MASAFUMI, Tanaka

Tanaka Masafumi
Toyota Motor Corporation OB, Headquarters Factory Group Leader (GL)

After gaining experience in assembly line operations, operational management, and support for vehicle production in Asia at the head office plant, I transferred to the Human Resources department (in charge of overall training and development), where I was involved in various training programs, planning and management, and the training and development of trainers for company-wide workshops.

Career・Experience
Toyota Motor Corporation
  • Joined Toyota Motor Corporation and was assigned to the Assembly Department, General Assembly Division at the Head Office Plant, where I was responsible for assembly line operations as a Group Leader.
  • After being certified as a trainer under Toyota’s “Specialist Skill Acquisition System” for assembly job types, I engaged in human resource development through skill training for skilled workers.
  • Worked on productivity improvement and production management operations at overseas vehicle production bases, and supported the autonomy of overseas operations through TPS (Toyota Production System) improvement support activities.
  • In the Toyota Human Resources department, I was in charge of preparing educational materials for skilled workers in the vehicle and unit divisions under the Toyota personnel system, developing and training company-wide skill trainers, overseas skill education, and planning and managing activities such as Toyota’s domestic and international skill exchange meetings.
Hirayama

We offer the expertise and know-how of manufacturing cultivated at Toyota’s production sites, embracing the TPS philosophy that “manufacturing is about developing people.

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At our training center, we provide trainings tailored to client needs, including authentic TPS practices such as “Standard Work and Improvement” and “How to Teach Work,” based on TWI, exclusive to this facility for both domestic and international participants.

Qualification

  • Forklift Operator License
  • Gas Welding Certification
  • Rigging Certification
  • Overhead Crane Operation Certification
  • Class C Hazardous Materials Handling License
  • Overseas Human Resource Development

    China, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.

    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