Glocalink Corporation, in conjunction with Liverness Corporation and the Real Tech Fund, will hold a seminar for R&D ventures on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, entitled "Eliminate rework! The 'Manufacturing Wall' that Startups Fall into and How to 'Break Through'" will be held.

In the process of product commercialization, the biggest enemy of manufacturing is "rework. Startups must prevent "rework," which involves going back to the previous stage of development and starting over, due to a lack of human, material, and financial resources. Many startups have to go back to the planning stage because they do not have enough experience and ideas for mass production at the timing from research to prototyping.

Mr. Sakashita of KOBASHI, an industry leader at the forefront of manufacturing for over 110 years, will discuss the thinking and initial measures required in the early stages of planning and development in manufacturing to deliver products and services to customers.

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■ Seminar Information

Seminar for R&D Ventures "Eliminate rework! The "Manufacturing Barrier" that Startups Fall into and How to "Break Through"
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: Center of Garage (1-16-3 Yokogawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0003, Japan)
Format: Panel Session
How to participate: In person or online (please choose when registering).
Admission: Free

Speakers

Mr. Shogo Sakashita
Executive Officer, Office of the President, KOBASHI HOLDINGS Co.
/ COO, KOBASHI ROBOTICS Co.

Born in Chiba, Japan in 1984. After graduating from university, he joined Mikimoto Corporation, where he worked as a diamond buyer, procuring diamonds for royalty and royal families. Later, experienced setting up reconstruction projects after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and joined MISUMI Corporation in 2015. He has experience in development, production, and sales, and is familiar with marketing and promotion in e-commerce. He has been engaged in business strategy planning and has been in his current position since 2020. Responsible for planning and executing business strategies for the entire group. In order to embody the management philosophy "Cultivate the Earth," in addition to the core agricultural machinery business, he is also involved in the manufacturing support business for startups and the creation of new regional industries.

 

Yoshinobu Osaka
President and Representative Director, Glocalink Inc.

He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Keio University, Graduate School of Business Administration. He was seconded to Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), and served as a specially-appointed researcher at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, and ACCEL Program Manager at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). He has also held positions at Liverness Corporation, Glocalink Corporation, and others. He has experience in providing hands-on support to pre-startup teams and investing in and fostering venture companies immediately after their establishment. He has been actively involved in venture companies as an advisor and board member.