Akira Kodate (?????????·???) was born in Kanagawa District, Japan on 6 October 1925.
He is an engineer and a Japanese business manager, considered one of the greatest international experts in R&D and production management, as well as a master of lean thinking-related methodologies.
Since 1953, he has been working as a consultant with the Japan Management Association (JMA) and JMA Consultants Inc, where he works as a principal consultant and technical advisor.
I have been working with Mr Kodate for around 13 years to date. I took the photograph in Milan, while in the office
Previously published: Yes, I did. It's in the Italian version of the same WIKI biography. Could be I have already uploaded in Commons in 2010 License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL