株式会社KOSKA(KOSKA Corporation

KOSKA Corporation is a Tokyo-based company that provides GenKan, a service it positions as an industry-first automation of manufacturing cost management (genka kanri). GenKan installs dedicated sensors, including RFID readers placed near work stations, so that production progress data is captured automatically from the shop floor without operators performing any manual data entry; workers only place the work instruction sheet by the RFID sensor. The captured data is used to make three cost categories visible: processing cost (automatic visualization of productivity, with extraction of issues and improvement measures), material cost (purchase-level unit prices automatically reflected in cost of sales to identify bottleneck material spend), and electricity cost (consumption measured at individual equipment level rather than at the distribution-panel level, supporting identification of equipment utilization and power-reduction opportunities).

The offering combines the sensor/data layer with data-utilization support: KOSKA consultants assist customers from grasping actual costs through to KPI setting and the systematization of business operations, delivered via biweekly or monthly web meetings with on-site improvement or cost-management leads plus ongoing phone and email support. The company states deployment requires no preparation period and no equipment stoppage, with implementation possible in as little as one to two weeks via two web meetings and a single one-day site visit, and pricing starting from JPY 50,000. Its representative consultant is described as having worked directly with more than 20 factories across metal parts, food and plastic products on productivity improvement, material cost improvement and management-task automation."]

Business model

KOSKA delivers GenKan as a service to manufacturers, installing sensors on the shop floor and combining the resulting data with cost-management consulting support. The website cites usage starting from JPY 50,000 and an accompanying data-utilization support program delivered through recurring biweekly or monthly web meetings.

Traction

The website reports per-line improvement examples for high-mix, low-volume production of JPY 300,000 in labor cost improvement, 83 hours of direct labor time reduction and an 8% increase in utilization rate. Akita Epson is reported to have eliminated manual entry into its core system, cutting about 600 hours of work annually. Other referenced adopters are Nitto Kohki and Toyoda Gosei Kyushu.