HOW TOYOTA BEAT GENERAL MOTORS TO BECOME THE LARGEST AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE IN THE WORLD AND THE CHALLENGES TOYOTA WILL FACE DUE TO THE ECONOMICAL AND FINANCIAL CRISIS. WORD COUNT: 2495 Table of Contents 1. TOYOTA HISTORY 3 2. TOYOTA SUCCESS 4 2.1 TOYOTAS CORPORATE CULTURE 4 2.2 TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM 5 2.3 SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP 6 2.4 STRATEGIC ALLIANCE 7 2.5 SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY 7 2.6 RE-ENGINEERING 8 2.7 STRATEGIES AND CULTURE 8 3. CHALLENGES FOR TOYOTA IN THE
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Coursework in Corporate Strategy Prof. Erik Larsen TOYOTA‐GOING GREEN Group Members: Kaloyan Blagoev Mariam Hayryan Robin Müller Dragana Stajic Immanuel Wüthrich Örs Zékany Lugano‚ 17.12.2009 Summary During the 1990s a global and strong emphasis has been put on the environmental issues worldwide‚ legally binding documents being signed by governments‚ obliging to adopt “green” policies. Manufacturers had to follow the governments. Toyota answered to the “green debate” challenge by introducing
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First Element: Stakeholder Categories Identifying all stakeholders is the midlevel leader’s first mission. Stakeholders include everyone who will need to contribute to the project or who could be affected by the project. This requires looking across all directions of the internal organization‚ as well as outside (customers‚ clients‚ vendors‚ contractors‚ media‚ etc.) Those stakeholders are then categorized into four distinct groups: Superordinate‚ Subordinate‚ Customers‚ and Complementors/Blockers
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TOYOTA PHILOSOPHY At the beginning‚ the author explains 3 chain managements of Toyota. First one is the supply chain management system. The lean manufacturing concepts are created by Toyota such as Kanban‚ Just-in-Time and Kaizen. Toyota’s production system has become so worldwide affective; lots of manufacturers are using Toyota’s lean system. Second component is‚ demand chain management which is coordination of information‚ material and financial flows in the distribution of vehicles. And the
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Toyota Revs up U.S. Sales Threats: The Japanese market is getting more competitive and Toyota is losing sales to Nissan and Honda. Chevrolet and Ford are selling better in the U.S. The "Toyota takeover" is not assured. Japanese manufactures gaining a foothold in the US market. American companies are working to update the styling of their cars. Opportunities: Exploiting the U.S. Attaining more local managers in order to Americanize. Import taxes and current risk
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Strategic recommendation Toyota Motor Corporation major business is cars manufacturing but it have a division named Toyota Financial Services which is a provider of automotive financial services‚ founded in 1983. The existent of this division may led the company to lose focus while consntrating on more than one field. Getting red off the financial part the company will be able to be more focused on car manufacturing market. Toyota’s net revenue from its major four markets Japan‚ North America
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there are several stakeholders that have conflicting vision as to healthcare administration. Looking at the few key stakeholders‚ it is comprised of Patients‚ Physicians‚ Hospitals‚ and Payors. Each of the respective groups have different view points on how healthcare administration is judged to be a successful delivery. Exploring each stakeholder’s view of healthcare will provide us with a better understanding of their goals. Understanding the vision of each stakeholders in healthcare allow
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There were several advantages of Toyota’s manufacturing system when compared with conventional manufacturing system. Ohno Taiichi was the person responsible in helping Toyota shift from the established method of manufacturing automobiles set by Ford. The basic philosophy was to produce everything in mass quantity to gain maximum economies of scale. The logic was to spread the fixed cost over the production line and benefit from lower cost. Another characteristic of this philosophy was to make each
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Business Model As one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the world‚ Toyota ranks within the top three worldwide. Due to their unique business model‚ they are now have a market share of 14% in the first four months of this year. That is an astonishing 2.3% jump from the previous year. According to Autodata.com‚ the Toyota City based automaker ranks fourth in United States sales. We have determined that their business model is an Integrated Low Cost Differentiated Strategy. It involves
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Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota Motor is one of the leading auto manufacturers in the world. Toyota sells its vehicles in more than 170 countries and regions worldwide. Toyota’s primary markets are Japan‚ North America‚ Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Toyota City‚ Japan and employed about 316‚121 people as on March 31‚ 2008. Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Location of Factor TYPE OF FACTOR Favorable Unfavorable Internal Strengths • Strong financial performance
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