Tag: Toyota

Jim Womack on BBC World Business News

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BBC World Service - Business - 5/05/2009 - Car Crash The BBC aired a revisiting of a story from 2007, I found this thanks to...

Hey, Reuters, Six Sigma Did Not Start at Toyota!

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ANALYSIS - Six Sigma mystique takes beating in downturn | Motoring | Reuters Thanks to a former Toyota employee (and friend of mine) for sending...

Online WSJ Comment from Toyota Person

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Toyota Poised to Make Shift in North America - WSJ.com Interesting WSJ comment from this recent piece about planned management changes in North America. Jim Lentz,...

Nice Toyota "Root Cause" Problem Solving Example in USA Today

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The other 'Big 3': Japanese car giants caught in sales skid, too - USATODAY.comIt was Kaizen Week in the paper, apparently, as the word...

Ford Not "Blindly Copying" Toyota – They Ignore "Respect for People"??

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Ford CEO Mulally shares Toyota's vision -- Article from USATODAY.com Why does the USA TODAY tend to do a better job with Lean articles than...

The Simpsons Slams American Cars, Robots, or Roger Smith?

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I've always been a huge Simpsons fan, even if the show has gotten less funny in the past few years (flame away on that...

Toyota History Article in the Las Vegas Paper

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ReviewJournal.com - Drive - Toyota empire was built on thread, not treadIt's surprising to see an article like this in the Las Vegas paper....

Toyota Exec to Meet with Obama Administration

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Auto briefs | detnews.com | The Detroit NewsIt's too bad that they can't talk directly to President Obama and introduce him to the Toyota...

Just an Emergency

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SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING AND OFFSHORE NEWSToyota's overproduction and inventory emergency (thanks to Jason for the tip): Toyota is currently renting a ship in the Swedish...

What Sets Toyota Apart?

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Below is a Toyota expression that I love... and this is a statement that could apply in any type of organization, don't you think?...

Toyota’s Buyouts and New Leadership

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Taking the Wheel as Toyota Skids - NYTimes.comToyota's Cost Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory WorkersToyota famously has avoided layoffs of permanent employees...

Toyota Keeps its Eyes on the Customer

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by Dan MarkovitzIn a refreshing change of pace for the auto industry, Akio Toyoda, who was just named as the new president of Toyota,...
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