VALUE DRIVERS: Quality: Total quality control is carried out using two basic principles: quality is built in at every stage and quality is continually improved. [2] Toyota has launched‚ unannounced‚ several low-profile initiatives‚ including a global computer data base to track vehicle repairs and cut reporting times about customer complaints from months to days [1] No matter where Toyota vehicles are made‚ they must have the same high level of quality. Toyota doesn’t put a label on vehicles
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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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Executive Summary Hiroshi Okuda should push its team to make Prius ready by the end of 1998 or earlier. Prius is fuel efficient and eco-friendly car for consumers and will create a new consumer segment into the market place. Hybrid Technology will be a huge attraction for both manufacturers and buyers. Toyota is known for its Toyota Production System‚ production efficiency‚ and marketing prowess which can be leveraged further for the success of Prius. In addition‚ reliability‚ pricing‚ consumers’ perceptions
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2. The Prius case had a very interesting point to the case. The case started of describing how consumers weren’t first interested in Toyota Prius’s much. The case started off talking about how Americans love SUVS and how it seems unlikely that the Prius would become a hit. The Prius had a first generation and second generation‚ and when it first came out as the first generation it was pretty small‚ cramped and a slow impact car. The second generation Prius had more perks and more luxurious and became
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The evolving value chain of the car industry The automotive industry is one of the most progressive and forward-thinking industries. It confronts a number of trends that create new challenges while also providing opportunities for growth. One of the major trends is the demands of operating in a “connected” world. For more than 100 years the automotive industry has created competitive advantage mainly through engineering excellence. Moving forward‚ this will no longer be sufficient. Automotive manufacturers
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microenvironmental factors affect the introduction and sale of the Toyota Prius? How well has Toyota dealt with these factors? The Company: The company has expended plenty of money on R&D and marketing of the Prius. Why? Toyota expects the Prius to set the table for the entry of a line of hybrids from mini-compacts to luxury vehicles. Thus‚ the car is an important component of company strategy. To successfully introduce the Prius and build this new line of vehicles will require coordination within
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Toyota From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other uses‚ see Toyota (disambiguation). Toyota Motor Corporation Native name トヨタ自動車株式会社 Romanized name Toyota Jidosha KK Type Kabushiki gaisha (JPN) Public (US) Traded as TYO: 7203 LSE: TYT NYSE: TM Industry Automotive Founded August 28‚ 1937 Founder(s) Kiichiro Toyoda Headquarters Toyota‚ Aichi‚ Japan Area served Worldwide Key people Fujio Cho (Chairman) Akio Toyoda (President and CEO) Products Automobiles‚ commercial vehicles
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models of the Toyota Prius? How well has Toyota dealt with these factors? When the Prius was introduced in the US‚ it was quite shocking that it became such a big hit. The US auto market had been dominated by SUV’s for quite some time‚ and it seemed that a car that was small‚ slow and lacked power wouldn’t be attractive to American consumers. The advanced technology was very attractive to the “early adopters” and the consumers were willing to pay over the asking price to get a Prius. When gas
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Porter’s Models of Toyota UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE La Verne‚ California Bus 510 Management of Information Technology Professor Nicole Lytle Yuxi Deng Jialin Dong Binfeng Chen Ao Wang 11/16/2012 Table of Contents Summary of Porter’s Models Article. 3 Porter ’s Five Forces Model Analysis 4 Bargaining Power of Buyers 4 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 6 Threat of Substitute Products 7 Threat of New Entrants 7 Rivalry among Existing Competitors 8 The Three Generic Strategies
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microenvironment actors that affect the introduction and sale of the Toyota Prius. Customers Toyota first targeted the techies (early adopters)‚ who would be attracted to the car’s technology. The techies modified their cars and posted their achievements online‚ creating buzz that Toyota could have never done on its own. These techies spoke about the car’s inherent fuel efficiency and ways to modify it to get a better fuel efficiency. Toyota then targeted consumers who were environmentally and fuel efficiency
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