Lost Foam casting uses EPS patterns buried in dry sand. When molten metal is poured, the EPS vaporizes and disappears, forming the final casting without cores. This allows complex shapes to be produced in one piece, unlike traditional green sand casting which requires separate core production and assembly.

I led the world’s first full productized digital solution order for a sand‑mold foundry, stepping in as PMO despite strong internal opposition. Working with HQ and an AI partner, we achieved full visualization and validated 40% defect‑reduction potential.

This article explains why Finance in Japan remains compliance‑focused while Western Finance acts as a business partner. The gap comes from the divide between Financial and Management Accounting. With streamlined processes and better design, Finance can shift from watchdog to a true driver of management decisions.

Many companies rely on Gross Margin and SG&A, but fixed costs hidden in COS distort the true economics of the business. Correct decision‑making requires separating variable and fixed costs and viewing profitability through Contribution Margin and total fixed costs, not Gross Margin.

Manufacturing digital transformation succeeds only when three elements come together: reliable data, properly designed systems, and effective daily implementation. Factory data is often inaccurate, systems fail when built without process understanding, and operations will not adopt prescriptions they don’t trust. Through six years of work in complex sand‑casting plants—integrating real‑time data, inspection linkage, and AI‑based defect‑reduction models—I learned that these th

New executives often fail when they try to change everything at once. This article explains why leaders must first understand the organization, respect what already works, and reform only after grasping the company’s true situation.