Toyota Motor Corp.

Recent Events

News & Analysis

quality and toyota motor corp. - All News and Analysis

• 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

• Quarter-panel-consuming blowout catches Kenseth by surprise

  - 2008-07-28

  INDIANAPOLIS -- Matt Kenseth knew his right rear tire was wearing out but never expected the resulting blowout to tear up his fender in the process, the most serious incident on a day when the strategy in the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard was nursing Goodyear's tires. ...

  Tags: CAREER, Quality, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Understanding A3 thinking; a critical component of Toyota's PDCA management system

  - 2008-06-01

  Understanding A3 thinking; a critical component of Toyota's PDCA management system. Sobek, Durward K. and Art Smalley. CRC / Taylor & Francis 2008 165 pages $40.00 Hardcover TL278 PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act), also known as the Deming Cycle, is an iterative four-step problem-solving process...

  Tags: Leadership, Outsourcing, Quality, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Ryobi Die Casting receives quality award from Toyota North America

  - 2008-04-01

  Ryobi Die Casting Inc., Shelbyville, Ind., among others, recently received top honors for quality from Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc., Erlanger, Ky. Delivered in Covington, Ky., at the company's Annual Supplier Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony, the awards acknowledged suppliers who have met Toyota's highest standards...

  Tags: FINANCE, Indiana, Kentucky, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, Quality, SOFTWARE, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Toyota's assembly line; a view from the factory floor

  - 2008-03-01

  Toyota's assembly line; a view from the factory floor. Ihara, Ryoji. Trans. by Hugh Clarke. Trans Pacific Press 2007 250 pages $34.95 Paperback Japanese Society series TS155 Based on his experience on the assembly line at a Toyota factory in Japan...

  Tags: Quality, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Gentex Receives Multiple Quality Awards From Toyota

  - 2007-11-29

  Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ: GNTX), the leading supplier of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, has received multiple quality awards from Toyota and its distributors for accessory business performance in 2006/2007. Southeast Toyota Distributors LLC awarded Gentex with a "Business Partner Award of Excellence"; Gulf States Toyota recognized the...

  Tags: MARKETING, Quality, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Green groups go after Toyota

  - 2007-10-05

  Toyota, which has sold more than 1 million fuel-saving hybrid vehicles worldwide and accounts for 78% of hybrid sales in the USA, is under attack from environmental groups and at least one member of Congress for opposing tough fuel-economy legislation. Toyota isn't used to this kind...

  Tags: E-mail, Manufacturing, Quality, SALES, Toyota Motor Corp., U.S. Congress

• IQPC Announces Full Line up for Lean, Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit 2007.

  - 2007-09-25

  LONDON, September 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Running from 30th - 31st October 2007 and supported by workshops on 29th October plus a site visit on 1st November. The Hotel Okura, Amsterdam brings together leading quality and process excellence professionals from across Europe. ...

  Tags: benchmarking, Dr., Quality, Toyota Motor Corp., Transport, workshop

• Lean Kaizen in the 21st Century

  - 2007-08-01

  Lean kaizen and kaikaku (incremental and breakthrough improvements, respectively) have helped Toyota become a global giant, stay consistently profitable and increase market share year after year.The Toyota Production System TPS played a big role, evolving by rigorously using practical problem solving and continuous improvement techniques. Toyota learned early on that...

  Tags: MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, Quality, supplier, technique, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Auto Quality and Auto Sales: Quality Pros Speak Out

  - 2007-07-01

  AUTOMOTIVEToyota Motor Corp. surpassed General Motors GM in sales during the first quarter of 2007, unseating the stalwart that has held the title for 70 years and becoming the first automaker outside the United States to hold the title. During the three-month period, Toyota sold 2.35 million vehicles; GM sold...

  Tags: General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, quality, sales, Toyota Motor Corp.