Lecturer: Dr. Barbara Igel
Group members: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Hai
Ms. Pham Thi Thu Hoai
Ms. Kieu Phuong Ly
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Toyota Introduction
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Established: 28 August 1937
Entrepreneur: Mr. Kiichiro Toyoda
Total unit sold (up to July 2012): 200mil cars
Company achievement:
Product development motivation
Extraordinary capability to manage large & global product development portfolio
Launch more new vehicles than competitors
Consistently deliver winners
Continuous innovation and development
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Prius XW10 the first Toyota’s hybrid was given to the market in December 1997
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Prius XW10 the first Toyota’s hybrid was given to the market in December 1997
The car can run by both the gasoline and electricity
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Differences
Regular Car
Hybrid Car
Gasoline
Gasoline & electricity
CO2 emissions
Less CO2 emissions
Noise
Silence powering
High fuel consumption
Low fuel consumption
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Green Prius
Make your gas last longer, Make your save last longer and Make your dream comes true
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The first generation
An Architecture Innovation Product
Prius XW10
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What kind of innovation in nth Generations of Toyota Prius?
Prius V
Prius C
Prius Plug -in
Incremental innovation products
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Competitive
Advantage
Product Development
Strategy
Process
Goals
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Product development strategy Conceiving & designing news cars
Durability & Reliability
Increase capital investment & shorter R&D cycles Reduce market risk
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Product Development
Process
Fine balance between “shusa” program leader & “bucho” functional leader
Parallel-path development, manage design and engineering trade-offs, and ensure flexibility (Apollo 11)
Good relationship with suppliers
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Product Development
Process (…cont)
Focus on collaboration and process
Capturing and sharing the knowledge experience
Monozukuri (“making products”)