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• The Toyota of Clothes

  BNET - 2009-11-19

  With its high-tech fabrics, meticulous inventory control, and flexible manufacturing model, Japanese retailer Uniqlo looks more like Toyota than a fashion emporium. But unlike the car company, Uniqlo has beaten the recession. Here?s how. ...

  Tags: Toray Industries Inc., Toyota Motor Corp., Uniqlo, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales, Fast Retailing, Retail, Technology, Japan, Tadashi Yanai, Shin Odake, Jan Alexander

• Toyota in Surprise Profit, Outlook Bumpy

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-05

  By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondentTOKYO (Reuters UK) - Toyota Motor Corp's surprise quarterly profit and halving of its annual loss forecast failed to convince investors the world's No.1 carmaker is back on track, as government subsidies peter out and a strong yen takes its toll.Major Japanese automakers have raised...

  Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Yen, Toyota Motor Corp., Sales Strategy, Research & Development, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales

• It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards

  BNET - 2009-10-22

  Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and that’s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards. Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...

  Tags: Car, Automobile Company, California, Standards, Plug-in, Toyota Motor Corp., Plug-In America, Quality, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Jim Motavalli

• Toyota raises outlook for the year

  Financial Times - 2009-08-03

  Toyota Motor, the world's biggest carmaker by sales, suffered a Y77.8bn ($818m) net loss in its fiscal first quarter as it struggled to adjust to the worst car industry downturn in decades.However, the Japanese manufacturer was more optimistic about its prospects for the year to next March, updating its...

  Tags: Net Loss, Car, Automobile Company, Toyota Motor Corp., Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Company News, Interim Results, Results, Financial Times

• Toyota Cruises On

  BNET - 2009-04-15

  Despite reported losses of billions of dollars in 2008's fourth quarter, U.S. Toyota manufacturers have managed to avoid mass layoffs similar to their competitors. Jeff Glor reports.

  Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., MoneyWatch, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Evening, Business, Car, Auto, Midwest, U.S., Recession, Economy, Japan, Work, Employment

• Toyota Loss Helps Validate Detroit Big Three

  BNET - 2008-12-22

  As bad as Chrysler, Ford and GM look today, they'd look even worse if their rivals were cleaning up in North America. But Toyota warned that it's in the red, too. by Jim Henry

  Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Sales, Jim Henry

• Leading Automotive Company JM Family Enterprises, Inc. Turns 40

  - 2008-10-23

  Jim Moran's Business Grows Into $12.2 Billion Company DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- Diversified automotive company JM Family Enterprises, Inc. JM Family is celebrating 40 years of success. Emerging from Jim Moran's vision and leadership of ten associates into a $12.2 billion corporation with nearly 5,000 associates, JM Family has...

  Tags: dealership, FINANCE, Manufacturing, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S.

• Timken® StatusCheck® System Pays Off for Toyota

  - 2008-10-13

  Automaker among Customers Using Technology to Avoid Bearing Malfunction CANTON, Ohio -- The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced today that Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky is among a growing number of users that have documented cost savings and a reduction in downtime with the Timken([R])StatusCheck([R])condition monitoring system. The StatusCheck...

  Tags: Manufacturing, Timken Co., Toyota Motor Corp.

• Toyota's North American R&D Base Opens 2nd Campus

  - 2008-10-10

  Tokyo, Oct 10, 2008 - JCN Newswire - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION TMC announced today that Toyota Technical Center TTC, a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. TEMA, has opened a campus in York Township, Michigan, U.S.A. The new campus will handle TTC's product planning and...

  Tags: Manufacturing, Michigan, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Toyota 'iQ' in Good Design Award 2008 Best 15

  - 2008-10-08

  Aichi, Oct 8, 2008 - JCN Newswire - TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION TMC announces that its new "iQ" ultra compact-a vehicle that dispels conventional notions about small cars-has made the Good Design Award 2008 Best 15* list and is in the running for this year's Good Design Grand Award*, to be...

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