JMAC Consultants America, Inc - Lean manufacturing consultant / kaizen principles - supply chain strategic manufacturing plans

PM	Production / Manufacturing	MS	Marketing / Sales

TPM	Total Productive Maintenance	OM	Operations / Management

SCM	Supply Chain Management	BPR	Business Process Reengineering

SP	Strategy / Planning	HRM	Human Resource Management

RD	Research And Development	CRM	Customer Relations Management

LEAN MANUFACTURING LEARNING TOUR - JAPAN - FEBRUARY 2008

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MONODZUKURI: JMAC is at the forefront of the "lean" revolution in manufacturing and service process improvement. Visit the MONODZUKURI website!

The Japan Management
Association Group is the
oldest and most respected industrial and service process improvement entity in Japan. JMAC America, JMAC Japan, JMAC France, JMAC China, JMAC Scandinavia, JMAC Italy, JMAC Australia and JMAC Korea are taking the improvement methods developed in Japan to other areas of the world.

Join the evolution!

Our Key People

Atsushi Terada - President and Senior Consultant (Since 1987)
Atsushi is a management consultant in facility management, productivity improvement, Total Productive Maintenance, production control, plant planning, quality improvement, ISO9000, ISO14000, cost management, and R&D management. His experience includes the automobile and parts manufacturing, steel, semiconductor, electric appliance, ceramic, concrete product, cylinder, data processing, LAN engineering, elevator, and commercial refrigerator industries.

Masaaki Takahara - Vice President and Senior Consultant (Since 1989)
Masaaki is a management consultant in business process reengineering, strategic planning and breakdowns (Hoshin-Kanri, management system design and training, TPM, customer service function, sales strategy and management, problem solving, marketing and organization development. His experience includes the mobile phone, food and grocery, garment, insurance, automotive and parts manufacturing, marine vessel operator education, copy center, testing, electric appliance, data processing, steel, aluminum, paper, chemical, and boiler manufacturing industries.

Shigeo Shingo’s Association with JMA Group

TPS
Toyota Production System (Developed with Toyota Motor Corporation): The world's foremost system for optimizing the production line performance.

JIT
Just in Time: The concept of delivering materials and supplies just before they are needed, not sooner - to minimize inventory.

TPM
Total Productive Maintenance: The world's foremost system for optimizing machine performance.

SMED
Single Minute Exchange of Die: A methodology for reducing the time necessary for product / tooling changes.

5S
A methodology for improving the appearance and organization of work spaces.

VRP
Variety Reduction Program:
Seeks to lower cost by "commonizing" the parts and materials used in your facility.

LEAN OFFICE
The scientific application of lean production methods to the white collar / office environment.

KI
A scientific approach for aligning developmental activity with business demand. It results in reduced new product lead time and improves QCD target achievement.


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