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Toyota Gets Stuck in a Pair of Ruts
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Toyota's concern for slipping Quality as it expands
08/25/2006
Toyota has expanded rapidly with new factories around the world. Now its management is concerned that quality for which Toyota was well known and which was carefully nurtured in Japan may slip at its overseas factories. Part of this may be because it takes time to train new employees in Toyota's manufacturing and quality control and the process may be rushed as Toyota tries to meet new demand.
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05/17/2006
The grandson of founder Kiichiro Toyoda takes charge after the global economic crisis of 2008-2009. Toyota enters a new period with different priorities.
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Toyota
11/18/2009
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Toyota Gets Stuck in a Pair of Ruts
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Toyota under Akio Toyoda, Shoichiro Toyoda's son, and grandson of the founder Kiichiro Toyoda.
05/12/2005
Akio Toyoda becomes CEO of Toyota in 2009, with the support of Shoichiro Toyoda, his father. He spent some years in the American operations, has overseas experience, and got his MBA from Babson College in Massachusetts. Because of tis he brings an outward looking approach to Toyota. By August 2009 about 40% of the senior management hat Toyota had retired or moved to new positions. Toyota suffered a loss of $819 million in the 2nd quarter 2009 with net sales revenue down sharply by 38% over prior year's same quarter. In the last years of the previous CEO Watanabe, Shoichiro had expressed concerns about the complacency at the company. See the links to this including Shoichiro's concern for higher costs, lower quality, and complacency in management.
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For Toyota, a New Small Truck Carries Hopes for Topping GM
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Toyota's Jim Press Discusses the Future
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Toyota quality is being questioned in 2009.
11/18/2009
A recall for safety and reliability of a critical part- gas pedals that get stuck on floor mats- after initally denying that any problem exists. Four million pedals to be replaced. Its hard to turn off the car with the Toyota style ignition system. The recall affects the Camry, and other models.
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Toyota Gets Stuck in a Pair of Ruts
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