Koichi Kimura

Koichi Kimura
Gemba Kaizen Consultant

35 years at LIXIL Corporation; 5 years in executive management including President & CEO of Kawashima Selkon Textiles Co., Ltd.

Having built my career on the principle of 'Genba-Genbutsu' (Go and See), I love being on the front lines, working side-by-side with the team and putting in the hard work together. But what I love even more is wringing out management results that leave everyone in awe. I am dedicated to contributing to the creation of new value.

Field of expertise

#人材育成#コスト削減#リードタイム短縮#生産性向上#品質向上#経営改善#tps

Professional industry

#自動車#その他#倉庫・物流#ホワイトカラー#金属#住宅機器#縫製業

Professional Background & Experience
LIXIL Corporation (formerly TOSTEM)
  • Practiced and instructed production innovation activities called “TOPS,” which adapted TPS for the TOSTEM style. Expanded reform activities beyond the production floor to include logistics, product development, procurement, sales offices, and affiliated subsidiaries (home centers, housing companies, etc.). As the General Manager of the division, spearheaded the penetration of TOPS activities throughout the entire company.
  • As a business executive, implemented management improvements across product development, procurement, production, sales, logistics, and installation.
  • Promoted human resource development for all employees within the business unit. Implemented and expanded the “Amoeba Management” system.
Kawashima Selkon Textiles Co., Ltd.

  • Transferred to Kawashima Selkon Textiles, a subsidiary of LIXIL. Led management reforms by example as President. Managed the company through a dual approach: driving innovation involving all employees while establishing systems to pass down traditional techniques.
  • Actively promoted environmental activities and initiatives toward obtaining SBT (Science Based Targets) certification.

Hirayama Co., Ltd.

TPS Gemba Kaizen Consultant (Industries: Printing, Transport Equipment, Cosmetics, Automotive Parts, Housing Materials, Aviation, Apparel, etc.)

Core Expertise & Service Areas

  • Business Management Innovation through Operational Reform (TPS) and Process/System Reform
  • Cost Management System Development: Cost visualization and reduction
  • Strategic Supply Chain Construction: SCM reform from product development to procurement, production, delivery, and sales
  • Inventory Management System Development: Inventory visualization and reduction
  • Design and Construction of Optimized Logistics Networks
  • Optimization of Product Development Processes (Lead time and cost reduction)
  • Optimization of Overall Plant Layouts (Utilizing SLP, etc.)
  • Establishment of Quality Control Systems
  • Organizational Development and Operation of Micro-unit Profit Management Systems (Amoeba Management)
  • and others

Global Consulting Experience

Thailand, Vietnam, China

Consultants from major companies
with experience in over 40 countries will respond.
Please feel free to contact us.

If you are in a hurry, please call us.

+81-3-5783-3571
(Japan time)
Open 08:30 – 17:30
Except for Saturday, Sunday, holidays, Year-End and New-Year holidays

3 reasons why we are chosen REASON

REASON 1

Improvement experience of
more than 1,500 companies in 40 countries

There must be the shop floor issues that cannot be solved by your own company alone. Improvements and reforms for manufacturing industry to survive, regardless of country or industry, need development of your human resources through practical experiences of improvement, and strengthening of your production system base.

REASON 2

Consulting that shop floor workers
acknowledge our superiority and be pleased

In conventional consulting styles, there was a distance between consultant and the shop floor because it was promoted mainly consultant and management executives. Our consultant can provide a guidance without a distance between consultant and the shop floor through the guidance based on the “seeds of improvement” in a concrete way, instead of “finding fault” like a critic.

REASON 3

Continuous improvement will continue
even after the end of guidance

While strengthening “human resource development”, we focus on the “overall flow” from design to purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, and production control, and provide guidance that matches the actual situation of your company. Continuous improvement will continue even after the end of guidance through the guidance that is acceptable to the shop floor workers.

Consultants from major companies
with experience in over 40 countries will respond.
Please feel free to contact us.

If you are in a hurry, please call us.

+81-3-5783-3571
(Japan time)
Open 08:30 – 17:30
Except for Saturday, Sunday, holidays, Year-End and New-Year holidays