Edson Tetsuo Kogachi received a bachelor's in mechanical production engineering from the Centro Universitário FEI in 1986, a specialization in Service Administration from the UFBA in 2002 and a master's degree in Clean Technology Management from the UFBA in 2008. There, he has been doing a doctorate in Industrial Engineering. Since 2014, he has been teaching at the Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF) in the areas of production process simulation and supply chain management. Previously, he worked in the industries between 1985 and 2014.