Tag: Toyota

Toyota Thinking: Leadership, Systems, and Continuous Improvement

Toyota is often cited as the inspiration for Lean, but its success is rooted in leadership behaviors, management systems, and a deep commitment to learning—not tools or slogans. This archive brings together blog posts, podcasts, and reflections on Toyota’s approach to quality, continuous improvement, psychological safety, and respect for people. Many of these posts explore what leaders outside Toyota often misunderstand—and what truly matters if they hope to learn from Toyota rather than copy it.

Updated: An Interesting "Respect for People" Question

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Lean Insider - Toyota Shifting Production to Lower Labor Costs? It Could HappenThe Lean Insider blog poses an interesting question.... is it keeping...

Toyota Thinking is Hard to Copy

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Dollars and Sense: Company leaders must drive innovationHere's a short and sweet commentary about the Toyota problem solving process, "Ohno Circles," and mention...

Art Smalley Webcast July 18th

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IndustryWeek -- Prerequisites for Lean Success: Learning From Toyota Event RegistrationThis should be an excellent webcast, featuring Art Smalley. I'll be registering for...

"Detroit is looking for a foreign villain"

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'Face of Toyota' Steps Up At a Delicate Time - WSJ.com:I'm surprised that Jim Press, about to be elected to Toyota's board, would be...

Toyota Slowing Down U.S. Plant Expansion?

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Report: Toyota May Slow US Plant Builds: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceWSJ article: REDUCED SPEED Toyota's New U.S. Plan: Stop Building FactoriesToyota is...

“Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System” Summary

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Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System -- HBS Working Knowledge Here is a summary of the famous Spear/Bowen article on Toyota's "DNA." If...

Toyota’s Convis Retires

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Georgetown News-Graphic: NewsThis was already announced, so maybe his retirement has just now taken effect, Gary Convis, the former leader of the Toyota Georgetown...

What Deming Taught Toyota

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managementwisdom.com Many folks don't realize the relationship between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Toyota. The link above shows some of the credit that Toyota gives/gave...

Excessive CEO Pay Disrespects Employees

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Hundreds of CEOs top $8.3M pay mark - USATODAY.com:This isn't exactly "news" or at least anything new. Excerpt from the article:"CEO pay isn't...

Suppliers: GM better, rivals not

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Detroit News ArticleGM, Ford, and Chrysler are frequent targets here for their "beat up the suppliers" approach to supply chain management. Here's some...

Interesting Toyota Corporate History

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Toyota Motor Corp.: Information from Answers.comLeft: Banner that reads "Good Thinking, Good Products" (Toyota, circa early 1950's, source: Toyota)Here's a fairly complete seeming...

More Toyota Quality Problems

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Toyota fixing engine failures in new Tundra truck - USATODAY.comIt's hard to tell if this level of quality defect is typical for a new...
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