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Rebuilding the Weaknesses of Handmade by Process Design 30,000 units in total, full-scale start of anniversary and commemorative gift model with new structure

- P&P, a network of employment support for people with disabilities, begins accepting applications on February 26 -.

一般社団法人障害者就労支援ネットワークP&P

General Incorporated Association, P&P, Employment Support Network for Persons with Disabilities (Head office: Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture; Representative Director: Yoko Okudake), a general incorporated association, has established a system that can handle the introduction of products above a certain scale by redesigning the production process to address the issue of handmade products, which have been considered unsuitable for mass introduction. On February 26, 2026, the company will launch a full-scale "anniversary and commemorative gift design model" based on this initiative.


The URL of the dedicated page is as follows

https://www.network-pp.com/blank-4


周年・記念品モデルを支える製作工程。初級~最終工程まで段階設計された作業風景

The production process that underpins the anniversary and commemorative product model. Work scenery designed in stages from the elementary to the final process.


Combination of "differentiation" and "stable supply" required for anniversary and commemorative products

While companies and municipalities continue to diversify their anniversary policies, commemorative products are required to achieve both differentiation and stable supply. However, handmade commemorative products, which are easy to differentiate, have been considered a challenge to introduce on a certain scale.


The corporation has redesigned the production process and realized uniform quality and a stable supply through the division of labor. We have built a system that is capable of handling introductions above a certain scale, such as anniversary commemorative items and government-related projects.


Since the company's establishment, the cumulative production of this model for milestone and commemorative purposes has reached approximately 30,000 units (celebratory chopsticks are converted into pairs) as of February 2026.



Structural Problems with Handmade Products

Traditionally, handmade products have been


Dependence on artists and individual skills

Variation in quality

Unstable delivery time

Difficulty in introducing handmade products in company lots


The introduction of handmade products in a company lot has been considered difficult above a certain scale due to the following reasons. Especially in welfare workplaces, there are differences in training periods and work characteristics, so designing a stable supply is highly challenging.



■Overcoming this difficulty through process design

The greatest feature of this model is that it is not writer-dependent, but has been reconstructed as a process design type.


1. decomposition of the work process and stepwise design

(2) Clarification of quality standards and unification of inspection processes

3. standardization of packaging and final process including visual design


The following three steps have been introduced.

This has enabled us to,


Support for periodic orders

Stable supply on a company-by-company basis

Uniform quality at the novelty level


The new system has realized the following goals.

The integrated design from order to delivery and the stepwise design of the elementary, intermediate, and final processes simultaneously improve skills and ensure a stable supply.


技能段階設計と供給安定設計を組み合わせ、手作り品の弱点を克服した周年・記念品モデルの全体構造

The overall structure of the anniversary and commemorative product model overcomes the weak points of handmade products by combining the skill stage design and stable supply design.


工程設計により品質均一化を実現した、手作り記念品の制作事例

Example of handmade commemorative product production that achieves quality uniformity through process design


■Areas of introduction for milestone and commemorative applications

This model is mainly used in the production of original items for corporate anniversary commemorative gifts and government anniversary projects.


Administrative anniversary commemorative projects

Corporate anniversary commemorative items

Corporate birthday message cards

Year-end festive chopsticks for a hotel

Commemorative cards for school entrance

Commemorative items for year-end events


Commemorative items for year-end events, etc.


All of them are used for milestone occasions in companies and organizations.


企業向けメッセージカードの制作例。視覚設計を標準化し大量導入に対応。

Example of corporate message card production. Standardized visual design for mass introduction.


Representative Comment

We have designed items used for milestone occasions to have a structure that supports people's growth. Facing the weaknesses of handmade products and bringing the process up to a standard that would allow for corporate introduction has led to this result."

(Yoko Okudake, Representative Director)



About this release

This case is the organization and release of a milestone and commemorative product design model that overcomes the weaknesses of handmade products.

We present a manufacturing structure that achieves a level that can be introduced into companies in welfare workplaces.



Outline of the corporation

Corporation name: General Incorporated Association "P&P," Employment Support Network for Persons with Disabilities

Representative: Yoko Okudake, Representative Director

Location: 7-19-34 Masuo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-0033

Establishment : April 2020

Business description: Para-business producing business

URL : https://www.network-pp.com/



About P&P, a general incorporated association of employment support network for people with disabilities

Producing welfare production products as a "trading company of welfare for the disabled" aiming to improve wages for the disabled.

Winner of the Governor's Award at the 6th Chiba Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition (a.k.a. Chiba Busicon).



What is Para-Business?

Para-Business is an initiative to design a business structure that gives people with disabilities a sense of fulfillment through work.

Para-Business" is a registered trademark of P&P, a general incorporated association of people with disabilities employment support network.


障がい者の「働きがいも経済成長も」

Both job satisfaction and economic growth" for people with disabilities

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