Jose Nakasone

Asuncion, Paraguay

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Toyota Production System (TPS) • Cost Reduction • Delivery Lead Times Reduction Market Share Improvement • Waste Elimination • Quality Assurance & Control International Collaboration • Fluent in Spanish, English, & Japanese • Customer Service Excellence Consulting & Subject Matter Expertise • Productivity Improvement • Training & Team Leadership Professional Experience

TG Cuir International S.A. – Asuncion, Paraguay 2009 to Present Senior Consultant

Introduced Toyota’s Continuous Flow Production System to the organization’s operations.

Gained management buy-in and commitment to cultural change from team members.

Assisted the company in earning the Quality Excellence Performance Award.

Secured the Supplier of the Year Award, beating out 27 other suppliers in Latin America, 2014 and 2017

Earned the Delivery Target Achievement Certificate for eight consecutive years, 2012-2019

Assisted the company in earning the Quality Excellence Performance Award from 2014 to 2019 with zero PPM each year.

Reduced the price of leather seat cover sets for HILUX trucks by 39.8% despite a cumulative inflation rate of 14.9% between 2014 and 2019.

Achieved productivity improvements that ranged from 82.6% to 95.5% between 2015 and 2019.

Generated depreciation costs of fixed asset improvements of ~47% due to a productivity increase of 3.2 times from 17 to 55 sets per day and with an increase in the number of machines of only 1.7 times.

ICU Medical Inc. – Ensenada Baja California, Mexico & Salt Lake City, Utah 2006 to 2009 Production Operations Senior Consultant

Delivered production and operations leadership, guidance, and support to plant operations.

Introduced the continuous flow production system, which replaced the previous batch system. Increased line productivity from 57.7% in 2006 to 87.7% in 2008.

Realized zero quality defects on cell number 27 for the entire year in 2006.

Deployed the Kanban System and Just-in-Time System that reduced process stock on hand from days to hours.

Drove away waste from all aspects of production after the introduction of new methods. Jose Nakasone

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Toyota Auto Body Company Inc. (TABC) – Long Beach, California 2004 to 2006 Production Operations Senior Advisor

Served as a Senior Advisor to production operations in Toyota’s newest facility in North America.

Instituted the Built-in-Quality principle that elevated the Tacoma’s market share to 23%.

Executed a TMC quality audit and ranked the plant second-best in North America.

Established LEAN production systems and processes that optimized productivity. Toyota Argentina Sociedad Anonima (TASA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina 1995 to 2004 Senior Executive Coordinator (2001 to 2004); Plant General Manager & Acting Director (2002); Dispatcher (1995 to 1996)

Directly supported executives with the startup of TASA operations in the South American region.

Played an integral part of the growth from startup to over 650 talented team members.

Boosted line efficiency to 95.5% and slashed quality defects per vehicle to 0.87.

Compressed gross man-hour/vehicle (MHV) to 36.5 and cost per vehicle savings by 9%. Toyota Del Peru S.A. (TDP) – Lima, Peru 1967 to 2001 Customer Service Division Executive Director, Member of the Board of Directors (1992 to 2001); Manufacturing Plant Executive Director, Member of the Board of Directors (1988 to 2001); Plant General Manager (1983 to 1988); Additional Production Roles (1967 to 1983) Began at TDP with learning experiences on the plant floor and continued progressing in various roles for the next 34 years. Lived the Toyota Way on the plant floor, providing management of direct manufacturing operations, partner outsourcing, and supply chain management. Continued with 14+ years’ experience as an Executive Director and Member of the Board of Directors. Previously assigned to SOFASA, Colombia, a joint venture between Toyota and Renault. Acted in the capacity of Senior Advisor, delivering start-up production of high mix, low-volume models that included the Land Cruiser and Hilux.

Education & Credentials

PADE (Programa Avanzado de Administracion de Empresas) – One Year Compact MBA Program Escuela de Negocios Para Graduados – Lima, Peru

Bachelor of Science – Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria – Lima, Peru

Training & Development

Toyota Plant Management Training – Japan Toyota Production System (TPS) - Japan Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) Orientation Course – Japan Professional Affiliation

Peruvian Society of Engineers Association of Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) Japan