were killed. On November 2‚ 2009‚ Toyota recalled 3.8 million vehicles because of floor mats that trapped accelerator pedals‚ followed by an additional 400‚000 vehicle recall four weeks later (Evans‚ 2009). With this Crisis the CEO‚ Akio Toyoda delegated the task of reassuring American consumers to executives of the company that was already in the United States‚ instead of him doing it himself. James Lentz‚ the president and chief executive officer of Toyota Motor Sales‚ was the leader‚ he was delegated
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products that are new to the world or have superior attributes to existing products. Process innovation is the development of a new process for producing products and delivering them to customers. Examples include Toyota‚ which developed a range of new techniques known as the Toyota lean production system for making automobiles: just-in-time inventory systems‚ self-managing teams‚ and reduced set-up times for complex equipment. Product innovation creates value by creating new products‚ or enhanced
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1. Make a list of the major deliverables for the project and use them to develop a draft of a work breakdown structure for the tournament that contains at least three levels of detail. What are the major deliverables associated with hosting an event such as a soccer tournament. Major Deliverables: Venue‚ Accommodations‚ Security‚ Media‚ Sponsorships and Referees See chart on page 3 for detailed work breakdown structure… 2. How would developing a WBS alleviate the problems that occurred during
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1. The set of all integers x such that |x – 3| < 2 is equal to (a) {1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5} (b) {1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4} (c) {2‚ 3‚ 4} (d) {-4‚ -3‚ -2} 2. The Range of the function f(x) = x 2 2 x − − is (a) R (b) R – {1} (c) (-1) (d) R – {-1} 3. The value of (i)i is (a) ω (b) ω2 (c) e-π/2 (d) 2√2 4. ( ) ( ) 4 5 cos isin icos sin θ + θ θ + θ is equal to (a) cos− isin θ (b) cos9θ − isin9θ (c) sin θ − icosθ (d) sin 9θ − icos9θ 5. The roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 will be reciprocal
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and Bas Vodde are the authors of Scaling Lean & Agile Development. They work as management coaches in organizations adopting lean thinking. For consulting or more information‚ please see craiglarman.com and odd-e.com. Note: Lean thinking and the Toyota Way are large subjects‚ spanning application to product development‚ service‚ sales‚ HR‚ and production‚ and spanning many functions: management‚ design‚ delivery‚ and more. We encourage deeper study; see Recommended Readings at the end. TABLE
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Introduction Toyota was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father’s company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier‚ in 1934‚ while still a department of Toyota Industries‚ it created its first product‚ the Type A engine‚ and‚ in 1936‚ its first passenger car‚ the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand)‚ Lexus‚ Daihatsu and Hino Motors‚ along with several "non automotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group
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Green Manufacturing: An Inconvenient Reality Are you turning green at the thought of going green? Like it or not more environmental regulations are on the way‚ and manufacturers who don’t jump on the green bandwagon may be left behind. For every unseasonably warm day this year‚ the noose around manufacturers’ necks to produce environmentally friendly products gets tighter and tighter. Need evidence? Consider this: In 2004 the business sector shouldered 65% of environmental regulatory costs‚ with
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Toyota is one of the best car selling companies in the world. TMC (Toyota Motor Corporation) was established in Tokyo‚ Japan. The company was founded in the year 1937 by a successful businessman - Mr. Kiichiro Toyoda. The company is a corporation in the Toyota City in Tokyo. Some say that the company is not one of the best companies but the only best and the largest motor making company in the world. Today‚ there are more than 317‚000 people working in this company as its dedicated employees. The
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3. TOYOTA HAS BUILT HUGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT CAN PRODUCE MILLIONS OF CARS EACH YEAR FOR A WIDE VIRIETY OF CONSUMERS. WHY WAS IT ABLE TO GROW SO MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHER AUTO MANUFACTURERS? SUBSTANTIATE YOUR ANSWER BY PROVIDING CONCRETE MEASURES OR INTERVENTIONS THAT TOYOTA HAS DONE OR HAS BEEN DOING. Toyota was the first company to introduce lean manufacturing and total quality management practices in production of cars. For some time‚ the company was the only practitioner of these practices
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This case study discusses the Toyota production plant in Georgetown‚ Kentucky. In July of 1988 Toyota Motor Manufacturing (TMM)‚ USA began producing Toyota Camry sedans. Toyota implements the Toyota Production System (TPS) in their Georgetown plant‚ similar to all other production facilities. This system reduces cost by eliminating waste. Excess production consumes extra space and human resources to control the products. The two governing principles that Toyota modeled the TPS system after are
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