Tag: Toyota

Fortune: Most Admired Companies: SnapshotToyota is the first non-U.S. based company to make the list, in the #9 slot. The top 10 are...

Article from Toronto's Globe & Mail - Toyota Revs up plans for Ontario plant: Toyota announced a 50% increase in planned production at it's...

Japanese Automaker Drives Into NASCAR - Yahoo! NewsWill they apply kaizen to NASCAR? :-)It was announced earlier this week that a NASCAR edition of...

Thomas L. Friedman (free access via Denver Post): Although the focus of this column is on the environmental advantages of the new Texas Instruments...

Jim Press: 'I was in love with cars every second' Here is a bio of Toyota's North American Sales President, Jim Press. It's interesting to...

Business - International Herald TribuneYou could argue that Nissan and Hyundai are also rising, particularly here in the U.S.Paragraph three, in this article,...

Society of Manufacturing EngineersHere's a good overview of the Toyota/GM "Joint Venture" plant, NUMMI. I put "JV" in quotes because, sure there is...

Toyota considers West Michigan plant; UAW not pleased -- WWMT - Digital Channel 3You'd think a new auto plant in Michigan, any plant, would...

Free version of articleWednesday's Wall St. Journal front page had quite a contrast. Next to an article about how GM is struggling, there...

1 -- 'Slow and steady' drives Toyota's growth - (USA Today) 2 -- Toyota Closes In on G.M. (NY Times, requires free registration) 3 -- Toyota...

Evolving Excellence Blog: : I Don't Speak JapaneseAnother provocative post from Bill Waddell and the Evolving Excellence blog. I'd like to amplify his...

Evolving Excellence: Its About Cost, Stupid!Great post here by Bill Waddell about the Toyota "Profit/Cost" model ofProfit = Price - Cost. He elaborates...