Tag: Toyota

NUMMI Tour Tale #4: The Pull Gift Shop While the NUMMI plant would score very highly on any measure of "Visual Management" standards, you can...

NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap NUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why Back to...

NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap I think, by now, that Toyota is pretty famous...

NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? The NUMMI tour guide told an interesting kaizen story as we went past the body weld area....

Auto WeekThis article eventually reaches the conclusion I jumped to early on. Of course Toyota doesn't outsource as much as the other automakers. Toyota's...

I really enjoyed my tour of the NUMMI plant last Friday. I'll post my summary thoughts and impressions from the tour, but I wanted...

Milpitas Post - LocalI saw the plant on Friday, it was pretty cool. Some excerpts from my visit notes are below, I should be...

I'm getting a chance to tour the NUMMI plant in Fremont CA, the joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. I'm very excited...

AP Article Here's one for anyone who would accuse me of only reporting good things about Toyota. They aren't perfect, but I assume they...

I was looking for some annual financial numbers for Toyota, for comparison to Ford and GM (Toyota's annual profit is more than the "Big...

Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiAnother good post from the Panta Rei lean blog on quality and perceptions of today's Toyota,...

Toyota plant retains fastest engine making titleI started my career at a GM V-8 engine plant in the mid 90's. "Hours per Engine" was...