Toyota Production System

Nowadays as more and more people are driving, car safety has become more and more important. Airbags, which pop out and are meant to protect drivers during accidents can actually cause injuries and even death. In a Florida court, the testimony showed that Takata, a company that makes airbags, altered its test data to hide its airbag failures from its biggest customer, Honda. Additionally, Takata’s own engineers discarded evidence from up to 16 years ago that may have shown the failure experiment…

Nissan’s innovation weaved into Ma’ Africa About twenty years ago, Nissan set foot in Africa. At the time, Nissan imported and shipped its vehicles directly from Japan, appointing traders with a focus on sales with not much else happening. By the start of the 21st century, several automotive manufacturers grasped Africa’s enormous potential, and suddenly, distributors and small manufacturing plants set up shop all over in emerging Africa counties. By 2005, the industry was starting to take…

specific cultural characteristics among countries. Nevertheless, not all companies can make these differences, except Dentsu. As a market leader of advertising, Dentsu has opportunities to cooperate with numerous renowned companies worldwide, such as Toyota, Yamaha, Ajinomoto, Canon, and so on (Dentsu Vietnam). It has dominion ascendency over not only Japanese but also world’s advertising market, and leaves its competitors behind (Farrell, 2015). As Dentsu Vietnam defined, there are three…

Toyota Motor Corporation, one of the most successful companies in the world. It has the glorious history of 80 years, only a few of the peers can defeat it. Toyota is not just a huge business organization but it is also the second family for those employees. Agreed to Gary Johns, “Organization is social inventions for achieving goals through the group efforts” and Toyota as one of the examples of the successful organization, for sure the top management team had put a lot of effort in managing…

Honesty and fairness is the all-encompassing issue within the automotive industry, touching on safety versus cost and environmental impact. However, it is most prominent in the automotive repair industry. Customers are once again the primary stakeholder affected by this issue, as they are taken advantage of for increased profits by mechanics and automotive salesman. Similar to the previous two issues, honesty and transparency are paramount values when it comes to the fairness of prices. The most…

Firestone is a tire manufacturer who makes tire for many automakers such as Ford and Mazda. Firestone was faced with problems regarding the integrity of their tires. In May 2000, the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a letter to Ford Motor Company and Firestone Inc. asking for information regarding the high incidents of tire failures on the Ford Explorer. In August 2000, Firestone recalled all Radial ATX, ATX 11 and Wilderness AT tires due to major concerns regarding tread…

SUMMARY: On Sunday, 10/22/2017, at approximately 1345 hours, V1 VARGAS, Diana reported her vehicle was vandalized while parked at 25 Poncetta Dr. Apt. 234 in Daly City, CA. VARGAS believe S1 REYES, Michael to be the suspect because he had damaged her vehicle in the past with spray paint. VARGAS has a restraining order against REYES for kidnapping, vandalism, Domestic Violence and other cases. REYES has not been taken into custody. Case open pending further leads. INVESTIGATION: On Sunday,…

2015 – An Unimaginable Concept Nissan has been in the industry from past many years and has known to be the pioneer for manufacturing the outclass SUV’s from the initial phase of its entrance in the industry. Such a pattern being observed in the production cycle of Nissan has never made people think out of the box and the same old designs with a few improvements in the specifications were being observed in the new models being launched. However, this time the Nissan Murano 2015 which is yet to…

Assignment2 Submitted to: Submitted by: Dr. Bashir Ahmad Anas Siddiqui (16-10711) Course: BUSN 321(B) Fall 2014 No of attached pages (10) Warner Body Works Case 35: Dividend Policy Case Summary: Warner Body Works has been known as the leading producer of custom coachwork for automobiles, delivery trucks and other special purposes vehicles. In order to increase their business…

3.0 Assessment of corporate reputation on two companies 3.1 Kia Motor Corporation (KMC) Kia Motor Corporation the oldest Korean automobile manufacturer whose headquarters are based in South Korea was founded in 1944 as Hyungsung Precision Industry, a manufacturer of bicycle parts and steel tubing. In 1951, it was named “Kia industries”. The Kia name is derived from Chinese characters: ‘Ki’ meaning “rise up” and ‘A’ meaning Asia interpreted as “Rising out of Asia”. Kia had humble beginnings…