Ferruh Tumer

Toyota Production System / Lean / Operational Excellence advisor for European operations

Basic plan, budget, techinal specification preparation/realization to achieve predefined cost, quality and lead time targets for Europe and Japan projects. Development of plastic parts through simultaneous engineering activities in collaboration with style and mechanical design engineering groups. Utilization of plastic flow and rigidity analysis tools to predict/prevent failures and design optimization to enhance product cost and quality. Leading international engineering team by assigning specific targets

Instrumental panel project manager for a new global vehicle.

Managing Toyota Motor Europe's in-house plastic part/process development projects for new passenger vehicles.

It was an offer came from Katholieke University of Leuven, where I also did my master studies, to give me the opportunity to develop a material to be utilized for all kind of transportation vehicle to improve damagability and the weight.

As I completed my master degree on polymer and composite materials engineering, I was very interested in aircraft materials and also working in aircraft industry as it has its own special discipline was attracting me as an engineer.

Polymer and composite materials

Composite materials