Q1: What were the drivers of Toyota’s accelerator crisis? Why was Toyota facing a recall crisis? The drivers of Toyota’s accelerator crisis are the quality issues with its vehicles. Within six months‚ millions of cars had been recalled back for modification under the potential problems with the floor mat‚ acceleration pedals‚ and braking which were related to sudden or unintended acceleration problems by public. Even though Toyota has already a full-blown crisis on its hands‚ but the problem has
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You have been hired as director of an important five stars hotel. The previous manager told you before leaving that you should not worry about quality as there are few complaints from customers. Do you agree with this comment? If not propose means for service quality evaluation and improvement. A definition of quality‚ especially for what services is concerned‚ is extremely challenging to find. In a world like that of luxury hotels‚ quality can mean a lot of different things depending on how each
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Apple and Toyota University of Phoenix Strategic Management MGT/498 November 28‚ 2014 Environmental Scan of Apple and Toyota Introduction Toyota Motor Corporation is a leading automobile manufacturer in the world due to its unique principles and successful strategic management. Apple is an American company specializing in consumer electronics. The paper highlights the internal and external business environment of Toyota and Apple. The internal and external business environment of Toyota The external
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is because as lead-times decrease‚ production times fall‚ quality improves and costs shrink. The methodology that an increasing number of companies are using to accomplish such a business strategy is the implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS)‚ also called lean manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing is best defined as a management philosophy that focuses on reducing waste in all business processes. Although it originates from a time when the Toyota of today was a manufacturer of power
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2011) Background of Study Lean strategy involves eliminating waste from the production process‚ thus achieving higher level of quality‚ productivity and better customer competiveness (Nicholas‚ 1998). Formal writing on the concept of lean began in Toyota and was known as the Toyota Production System. The Toyota production system is not just a set of tools. It is the culture that was developed by Toyotas founders which is based on continuous improvement and elimination of waste. Tachii Ohno
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construction is an efficient way to design production system in order to eliminate the waste of material‚ time and bring more value to the project. The article used the example of Toyota production system to explain the lean construction. The engineer Taiichi Ohno’s pursuit of perfection and his redesigned production process reduced the cost and improved the value of the new production system. The article compares the lean construction with current practice in Toyota. As the result they have different
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approach to production is still a good strategy and whether it has any implications. The manufacturing approach ‘just in time’ was first established in japan during the mid-1970 by Taichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo at the Toyota Motor Company. Toyota was one of the first companies to input this approach to streamline its manufacturing and production to minimise the retention of raw materials which enable the company to be more liquid (Rajab Abdullah Hokoma‚ 2010). The Just in time method of production has three
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A. WHY STUDY TOYOTA? In 2010‚ despite the recall crisis in 2009 that struck the Toyota Motor Corporation badly‚ Toyota managed to make a remarkable recovery to rank first globally with 8.6 million units produced. In this assessment‚ we will evaluate how Toyota turns its strategy into action‚ how it translates actions into their desired outcomes‚ which then articulates to its success. The 4P model: Philosophy‚ Process‚ People‚ and Problem Solving has actually led the Toyota Way and contributed to
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Jidoka (Autonomation) Just-In-Time (JIT) Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Kanban (Pull System) KPI (Key Performance Indicator) Muda (Waste) Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) PDCA (Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act) Poka-Yoke (Error Proofing) Root Cause Analysis Single Minute Exchange of Die (SMED) Six Big Losses SMART Goals Standardized Work Takt Time Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Toyota Production System (TPS) Value Stream Mapping Visual Factory 5S Organize the work area: Sort (eliminate
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Launching Prius Executive Summary: Toyota Motor Company must decide if the Hybrid market is attractive in terms of profit‚ and if it should accelerate the launch schedule for “Prius.” The Prius offers an expected 100% increase in fuel economy over the average 30mpg of a similar sized Corolla and Corona‚ and with less fuel emission it promises reduced pollution. Though the Prius is expected to provide added value in terms of fuel efficiency and less pollution‚ the combine effect of the challenging
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