List of TPM Excellence Awards assessors
Click on name for more details(Name ascending order)
Akihiro MATSUMOTO
Akira ICHIKAWA
Eiji SHAMOTO
Fumio KOJIMA
Hidetoshi IMAZU
Hirokazu KONO
Hiroshi KATAYAMA
Hiroshi KUBOTA
Hiroshi TAKANO
Hisayoshi MATSUYAMA
Katsuaki ONOGI
Katsuharu SUZUKI
Kazuharu SUGIYAMA
Kazuyuki YOKOO
Kimio ISHIKAWA
Kimio NONAKA
Masaharu OTA
Masamoto AMEZAWA
Masanori KUNIEDA
Msayoshi SUGIURA
Osamu YOSHIE
Rei HINO
Seiichi SUDO
Shigenobu NOMURA
Shinji SHINODA
Shozo TAKATA
Shuhei INADA
Sojiro TSUCHIYA
Souemon TAKAKUWA
Takao ENKAWA
Takao IZUMITakashi UEDA
Tamotsu NAKAMURA
Tetsuo MIYAMURA
Tetsuo SHOJI
Toru NOGUCHI
Toshio FUKUDA
Toyoshiro INAMURA
Yasuo SUZUOKIYoshiro FUKUDA
Zensuke MATSUDA

Akihiro MATSUMOTO

Name

Akihiro MATSUMOTO

Current Post

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science andEngineering, Toyo University

Subject of Study

Mechanical engineering
Robotics and mechatronics

Books

T. Carone, translation : A. Matsumoto, K. Tanaka, K. Matsusima, D. Isobe,(2020.3) Tokyo kagaku dozin, Ltd.
“Digital forest Future automation : changes to lives and to businesses” ISBN:978-4807909889，A. Matsumoto, K. Yokota (2018.12) Ohmsha, Ltd.
“Robot mechanics” ISBN: 978-4274507175 H. Miura, A. Matsumoto, andmore, (2014.12) Ohmsha, Ltd.
“Handy Book Mechatronics (3rd Edition)” ISBN: 978-4-274-21688-6
T. Arai, A. Matsumoto, (1994.9) Tokyo. Japanese Standards Association.
“Industrial Robot language “SLIM” ISBN:978-4542303737

Akira ICHIKAWA

Name

Akira ICHIKAWA

Current Post

Certified TPM Award Assessor

Subject of Study

TPM process management (8 pillars of TPM in general)Electrical maintenance, and measurement control
ISO quality and environmental management system

Eiji SHAMOTO

Name

Eiji SHAMOTO

Current PostProfessor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

Subject of Study

Production machining, machine tools

Books

Comprehensive Materials Processing, Chapter on “Ultrasonic Vibration
Diamond Cutting and Ultrasonic Elliptical Vibration Cutting”, Eiji Shamoto,
Norikazu Suzuki, ELSEVIER Limited ， pp.405-454, ISBN-13: 9780080965321 (2014)
Mechanical Engineering Handbook Design Volume 3 "Machining andMachining Equipment"-5.1.1 Theory of Cutting Process, Eiji Shamoto, TheJapan Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp.137-140 (2006)

Fumio KOJIMAName

Fumio KOJIMACurrent Post

Visiting Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University

Subject of Study

Production system design
Process design
Factory management

Books

Mechanical Engineering Handbook "Production System Engineering" (coauthor) (production line design, automotive parts production systems, transportand storage facilities) (co-author)
MechanicalEngineering

Handbook"Mechatronics

andRobotics"(Autonomous Distributed Robot Applied Production System)
Shared writing of Encyclopedia of Production Management (ProductDevelopment Cycle)

Hidetoshi IMAZU

Name

Hidetoshi IMAZUCurrent Post

TPM Award Assessor

Subject of Study

Automotive Production Equipment DesignHirokazu KONO

Name

Hirokazu KONO

Current Post

Professor at Keio Business School

Subject of Study

Industrial Engineering
Production Control
Operations Management

Hiroshi KATAYAMA

Name

Hiroshi KATAYAMA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Research Consultant of Waseda Research Institute for Science & Engineering,
Faculty of Science & Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Distinguished Chair Professor, Feng Chia University, Republic of China(Taiwan)
Head of Lean System Laboratory

Subject of Study

Operations & Production Management (OPM)
Lean Management
TPM, Continuous Improvement
Industrial Engineering
Performance Measurement
Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing Strategy
Project Management
CIM/e-Manufacturing etc.

Books

System Analysis by BASIC (BASIC ni yoru Sisutemu Kaiseki Gihou: inJapanese), P. 73-99, Kyoritsu Publishing Co., Tokyo, July, 1988, ISBN 4-32002411-7 C3041 ¥2300E.
Global Manufacturing-Building customer partnerships as a competitiveweapon, Co-authored, Financial Times, 1997, ISBN 962 661 115 4.
Strategy-Driven Manufacturing:A key for the new Millennium, Edited &Written, Waseda University, 1998, ISBN 4-9980716-0-2 C3050 ¥5000E.
Global Logistics for the New Millennium, Edited & Written, Waseda
University, 2000, ISBN 4-901195-03-4.
International Collaborative Car Parts Complementation System (Kokusai
Kyouryoku ni yoru Jidousha Buhin Sougo Hokan Sisutemu: in Japanese), P.
79-129,Co-authored, Keisuisha Publishing Co. Hiroshima, Japan, 25th, February,
2003, ISBN 4-87440-741-2 C3034.
“Lean Management and its Global Transfer for Sustainability: A Japanese
Approach”, Plenary Lecture, The 12th Quality in Research (QiR), Sanur
Paradise Hotel, Indonesia, 4-7 July, 2011.
“Recent Advances and Activities in Logistics and SCM in Japan”, Keynote
Lecture, The 7th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems(ICLS2012),KOFST, Seoul, Korea, 8th June, 2012.
“Lean Management: Its Legend and Future Evolution”, Keynote Lecture, The
47th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering(ICCIE), Tryp Lisboa, Caparica Mar, Lisboa, Portugal, 11th-13th October,
2017.
“Extension of KPI measures for effective lean management -Some evolutional
directions for more leanised organisation-“, 10 pages in Proceedings of The
22nd Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium, Cambridge, UnitedKingdom, September 27-28, 2018, (Refereed, DOI: 10.17863/CAM.31722).

Hiroshi KUBOTANameHiroshi KUBOTACurrent Post

Professor Emeritus, Doctor of engineering at Hiroshima Institute ofTechnology

Subject of Study

Quality management
Information management
Manufacturing management technology

Books[Sole author]
Reconsiderations on QC Circle Activity, 2016 (Japan Standards Association)
Foundation and Practice of Daily Management, 2008 (Japanese StandardsAssociation)[Editing and writing]
The Composition of Information Interface, Information Design, 2007
(CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, INC.)
Quality Management Problems and Explanations: QC Test 3rd Level, 2012
(Japanese Standards Association)
Effective Visualization for Managing Organizational Behavior, 2010 (JapanStandards Association)[Work with multiple authors]
Foundations and Practices of TQM, 2019 (JUSE Press Ltd.)Technology Management in East Asia, 2012 (CHUOKEOZAI-SHA, INC.)
Total Quality Management for TQM 21st Century, 1998 (JUSE Press, Ltd.),
Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management, 1999 (AsakuraPublishing Co., Ltd.)
Quality Management Technology Dictionary, 2004 (Japanese StandardsAssociation)
Study of Information Quality, 2009 (CHUOKEIZAI-SHA, INC.)
New Quality Assurance Guidebook, 2009 (JUSE Press, Ltd.)Hiroshi TAKANO

Name

Hiroshi TAKANO

Subject of Study

Material System EngineeringHisayoshi MATSUYAMAName

Hisayoshi MATSUYAMACurrent Post

Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University

Subject of Study

Process Systems Engineering
Fault Diagnosis of Chemical Plants,
Process Control
Process Design
Scheduling of Large-scale Systems

Books“Fault Diagnosis of Chemical Plants”(Japanese),Ai-Pi-SiCo.Ltd.,1991“Process Systems Engineering”(Japanese),Ohm Co.Ltd.,1992“Chemical Reaction and Reactor Design”(English),Wiley and Maruzen,1998

Katsuaki ONOGI

Name

Katsuaki ONOGI

Current Post

Professor of Faculty of Information Science,Aichi Institute of Technology

Subject of Study

Process Systems EngineeringKatsunori SUZUKINameKatsunori SUZUKI

Current Post

TPM Awards Assessor

Subject of Study

Chemical engineering
Technological developmentBusiness planning and management
Improvement of production control efficiency
Reduction of manufacturing costs
Manpower development (education and training)Kazuharu SUGIYAMA

Name

Kazuharu SUGIYAMACurrent Post

TPM Award Assessor

Subject of Study

WCM/TPM overseas activities
Training and education
Improvement activities
Engineering
Manufacturing management

Kazuyuki YOKOO

Name

Kazuyuki YOKOO

Current Post

TPM Awards Assessor

Kimio ISHIKAWA

Name

Kimio ISHIKAWA

Current Post

Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Business Management
Tokai Gakuen University

Subject of Study

Plant engineering
Production management
Industrial engineering
Business administration
Environmental studies
Safety engineering
Production engineering
Precision engineering
Plasticity processing
Sanitary engineering

Books5-Whys, Learning Plant Management in Japanese, English, and ChineseKimio NONAKA

Name

Kimio NONAKA

Current Post

President, QMsolutions Co.Ltd

Subject of Study

Automatic control and anti-resonance measures for mechanical systems (oilpressure, air pressure and mechanical devices)(Master’s in Engineering)
All aspects of TQM promotion (Professional management engineer; specialties
include statistical analysis, processimprovement and policy management)
TPM
Improvement of overall facility efficiencyPlanned maintenance systems
Instruction for individual improvement
Reduction of production lead times and inventory, etc.
An ISO9000 Assessor certified by the International Register of CertificatedAuditors (IRCA)
Experience in manufacturing of communication devices, hydraulic machinery,
semiconductor ICs, beverage containers and Pharmaceuticals

Books

S/N Ratio-based Reduction of IC Wire Deformations (1986)
at Quality Management Conference (1987)
Manufacturing and Innovation in Different Cultures, at IE National Meeting(1996)
Manufacturing and CAPA at Cutting-edge Companies, Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing Conference (2011)

Masaharu OTA

NameMasaharu OTA

Current Post

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration,Osaka Gakuin University

Subject of Study

Operations management
Innovation management
Global operations
Quality control

Books

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ed. By D. Samson and M. Gloet,
Oxford University Press, 2015, etc.

Masamoto AMEZAWA

Name

Masamoto AMEZAWA

Current Post

Representative Director, Kyushu Manufacturing Research Society

Subject of Study

Quality control, production control, and production improvement

Masanori KUNIEDA

Name

Masanori KUNIEDA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Subject of Study

Special machining
Electrical discharge machining
Electrolytic machining
Molds

Books

Principles of Production Machining Edited by The Japan Society ofMechanical Engineers, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Shared writing, Chapter 10)(1998)
Advancing EDM through Fundamental Insight into the Process, M. Kunieda,
B. Lauwers, K. P. Rajurkar, B. M. Schumacher, Annals of the CIRP, 54, 2, 599622, (2005).

Masayoshi SUGIURA

Name

Masayoshi SUGIURA

Current Post

TPM Award Assessor

Subject of Study

TPM, Individual Improvement
Quality MaintenanceFailure Reduction
Skill Management
5SBooks

Realization of Perfect Production through Elimination of Minor Defects (AllJapan Federation of Management Organizations)
Revitalizing Workplaces (All-Japan Federation of Management Organizations)
How to Improve Quality Awareness and Reduce Defects (JMA)
Quality Cost 1/10 Activity: QCOM-10 Part 1 (JMA); Quality Cost 1/10
Activity: QCOM-10 Part 2 (JMA)TPM Plant Engineering Terminological Dictionary (JIPM)
Challenges in Achieving Minor Stoppage Loss Zero: Approach to Unattended
Operation of Automated Line (JIPM)
TPM600 Form Manual (JIPM)
Challenges in Achieving Reduction of Quality Costs: Realization of Zero
Defects and of Quality Maintenance (JIPM)

Osamu YOSHIENameOsamu YOSHIE

Current Post

Professor, Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems

Subject of Study

Information Technology in Manufacturing
Network Computing

Books

Web-Knowledge Management and Decision Support , LNAI-2543 , SpringerVerlag , 2003, and so on.

Rei HINO

Name

Rei HINO

Current Post

Professor, Business and Administration, Nagoya University

Subject of Study

Production system
Intelligent machining system
Machine toolSeiichi SUDO

Name

Seiichi SUDO

Current Post

Chairman of Chubu Industrial Engineering Association

Shigenobu NOMURA

Name

Shigenobu NOMURA

Current Post

Professor, Department of Management Information System, Aichi Institute ofTechnology

Subject of Study

Production Control
Logistics
Knowledge Management

Books

Production Control
Quality Control
Management Information System
Linkage Management
Manufacturing management linkage strategy

Shinji SHINODA

Name

Shinji SHINODA

Current Post

Professor, Department of System Design, Faculty of Science and Technology,
Seikei University

Subject of Study

Industrial Engineering
Digital Manufacturing

Books

Dictionary of TPM Facilities Management Terms (Shared writing, Japan
Institute of Plant Maintenance, 1994)

Shozo TAKATA

Name

Shozo TAKATA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Waseda University

Subject of Study

Production Systems Engineering, Maintenance Systems Engineering

Books

Production Systems Handbook (Corona, 1997)Computer‐Aided Maintenance: Methodologies andPractices (Chapman & Hall 1988)
Eco‐material Engineering Science ‐ Basics and Application ‐ (Union ofJapanese Scientists and Engineers)
Production Management Dictionary (Japan Standards Association,2002)
Inverse Manufacturing Handbook ‐ Post‐recycle Circular Monozukuri(Maruzen, 2004)
JSME Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook, Design Edition β7, Production
Systems Engineering (Maruzen, 2005)
Logical and Rational Facility Management to Optimize LCC, Life Cycle
Maintenance (JIPM Solution, 2006)
JSME Mechanical Engineer’s Handbook, Design Edition β1, DesignEngineering (Maruzen, 2007)
JSME Practical Handbook of Machines (Maruzen 2011)
Safety Engineering Handbook (Corona, 2019)

Shuhei INADANameShuhei INADA

Current Post

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University

Subject of StudyProduction System Management
Industrial Engineering
Economic Engineering

BooksProduction Control Operation", Japan Vocational Ability Development
Association, (2008)
IE Analysis of Product Picking and Inspection Operations in a Distribution
Warehouse,"
Proceedings of the Japan Society for Management Engineering, (2017)"Improvement of On-site
Capability through IE," Plant Engineer, (2015)
Detection of hesitation in work systems based on viewpoint data," Journal ofFacilities Management, (2013)

Sojiro TSUCHIYA

Name

Sojiro TSUCHIYA

Subject of Study

Production systems
Production technology

Soemon TAKAKUWA

Name

Soemon TAKAKUWA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University

Subject of Study

Production Management
Logistics
Simulation of Factory
Supply ChainBooks“Simulation-Based Optimization of CIM Manufacturing System: Theory andPractice” Corona Publishing, 1994
“Economic Analysis of FA/CIM” Chuokeizai-sha, 1995
"Manufacturing Management in East Asia" (Editing and writing) Chuokeizaisha, 2012)"Manufacturing and Environmental Management" (Editing and writing)
Chuokeizai-sha 2013
"Operations Management: Production and Supply Chain Management"
Chuokeizai-sha 2015
“Simio and Simulation -Modeling, Analysis, Application-” (6th ed.) (Editing,Translating) Simio LLC, 2022

Takao ENKAWA

Name

Takao ENKAWA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Polytechnic University, Japan
Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Subject of Study

Supply Chain Management
Quality Management
Production Management

Books

Introduction of Polytechnic Science, JUSE Publisher (2018)
Modern Operation Management, Asakura Publisher (2017)
Japanese Culture and Quality, JSA (2009)
Operations Management, Asakura Publisher (2009)]
Just-in-Time, Lean Production, and Complementary Paradigms, in G.
SALVENDY ed. Handbook of Industrial
Engineering, John Wiley & Sons (2001)

Takao IZUMINameTakao IZUMICurrent Post

Consultant, JMA Consultants Inc.

Subject of Study

Quality Management Assessor (A14479)
MasterManagementConsultant,Associations (J-MCMC16007)

Japan

FederationofManagement

Takashi UEDA

Name

Takashi UEDA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa University

Subject of Study

Precision Engineering

Tamotsu NAKAMURA

Name

Tamotsu NAKAMURA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Shizuoka University

Subject of Study

Metal Forming Processes
Tribology of Metal Forming Processes
Metal Powder Sintering Processes
Solid State Welding Processes

Books

Theory of Plasticity, Process Tribology, Solid State Welding Aluminum
Technology Handbook, 1985 (Keikinzoku Publishing)
Tribology in Plastic Working, 1988(CORONA Publishing Co., Ltd.)
Plastic Working Technology Series: Bonding, 1990 (CORONA PublishingCo.,Ltd.)
Plastic Working Technology Series: Process Tribology, 1991 (CORONA
Publishing Co., Ltd.)
Basic Mechanics of Plasticity, 1991 (Nisshin Publishing)Tetsuo MIYAMURA

Name

Tetsuo MIYAMURA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus of Chuo University

Subject of Study

Reliability Engineering
Management of New Product Development
Product Liability and Product SafetyBooks

Developmental of New Products and Technologies and Reliability EngineeringAn Introduction to Reliability Engineering (Collaboration)
Statistical Analysis of Reliability Models (Collaboration)
Quality Assurance and Product Safety (Collaboration)
Product Liability System and Product Safety Technologies
Reliability engineering – New Products and New Engneering Development –(Single author of 1050 pages), JUSE,2011, and others

Tetsuo SHOJI

Name

Tetsuo SHOJI

Current Post

Senior Research Fellow, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center,
Tohoku University Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University

Subject of Study

Fracture mechanics
Material science
Material measurement
Evaluation technology
Equipment diagnosis
Damage tolerance engineering
RCMCorrosion scienceBooks

Applied Rock Fracture Mechanics (joint work)
New Stress-Strain Measurements (joint work)
Aging Deterioration and Life Prediction (edit & joint work)

Toru NOGUCHINameToru NOGUCHI

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Representative Director, Noguchi Material Technology Consulting

Subject of Study

Mechanical engineering(machinery and materials engineering, foundry engineering, materialstrength)

Books

Materials Science for Machinery Applications (Kogaku Tosho)
Strength Evaluation of Ductile Cast Iron (Agne Gijutsu Center)
Engineer’s Guidbook for Failure Investigation (Kogaku Tosho)

Toshio FUKUDA

Name

Toshio FUKUDA

Current Post

Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology of Meijo University

Subject of Study

Mechatronics
Micro MachineIntelligent Robot System
Intelligent Production System
Neuro-Fuzzy Application Control

BooksPrecision Sensor and Actuator (Kluwer co., 1992)
Cellular Robotics and Micro Robotic System (World Scientific Co., 1994)
Multi-Locomotion Robotic Systems (Springer, 2012)
Micro-Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems and Their Applications (Springer,2013)

Toyoshiro INAMURA

Name

Toyoshiro INAMURA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus at Nagoya Institute of Technology

Subject of Study

Nanotechnology Oriented Computer Simulation
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
Maintenance Engineering

Books

Fundamental Cutting Theory (Kyoritsu Syuppan)
CAE and CAM (Gihodo Shuppan)
Principles of Manufacturing Technology (Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun Sha)Yasuo SUZUOKINameYasuo SUZUOKICurrent Post

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology

Yoshiro FUKUDA

Name

Yoshiro FUKUDA

Current Post

Professor Emeritus, Hosei University

Subject of Study

Production System Design
Production Management
Process Planning continue to the following page

Books

Production Software System, 1993 (Ohbunsha)
Open System Architecture for CIM, 1995 (Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun)
FA Jargon Dictionary, 1996 (IROFA)
Approach of Production/Logistics Simulation, 1998 (Kyoritsu Shuppan)
Production Management Encyclopedia, 1999 (Asakura Shoten)
Supplementary Reader on Production Systems, 2002 (News Digest PublishingCo., Ltd.)CAE and CAM, 1991 (Gihodo Shuppan Co., Ltd.)

Zensuke MATSUDA

Name

Zensuke MATSUDA

Current Post

Senior Researcher at Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance
TPM Awards Assessor

Subject of Study

Overall promotion of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance )Semiconductor Development and Manufacturing