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Photos from the Toyota San Antonio Plant Visitor Center

Mark Graban Mar 15, 2013 2
Blog
Following up on my recent post on the tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in San Antonio,…

“Kaizen is all around our shop” — Toyota San Antonio Video

Mark Graban Dec 18, 2012 2
Blog
Here's a nice little video about the Toyota San Antonio plant.... start it at 1:20 and you hear a guy say: "...…

Lean and Green at Toyota San Antonio

Mark Graban Apr 25, 2007 0
MySA.com: Business:Following up on the Lean and Green theme, from the new San Antonio Toyota plant:"'Muda' is the…

Toyota San Antonio Starts Production

Mark Graban Nov 18, 2006 0
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MySA.com: Metro | StateThe Toyota truck plant in Texas has started production. For all of the talk this week from…

My 2nd Tour of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (San Antonio)

Mark Graban Feb 28, 2013 10
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I had the chance to tour the San Antonio Toyota truck plant (otherwise known as TMMTX) back in 2010 (and I blogged…

My First Visit to the Toyota Truck Plant in San Antonio (TMMTX)

Mark Graban Sep 17, 2010 5
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This blog post is about my first visit to TMMTX in 2010.

Push on for Toyota expansion – San Antonio

Mark Graban May 9, 2005 0
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MSNBC.com:Officials and leaders in Texas are already pushing Toyota to commit to expanding the yet-to-open San…

Rituso Shingo on The Toyota Production System and SMED

Mark Graban Apr 12, 2021 0
Interviews
Scroll down for show notes, how to subscribe, a full transcript and more My guest for Episode #409…

Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba

Mark Graban Jan 20, 2021 3
Interviews
Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the…

CEO Akio Toyoda’s Perspectives on the Toyota Production System

Mark Graban Aug 31, 2020 1
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I was really happy to see this publication by Toyota, from Japan but in English: "Akio Toyoda's View on Toyota…

Covid-19: Don’t Blame Toyota or “Just in Time” for Your Risky…

Mark Graban Mar 9, 2020 6
Audio
I normally love the public radio program "Marketplace" and have listened to it (on radio or as a podcast) for 15…

An Amazing Virtual Plant Tour (and More) at the Toyota North American HQ

Mark Graban Oct 23, 2019 1
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Last month, I had an opportunity to visit the Toyota North American Headquarters that's now near me in Plano,…

Highlights from our Lean Event Tour at Toyota

Mark Graban Oct 2, 2018 2
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Last week was our first "Symposium on Learning Organizations" where we brought together 40 people with diverse…

A Look Back at Posts About Visiting Toyota Plants in Texas and Japan

Mark Graban Sep 26, 2018 0
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Today, I'll be touring the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio again, the plant known as TMMTX. I'm there with our…

TQM at Toyota and the Influence on Lean – Past and Present, Japan and U.S.

Mark Graban Sep 6, 2018 5
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I'm very excited to be leaving for Japan for another study trip in just over a month. This will be my second trip…

Lean Learning Opportunities in Texas and Japan – Toyota is the Common…

Mark Graban Jun 27, 2018 3
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I'm excited to share two interesting opportunities to further our learning about Lean. One is a Texas-based event…

Santa’s Little Kaizeneers?

Mark Graban Jan 31, 2018 0
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Thanks to my friend Sylvain for sending me this cartoon. It would have been more timely for me to share this before…

Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job…

Mark Graban Jan 25, 2018 22
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There's much to admire about Toyota and even regular readers of this blog might throw the "fanboy" label at me. …
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