In October 2009 Toyota announced that it was recalling 3.8 million U.S. vehicles which cost the company more than seven million dollars. This was due to the issue of whether “poorly placed or incorrect floor mats under the driver’s seat could lead to uncontrolled acceleration in a range of [its] models.” The catalyst of the issue was the incident involving a crash in California whereby the accelerator of a Lexus sedan got stuck‚ resulting in a mans death. As well as additional reports including “sticky
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• INTRODUCTION Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) origin in Japan is the largest world’s largest auto manufacturer‚ offering a full range of models. Toyota has International presence in 170 countries and employs over 3‚15‚000 employees worldwide. It has Lexus‚ Daihatsu and Hino sub brands under its ownership. Toyota manufactured around 9 million vehicles in the year 2008 including these sub brands. TOYOTA AS A BRAND: The positioning of a brand is done keeping in mind where the company wants the
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Ethical Audit Report---for Toyota WHAT IS ETHICS? Ethics is a standard on what is right and what is wrong towards your judgement‚ which usually referred to good values and virtues and the right moral duties and obligations. Arthur Holmes summarizes1 “It examines alternative views of what is good and right; it explores ways of gaining the moral knowledge we need; it asks why we ought to do right; and it brings all this to bear on the practical moral problems that arouse such thinking in the first
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of buyers‚ the power of suppliers‚ the threat of substitutes‚ and competitive rivalry.) * (SWOT analysis is a tool for auditing an organization and its environment. SWOT analysis is the first stage of planning and helps marketers to focus on key issues. SWOT stands for strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats. Strengths and weaknesses are internal SWOT factors. Opportunities and threats are external SWOT factors.) In many ways the marketing audit clarifies opportunities and threats‚ and
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Communications [pic] Toyota Recall Project In 2008 Toyota has launched the largest auto recall in U.S. history after incidents of random acceleration resulting in fatalities‚ in 2009 Toyota also announced an additional recall of 2.3 million vehicles to correct sticking accelerator pedals. The recall was announced after ABC News informed the company that the latest in a long series of ABC News investigative reports into sudden unexplained acceleration in Toyotas was about to air. Safety
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Cumpolsory Case : “Toyota : Looking Far into the Future” A Brief History of Toyota 1) Toyota begins work on small car‚ a niche neglected by Detroit a. Toyopet is introduced in 1947. b. Reinvest profits from small cars into research and development 2) In 1957‚ Toyota performs its first American road test a. Modified Toyopet performs poorly‚ failing the road test due to heat and vibration b. Start over and by 1960 Toyota has a new Toyopet
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sale of the Toyota Prius were it customers‚ competitors and publics. Customers are anyone who buys or rents from the company. Customer are the most important microenvironmental factor that affect company as they survive on meeting the wants and needs of the customer and failure to do so will result in the company failing. Toyota study their customers and saw that they wanted a car with better fuel consumption and as a result Toyota decided to make the Prius‚ their first hybrid car. Toyota dealt with
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Case study: Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive Introduction Hybrid Synergy Drive‚ (HSD) is a set of hybrid car technologies developed by Toyota. HSD technology is used in the Prius‚ Highlander Hybrid sport-utility vehicle (SUV)‚ Camry Hybrid‚ Lexus RX 400h‚ Lexus GS 450h‚ and Lexus LS 600h/LS 600hL automobiles. It combines an electric drive and a continuously variable transmission. Toyota describes HSD-equipped vehicles as having E-CVT (Electronically-controlled Continuously Variable Transmission). We
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Autonomy Today: Toyota Corolla Toyota Corolla is researching and testing its version of an autonomous car that’s fully capable of self-driving. Many car manufacturers have been developing ever-increasing levels of self-driving capabilities‚ but Toyota has concentrated on safety systems. [1] However‚ in a change of strategy‚ Toyota now plans to manufacture a Platform 3.0 research car that’s fully capable autonomous. Toyota’s Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Features The prototype--which will be thoroughly
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Chapter 1 Toyota’s Global Expansion In November 2004‚ Hiroshi Okuda‚ Chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. of Japan‚ announced that the company was going to build another factory in North America‚ raising the number of factories producing parts or assembling cars and trucks in North America to 14. As of May 2004‚ Toyota manufactured parts and assembled cars in 51 overseas manufacturing companies in 26 countries/locations. In 1980‚ the company had only 11 production facilities in 9 countries‚ so
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