Value Engineering That Reduces Costs
AOKI's unique value engineering approach, combined with interdisciplinary teamwork, provides a systematic perspective on cost reduction. In both our injection stretch blow molding machine development activities and our customer-oriented container development projects, our core design concept is focused on reducing the energy consumed during production while creating containers with maximum added value.
To reinterpret total production costs defined through energy and time components, we have developed our own Value Engineering (VE) approach. This engineering method aims to enhance value by focusing on the relationship between function and energy and time. Across all our products and services-including injection stretch blow molding machines, container development, mold manufacturing, and production technologies-this approach is used as a fundamental development tool.
We position this method as a driving force behind the continuous evolution of our technologies and apply it systematically to the improvement of all functions. Producing high value-added containers with minimal time and energy consumption is a shared, long-term objective across machine control technologies, container and mold design technologies, and molding processes.
Thanks to this interdisciplinary teamwork, cycle times for molding containers of the same shape and size have been reduced by up to 20 percent compared to previous technologies. These achievements directly contribute to lowering production costs and advancing overall system performance. If you are looking to further reduce your container production costs and expand your business, we would be pleased to work with you. We are confident that our unique value engineering approach and collaborative expertise can effectively meet your needs.
Increasing Net Production Time Through Proper Maintenance
In container manufacturing, the true cost drivers are time and energy. Regardless of how low the initial investment cost may be, a container operation cannot succeed in the long term if daily production is characterized by high scrap rates, low efficiency, and persistent operational issues.
AOKI machines are designed to deliver stable and planned production over the long term. The true value of a machine is measured not only by its technical specifications, but by its ability to achieve planned and stable production and to sustain consistent hourly performance over many years.
In line with this philosophy, we implement preventive maintenance training programs and practices that enable our customers to virtually eliminate unplanned downtime and achieve net production rates exceeding 90 percent. This approach increases production continuity while significantly reducing the total cost of ownership.