)
Date and time: Tuesday, January 10th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 13, 2022
LPT Seminar Nagaoka City NAZE/ Mr. Kobayashi “Case Studies of DX promoted by SMEs and others”
Date and time: Tuesday, December 20th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 12, 2022
LPT Seminar Doshisha University, Mr. Ota, “Approval Demands of Generation Z,” etc.
Date and time: Tuesday, December 13th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 29, 2022
Mini Collision ShibuyaQWS (Mr. Nomura)
Date and time: Tuesday, December 6th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 24, 2022
LPT Seminar Mr. Inada, Waseda University, “DXing in the Manufacturing Industry (to keep up)”
Date and time: Tuesday, November 29th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 15, 2022
LPT Mini Collision Takahashi CEO @ OUTSENSE
Date and time: Tuesday, November 22nd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 8, 2022
LPT Seminar Mr. Kondo @ Iwate Prefectural University “Strategic Management and Philosophy Management in Small and Medium Enterprises”.
Date and time: Tuesday, November 8th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 18, 2022
LPT Mini Collision Mr. Seto @ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
Date and time: Tuesday, October 25th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 12, 2022
LPT Mini Collision Mr. Ubukata, Representative Senior Executive Director, Ubukata Merycon (Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
Date and time: Tuesday, October 18th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 20, 2022
LPT Adhoc Conference “A Place to Exchange Ideas on Value Creation for Small and Medium Enterprises”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 27th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 13, 2022
LPT Mini Collision President Hagino @ Yamato Alloy Co.
Date and time: Tuesday, September 20th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 9, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr. Masayoshi Ogawa, Director @ Ogawa Manufacturing Co.
Date and time: Tuesday, September 13th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 30, 2022
LPT Seminar Mr. Tetsuhide Yamazaki: Polar Explorer (Greenland)
Date and time: Tuesday, September 6th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 23, 2022
LPT Seminar: Yokohama National University’s efforts to support international students in finding employment
Date and time: Tuesday, August 30th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 21, 2022
LPT Mini Collision: Million Steps Mr. Iguchi Collaboration with Israeli Startups
Date and time: Tuesday, August 23rd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- August 8, 2022
LPT Seminar by Polytech Center Kanto
Date and time: Tuesday, August 9th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 29, 2022
LPT Seminar Fundamentals of EMC and Noise Kuranishi Professional Engineers Office
Date and time: Tuesday, August 2nd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 25, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by President Kawada, Kawada Technologies
Date and time: Tuesday, July 26th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 8, 2022
LPT Mini Collision Orion Machinery Industries
Date and time: Tuesday, July 19th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- July 4, 2022
LPT Seminar: Introduction of KISTEC’s EMC related technology and NANOBIC
Date and time: Tuesday, July 5th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 22, 2022
LPT Seminar by President Ninoseki, Microtech Laboratories Report on the June 2022 U.S. Exhibition AUTOMATE Exhibit
Date and time: Tuesday, June 28th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- June 17, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by President Suzuki, Kyokuto Seiki Mfg. Co. “The Many Challenges of a Third Generation President”
Date and time: Tuesday, June 21st, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 31, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr. Yamaguchi ,TRINC “Anti-static and anti-foreign matter measures”
Date and time: Tuesday, June 7th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 27, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr. Nemoto, KISTEC – “Next Generation Electronic Packaging System Technology (NEPSTECH)”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 31st, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 20, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr. Ozaki, President of Mitzba Denyosha Co. “Producing and producing robot systems for automatic welding”.
Date and time: Tuesday, May 24th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 16, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr. Ezaki, JETRO – “Support for Overseas Business Human Resource Development of Small and Medium Enterprises”
Date and time: Tuesday, May 17th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 6, 2022
LPT Bond Chieko Visits Japan Version
Date and time: Tuesday, May 10th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- May 6, 2022
LPT Mini Seminar by Mr. Yokota from Inoue Public Relations
Date and time: Tuesday, April 12th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- March 17, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Mochizuki, President of Mochizuki Lacquer Laboratory (METALISM member company)
Date and time: Tuesday, March 29th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- March 11, 2022
LPT workshop by Mr. Itsumi from MTL – “Introduction of new initiatives at LPT member companies (Microtech Laboratories, Inc.)”
Date and time: Tuesday, March 15th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- March 7, 2022
LPT workshop by Mr. Omar @DMZ – “About intrapreneurship” vol.2
Date and time: Tuesday, March 8th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 27, 2022
LPT workshop by Mr. Omar @DMZ – “About intrapreneurship”
Date and time: Tuesday, March 1st, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 20, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr. Inagaki from FCyFine+ – “Hydrogen fuel cells in Yamanashi Prefecture”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 22nd, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- February 14, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr. Shirakawa from Kagawa Industrial Technology Center – “Trends in Biodegradable Plastic Technology”
Date and time: Tuesday, February 15th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 31, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr. Toshio Nawa, a professional of cyber security.
Date and time: Tuesday, February 8th, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 21, 2022
LPT Seminar by Mr.David Creelman, an HR consultant, on Canadian Personnel Evaluation Methods.
Date and time: Tuesday, January 25, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 10, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Okakura from METAL Coating Lab.(METALISM member company).
Date and time: Tuesday, January 18, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- January 5, 2022
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Fujita, CEO of Fujita Works Co.,LTD. (METALISM member company)
Date and time: Tuesday, January 11, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 13, 2021
LPT Seminar by Mr.Jacky Shibata
“Jacky Shibata’s Marketing Dojo LPT Edition vol.3”.
Date and time: Tuesday, December 21, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- December 6, 2021
LPT Seminar by Ms.Catherine Lee@Toronto Global
Date and time: Tuesday, December 14, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 28, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Kobayashi, METALISM
Date and time: Tuesday, December 7, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 21, 2021
LPT Seminar by Mr.Jacky Shibata
“Jacky Shibata’s Marketing Dojo LPT Edition vol.2”.
Date and time: Tuesday, November 30, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 6, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr. Kondo, Tokyo Rectifier Co., Ltd.
Date and time: Tuesday, November 16, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- November 1, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr. Nozaki, Sagamihara City Industrial Promotion Foundation
“Introduction of Subsidies and Examples of Utilization”
Date and time: Tuesday, November 9, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 23, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Jacky Shibata
“Jacky Shibata’s Marketing Dojo LPT Edition”.
Date and time: Tuesday, November 2, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 19, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Saito, CEO of MIRAI Relations, Inc.
“The first step in DX that managers now need to know”
Date and time: Tuesday, October 26, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 12, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Toda, CEO of Synaptech Inc.
“Industrial promotion in Yamanashi Prefecture, including start-up support. “
Date and time: Tuesday, October 19, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- October 5, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Ono of Osaki Electric Co., Ltd., NEXT 100teX Lab
Date and time: Tuesday, October 12, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 29, 2021
LPT Mini Collision by Mr.Shiraga, CEO of Cellid
Date and time: Tuesday, October 5, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 16, 2021
LPT Seminar by Mr. Nakano, Account Executive of Databricks Japan
“Next generation maintenance methods using data and AI”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 28, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 16, 2021
LPT seminar by Mr.Watanabe, CEO of Maximize, Inc.
“Process-based business model creation method adopted by large European companies”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 21, 10:00 am – 11:00 am (JST)
- September 10, 2021
LPT Seminar by Professor Makino of Hiroshima University
“Pitfalls in New Business Development”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 14, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- August 29, 2021
LPT “Mini Collision” by Mr.Ando of ConnecTec Japan
“Business Models for Variety and Variable Volume Production”
Date and time: Tuesday, September 7, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
- June 26, 2021
LPT Seminar by Professor Venture, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology
“Automated assembly robot technology with AI”
Date: 10 to 11 am, June 29, 2021 JST- June 10, 2021
LPT “Mini Collision” matching
June 22 10:00~11:00 LinkWiz (Introducing DZ in production lines)- June 10, 2021
LPT Seminar by Dr. Matsumoto, Aoyama Gakuin University
June 15 10:00~11:00 Factory improvement by Industrial Engineering- June 10, 2021
LPT “Mini Collision” matching event:
May 11 10:00~11:00 Tomomi Research (AI/vision)
May 18 10:00~11:00 Nissha (Flexible pressure sensors)
May 25 10:00~11:00 Takeshita Sangyo (Dry seaweed production machines)
Jun 1 10:00~11:00 Osawa Kogyo (Factory automation system)- December 1, 2020
In cooperation with the Ontario Government Tokyo Office, City of Brampton, ON, Canada, and DMZ, LPT co-organized a roundtable for the City of Brampton virtual mission to Japan.
- December 1, 2020
In November, LPT joined Startup Exosystem Tokyo, an initiative of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
- December 1, 2020
In October, LPT began “Mini Collision”, a domestic business matching for members.
- December 1, 2020
In September, LPT signed MOU with Sagamihara Industrial Promotion Foundation.
- September 18, 2020
In early October, Landing Pad Tokyo publishedthe formal press release on the agreement for cooperation signed with DMZ, an incubator/accelerator of Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.DMZ and Landing Pad Tokyo launch new partnership to create opportunities for Canadian and Japanese SMEs
- September 18, 2020
In early October, Landing Pad Tokyo published the formal press release on the memorandum of cooperation signed with the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.20201021 0111 WINLPT announcement
Vision (Goals)
for SMEs
- Vision: Innovative SMEs
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SMEs will become a company that can propose and offer their unique and “one-of-a-kind” value-added technology in niche market that large corporations feel compelled to obtain. By doing so, SMEs will become a company that can survive through hard times and still grow further. SMEs will also gain strength and abilities to export such a technology.
- To achieve this
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SMEs will venture out of mere improvement activities based on PDCA, but acquire an attitude of being unafraid of making mistakes and finding new ideas and breakthroughs from mistakes. (Can be prompted by nationwide domestic matching and joint development with overseas startups.)
SMEs will adopt innovative HR strategy including for hiring and developing human resources. This can be done through hiring and developing entrepreneurial young employees, working with entrepreneurs in other countries, and hiring highly skilled foreign workers.
STRATEGY & BUSINESS
01
VIRTUAL CLUSTER
- LPT will create virtual networks of local clusters of manufacturing SMEs.
- LPT will position itself as the core of the virtual network and spread its "philosophy" to promote innovation among SMEs throughout Japan.
- Short-term strategy : Digitization of manufacturing
02
NURTURING A "PLACE" AND GET INSPIRED
Hosting weekly workshops and weekly discussion meetings to develop management and employees' capabilities of SMEs and get inspired by stimulating and timely topics.
03
PROVIDING SUPPORT IN WOKING WITH CANADA
- Matching with Canadian startups
- Supporting cooperation with Canadian academia, hosting lectures from Canadian academia
- Introducing interns from Canadian universities
04
DOMESTIC SUPPORT
- Domestic B to B matching (members/non-members)
- Providing advice from LPT's PiRs (Professionals in Residence) and leading-edge information
- Supporting cooperation with universities and technical colleges that LPT partners with (academia, interns)
05
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
LPT will work with academia of universities and technical colleges who have specialized expertise to guide and promote mid-size companies to adopt the following:
- Technology : Digitalization -› semi/full automation
Life-cycle efficiency -› Digital twin (simulation technology) - Business : Enable companies to export innovative products and technologies
06
BASECAMP
In cooperation with DMZ of Canada, LPT is participating in and hosting the Japanese version of DMZ's summer program called Basecamp. This 8-week summer intensive program is offered to students who are currently studying at universities and technical colleges and wish to start up their own company. Under LPT's mentorship, students will learn from DMZ's coaches through webinars.
https://dmz.ryerson.ca/basecamp/
GOALS
Help SMEs to
Take the first step towards innovation.
Take action to cause innovation and complete it ("Last One Mile")
Create a space/opportunity for SMEs to
Discuss candidly without reservation
Brush up, complement, and cooperate with each other
Create a space/opportunity
For management and employees including minorities of SMEs to participate in learning together.
For SMEs to widen and heighten their perspectives and deepen their insight
B to B matching
Connect nation-wide hubs to promote cooperation and provide B to B matching opportunities to SMEs.
Cooperate with municipal governments
Cooperate with municipal governments so they can provide better supports to their SMEs.
ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS
01
Seminars and workshops
(to serve specific needs of SMEs)
02
Mini-Collision
(B to B matching, domestic and overseas)
03
Discussion meetings
(management and employees)
04
Cooperation with universities/
Institute of Technology Colleges
05
Hub meetings
06
Cooperation with
municipal governments
PHILOSOPHY
01EQUITY OVER EVERYTHING
- Not everyone begins at the same starting line. LPT members are all treated equally, whether they are big or small, managed by corporate principles or by strategy, focused on growth or continuity, or led by founder presidents or multi-generation presidents. LPT members are not judged by sales or size.
02FOUNDERS FIRST
- LPT will do its best to support SME management who keeps challenging themselves to “grow”. “Growth” is not limited to a larger sales or company size but includes the growth of management's mind. If management gets motivated, the atmosphere and culture spreads throughout the company and to their business partners.
03BE GREAT
- It's more than just getting through the day. It's about setting the bar high and conquering every moment. Sometimes being good won't cut it. Go above and beyond, think of the bigger picture and make the unimaginable happen. Greatness comes from within. What's important is to nurture a “challenging mind”, an aspiration to keep growing and learning. LPT values the culture of respecting such a mindset.
04FOUNDERS FIRSTBUILDING ECOSYSTEM
- LPT members will share some benefits (tangible and intangible) and knowledge acquired through Landing Pad to support future generations of entrepreneurs and companies. It is not enough for themselves to be stronger. Contributing to the growth of future generation will strengthen the ecosystems of not only Landing Pad but also manufacturing SMEs, which will lead to the advancement of the Japan's industry.
05BE GREATSPREADING THE AUCCESS MODEL
- LPT, as an organization to serve public benefit, will spread its successful model to other areas to grow leaders who can lead the growth of their local community.