The Corporate Manufacturing Engineering department held a lecture on manufacturing engineering for its department members on November 18. The session focused on productivity enhancement and the strengths of Japanese manufacturing.
▼Lectures
Title: "Productivity Enhancement and the Future of Japanese Manufacturing"
— CAP Industry Analysis and “Big SDGs” —
Speaker:
Professor Emeritus Takahiro Fujimoto
Manufacturing Management Scholar, The University of Tokyo
Speaker Profile:
Professor Emeritus Takahiro Fujimoto is a leading Japanese scholar in management studies. He served as Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo (1999–2021), and is currently a Professor at the Business and Finance Research Center, Graduate School of Management, Waseda University. He is also Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
His areas of expertise include manufacturing management, production engineering, and evolutionary economics. He is well known for his research on manufacturing systems and production management methods in the manufacturing industry, including the Toyota Production System.
