Design for X™ is a consulting firm grounded in the original Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodology, with a direct master–apprentice transfer of knowledge from Seiichi Nakajima through leaders at JIPM (Fumio Gotoh), Toyota Auto Body (Tsutomu Murata), and Procter & Gamble to our founder.
This lineage matters because most operational excellence and TPM/WCM programs fail—not due to lack of tools, but due to a loss of intent and improper implementation. We translate this original methodology into modern manufacturing environments to deliver measurable improvements in reliability, throughput, and cost.
We do not offer “flavor-of-the-month” programs or spreadsheet-driven initiatives disconnected from execution. We combine deep technical expertise with hands-on implementation and workforce development to build sustainable systems of continuous improvement.
Our clients include global leaders across chemicals, metals, food & beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, defense, building materials, and solar. We help transform fragmented initiatives and inefficient business processes into fully integrated, high-performance operating systems.