Tag: Toyota
Does Toyota Follow Deming’s 14 Points?
Curious Cat Management Improvement: Deming and ToyotaAs part of my atonement for mis-stating W. Edwards Deming's views on inspection a few weeks back, I'll...
Toyota Doesn’t Head to China?
globeandmail.com : Toyota heads to SimcoeToyota is investing $50M to build a parts plant in Ontario. This plant will supply parts to the...
Toyota to Increase "Build Where You Sell"
Chicago Tribune | Lafayette plant gets Toyota treatment"While General Motors and Ford are closing plants to reduce excess production capacity, Toyota will detail plans...
Nice NUMMI Article
Inside Bay Area - IBA - Tri-Valley Herald - Local NewsHere's an article about the Toyota-GM joint venture plant known as NUMMI. I...
Toyota keeps costs ‘slim’
PittsburghLIVE.comHere's an article that highlights some of Toyota's innovation and success, including a brief description of a "u-shaped cell" for a casting process, which...
‘Breaking the rice ceiling’
Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com
Here is an outstanding profile of Gary Convis, the President of the Toyota Georgetown (KY) plant and the highest-ranking American...
Toyota Makes Fortune’s "Most Admired" List
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...
Toyota Boosts Commitment to Ontario
Article from Toronto's Globe & Mail - Toyota Revs up plans for Ontario plant: Toyota announced a 50% increase in planned production at it's...
Toyota Drives Into NASCAR
Japanese Automaker Drives Into NASCAR - Yahoo! NewsWill they apply kaizen to NASCAR? :-)It was announced earlier this week that a NASCAR edition of...
Lean and Green in Texas
Thomas L. Friedman (free access via Denver Post): Although the focus of this column is on the environmental advantages of the new Texas Instruments...
Toyota Leadership and Ford Leadership
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...
U.S. has one rising carmaker: It’s Toyota
Business - International Herald TribuneYou could argue that Nissan and Hyundai are also rising, particularly here in the U.S.Paragraph three, in this article,...