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Corporate policy
1. Strive for excellence
2. Focus on the knowledge worker
3. Human side approach, changing behavior-habit-culture
4. Apply our approach diligently for North American and European companies |
| Takashi Tanaka/Principal Consultant and Founder |
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Takashi has implemented visual-based product development process improvements
at several large automobile manufacturers in Japan, France, and Italy as
a consultant (JMAC Europe) and JMA Consultants, Inc. in Japan. More recently
he has worked with a number of companies in the U.S. B.S., Mechanical Engineering,
Osaka Industrial University, Japan; MBA in international marketing at Oklahoma
City University.
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| Craig A. Flynn/CEO, Principal Shareholder |
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Craig has a strong entrepreneurial background in electronics manufacturing,
distribution, and high tech engineered products and services.. In addition,
he has ten years' experience with the leading CEO development organization
in facilitation and startup/development of collaborative CEO peer groups.
He was ranked in the top 25 of 800 group leaders in an international assessment
of effectiveness and value creation. QV System is his seventh venture/acquisition.
He was graduated with an MBA from the University of Rochester William E. Simon School of Business |
Toyota Engineering Corporatin
Toshio Horikiri/CEO |
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I deal with engineering process technology consulting and Toyota Production System implementations.
This is our ideology: we help develop a natural a corporate culture with
our clients, one consistent with the advantages of Toyota Motor Corporation
culture and also respectful of local culture.
Our aim is to enhance the technologies of design and production with a
human-side approach, to assist knowledge workers to become more promotable
and valuable to the company, and to enhance management abilities of client
middle and senior managers. |
Toyota Marketing Corporatin
Ryo Chikuma / CEO |
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After a career in sales management and sales strategic planning in the domestic sales division, Headquarters of Toyota Motor Corporation, Riichiro Chikuma served overseas as Chief Operating Officer in Taiwan, and as executive coordinative office. He was in charge of all Toyota & Lexus operation such as Market Research, Product Planning, Parts, Service, and advertising in the US. In all his top sales management placements (Japan, Taiwan, US) he expanded sales of the Toyota and Lexus brands. Chikuma-san is an expert of the Toyota Marketing and Sales Management System and now provides consulting focused on improving productivity with Sales Stragety and Sales Process Management. |
Toyota Engineering Corporation
Yoshiki Inui / Senior consultant |
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Yoshiki Inui served as General Manager at the Product Planning Department
and as Interior Designer in the Style and Design Department at Toyota Motor
Corporation (TMC). After 35 years at TMC, he joined Toyota Engineering
Corporation (TEC). Inui-san supports the QV System practice in Toyota Development
System, as secondary consultant to Takashi Tanaka.In addition, clients
call on him for implementations of Toyota’s design review process.Making
full use of his styling background, Inui-san supported clients in early-stage
development a large vehicle interior in partnership with a famous Toyota
Motor Corporation supplier. |
| A Summary of Consulting Staff Background |
| Toyota Role |
Former Position |
Number of Members |
| Corporate management |
・Strategy, planning
・Finance
・Cost planning
・Global office
・HR, Personnel development
・IT |
4 |
| Research & development |
・Advanced development
・Product & project Planning
・Chief engineer and team
・Styling and design
・Engineering
・Evaluation and test
・Quality assurance |
11 |
| Production |
・Production engineering & preparation
・Press
・Body
・Paint
・Assembly
・Logistics
・Quality control |
23 |
| Marketing, Sales |
・Marketing & sales strategy planning
・Global divisional office
・Product & bland
・Service & maintenance |
3 |
| Supplier |
・Tear 1-3 supplier, CEO
・Intellectual property
・Purchasing |
3 |
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