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• U.S. Auto Sales Keep Dropping in October

  BNET - 2008-10-25

  U.S. auto sales continued at recession-type levels in October, according to edmunds.com. The only way this could be good news for the auto industry is if sales start to bottom out. by Jim Henry

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

• National Audubon Society in Alliance With Toyota Launch TogetherGreen Grants

  - 2008-10-21

  What is TogetherGreen? It's all about helping you get involved in creating a brighter, healthier future. It's a dynamic and innovative Audubon program funded by Toyota that aims to provide inspiration, leadership and opportunities that inspire people everywhere to take action at home, in their communities and beyond to improve...

  Tags: alliance, Benefits, conservation, Leadership, Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Lewis takes pole in Japan

  - 2008-10-11

  LEWIS HAMILTON ensured he has the best chance possible of extending his World Championship lead after securing pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix in qualifying this morning. The McLaren driver shot to the top of the timesheet late on with a time of one minute 18.404 seconds on...

  Tags: BMW AG, Ferrari, Hamilton, Lewis, Renault, Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp.

• New Book "Managing to Learn" Gets to the Heart of Lean Management

  - 2008-10-07

  Author John Shook explains how the A3 process links strategy and problem solving, thus transforming managing in order to 'command-and-control' into 'managing to learn.' CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The latest book from the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute LEI reveals the thinking underlying the A3 management process at the heart of...

  Tags: Leadership, MARKETING, Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Research and Markets: Toyota Motor Corporation - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008 Intends to Help Vendors Identify Selling Opportunities within the Company

  - 2008-09-02

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9aa6aa/toyota_motor_corpo) has announced the addition of the "Toyota Motor Corporation - IT Sales Opportunities - 2008" report to their offering. Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota primarily conducts business in the automotive industry. Its business segments are automotive operations, financial services and other operations. Its...

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• This Global Automobiles Industry Profile is an Essential Resource for top-level Data and Analysis Covering the Automobiles Industry

  - 2008-09-01

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7e87a4/global_automobiles) has announced the addition of the "Global Automobiles" report to their offering. Datamonitors Global Automobiles industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the automobiles industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and...

  Tags: analysis, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp., motorcycle, Strategy, Toyota Motor Corp.

• Toyota exec warns US auto industry won't recover until 2010

  - 2008-08-14

  TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan AFP — The US auto industry is facing tough times and will not likely recover until 2010, a senior Toyota executive said Thursday. "We're in for a rough patch," Bob Carter, vice president in charge of Toyota's US sales, told an automotive conference. "We think...

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• Change: embrace it, don't deny it: tools and techniques inspired by software development can introduce the flexibility needed to make changes during product development with minimal disruption

  - 2008-07-01

  Change from plans during a new-product development project is a topic that increasingly places developers and their managers in a dilemma. On the one hand, change is becoming increasingly commonplace. Customers, who are presented with more and more options today and can turn to the Internet for competitive product information,...

  Tags: developer, Experimentation, PRODUCTIVITY, software, Strategy, team, technique, technology, tool, Toyota Motor Corp.

• LET US PRIUS..

  - 2008-06-29

  IT'S not too late to snap up a bargain used Toyota Prius, and enjoy low road tax and 65mpg. Prices haven't risen as fast as I thought they would, and you can easily find 2000-on versions with 40- 50K miles for less than pounds 4,000. As things get worse, second-...

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• IT'S been a good couple

  - 2008-05-18

  IT'S been a good couple of weeks for the Prius. Last week Toyota's hybrid was voted Britain's Most Satisfying Car in JD Power's UK Customer Satisfaction Index. And this week, after 11 years, Toyota built their one millionth Prius. You can even get a solar panel that fits on to...

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