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.

Toyota also says "Beat Toyota"

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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 Wins on Engine Production Metric, Is That What Matters?

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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...

Toyota Computer Makes You Watch the Road

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Article Interesting concept, although I'm sure it would be a bit annoying as a driver. I can't imagine people accepting these, even if "not paying...

Toyota Asks "What is Six Sigma?"

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Six Sigma Stigma (PDF) Here's an article from Fast Company magazine. The author visited Toyota in Japan and asked a somewhat uninformed question: Eager to show we...

Toyota on Supplier Relationships: A Real-World Illustration of the Toyota Way

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Editor's Note (2026):Nearly 20 years after this post was written, Toyota's approach to supplier relationships remains a powerful counterexample to short-term, cost-driven thinking. In...

Updated: NUMMI Plant Workers, Cos. Talk as Contract Deadline Passes

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Bloomberg.com: U.S.: Updated 8/11: Looks like the plant has a tentative agreement.Last post before vacation... still sounds like there could be a labor stoppage...

Toyota-GM factory faces possible strike

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Toyota-GM factory faces possible strike:It will be interesting to see if Toyota would ever walk away from NUMMI, even as (or because) they are...

Ford’s Padilla is Chasing Toyota

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Bloomberg.com: U.S.:Comments from the Ford president:"Padilla says Toyota serves as an example of how to make winning models.``Toyota doesn't hit home runs every time...

Some Early Toyota History

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AICHI VOICE (CUTTING EDGE):Ford and GM started plants in Japan in the 1920's and many Japanese thought that it was a "fantasy" to think...

Thomas L. Friedman: Save us, O Toyota

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International Herald Tribune Thomas L. Friedman starts a recent column with a provocative question: "If I am rooting for General Motors to go bankrupt and be...

A Very Misguided Article on Toyota

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Tri-County Times - Columnists - 05/31/2005 - If I were king 5/26/05It's fitting that this columnist (from north of Detroit) doesn't show his face...

Toyota boss fears backlash if GM, Ford fall

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ABC NewsIt seems like Chairman Okuda and President Cho keep going back and forth on this in the media. Okuda has said twice now...
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