Hiroya Yamashita | Senior Consultant

Hiroya is an experienced Toyota Production System consultant and kaizen sensei with a career spanning four decades with Toyota Japan.

Hiroya has a wealth of experience in TPS and its application to quality management, kaizen, operation improvement, lead-time reduction and inventory reduction. His career includes roles as Plant Manager for the Gifu Auto Body paint shop and Manager of Paint Engineering Department.

During his career with Toyota, he was a long-term participant and a key member of the All-Toyota Kaizen Promotion Jishuken program spanning multiple plants in Japan. He made active and significant contributions to the workshop program through his excellent ability to expose problems and implement kaizen.

Hiroya is also experienced in leading TPS, 5S and personnel development programs in a variety of industries and provides consulting and training services regularly within Japan and overseas.

Expertise

Toyota Production System
Quality management
Process and operation optimization
Lead-time and inventory reduction
Implementation of 5S, standardized work and visual management
Lean manufacturing and kaizen training
Personnel development

Experience

Shinka Management – Senior Consultant

Hiroya provides regular TPS and Kaizen training courses and seminars within Japan and overseas as a veteran Toyota Production System leader. He also consults globally with corporates in various industries specialising in process and quality management and kaizen implementation. He is a regular leader of the lean insight tours run by Shinka Management in Japan in his role as a TPS and kaizen sensei.

Gifu Auto Body – Paint Shop Plant Manager, Paint Engineering Department Manager

Gifu Auto Body is one of the 18 Toyota group final assembly plants in Japan, which is consistently ranked the number one Toyota factory globally for its outstanding quality management and excellence. Hiroya served several senior management roles including in the areas of body paint and paint engineering and has the breadth of experience and in-depth knowlege of TPS and its application to production engineering and quality improvement.

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