Toyota was started in 1933 as a division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works devoted to the production of automobiles under the direction of the founder’s son‚ Kiichiro Toyoda. Its first vehicles were the A1 passenger car and the G1 in 1935. The Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent company in 1937. In 2008‚ Toyota’s sales surpassed General Motors‚ making Toyota number one in the world. In 1924‚ Sakichi Toyoda invented the Toyoda Model G Automatic Loom. The principle of Jidoka‚ which means
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The Toyota Way From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The Toyota Way is a set of principles and behaviors that underlie the Toyota Motor Corporation’s managerial approach and production system. Toyota first summed up its philosophy‚ values and manufacturing ideals in 2001‚ calling it “The Toyota Way 2001.” It consists of principles in two key areas: 1) continuous improvement and 2) respect for people:[1][2][3][4] |Contents
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suggests that Toyota has been increasingly effective on utilizing its total assets‚ for instances‚ its total investment. Financial leverage percentage= ROE-ROA 2011 2010 2009 Financial leverage percentage 1.69% 2.48% 1.22% In year 2009‚ the company have the lowest leverage ratio among the three years‚ thus it suggests that it utilizes relatively lowest debt in its capital structure this year‚ which indeed means Toyota has been investing
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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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About a year ago‚ there was shocking news from automobile industries. It was Toyota recall crisis. Since the company had been iconic for its great quality‚ and wonderful reputation‚ the news was even more backstabbing. The problems first arrived with a single‚ car crash that took place in southern California in the U.S August last year. The crash was attributed to flaws in the pedal and killed the one whole family. Toyota called two separate recalls covering over 7.5 million cars. They were forced
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1. The main reasons of Toyota’s recall issues Lately‚ people most concerned about the recall event which happened on the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers‚ Toyota. This event affect all over the world including China‚ USA‚ Europe. The incident makes the corporate brand image dropped and also loss the consumer confidence. Why this event did occur? During the research and analysis‚ the major cause of Toyota’s recall is the quality issues. For example the accelerator pedal problem‚ many different
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Toyota Let’s Go Places Toyota Motor Company‚ the world’s largest automobile manufacturer‚ is headquartered in Toyota‚ Aichi‚ Japan and is comprised of Toyota‚ Lexus‚ Scion‚ Daihutsu‚ and Hino Motors‚ and other non-automotive companies. Kiirchiro Toyoda founded the Toyota Motor Company in 1935‚ after creating the A1 prototype passenger car and the G1 truck. Toyota entered the United States market in 1957 with the introduction of the Toyopet car. Soon followed the Corona sedan‚ Corolla‚ Camry‚ and
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Sakichi Toyoda Toyota Wooden Hand Loom Chuo Spinning Company Toyoda Boshoku Diversifying into Automotive Components In the spinning and weaving business‚ Toyoda Boshoku faced frequent difficulties‚ but its diversification into automotive components enabled it to achieve a level of product engineering that satisfies customers worldwide‚ continually striving to develop new products and technologies in business fields related to auto interiors‚ exteriors‚ and engines. In 1890‚ Sakichi completed
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four 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
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division focused on car manufacturing.It was in 1937 that there was a separation between the two businesses and consequently Toyota Motor Company was born. In order to get a deeper understanding over the industry‚ Kiichiro studied the production system of Ford‚ the leading car manufacturing company at that time‚ and later adopted and improved it. Ten years later‚ in 1947‚ Toyota started to produce large-scale passenger cars‚ competing with Ford and General Motors but suffered from Japan’s economy that
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