Toyota Mess

Driver Error Found in Toyota Investigations

14 July 2010 0 comments

The federal government has just finished investigating a small sample of accidents and concluded that all were caused by driver error. While Toyota is not off the hook completely, it does vindicate the car maker to some degree. This situation now looks very similar to the claims of sudden acceleration surrounding Audi in the late [...]

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Rethinking Lean Implementation in the Wake of the Toyota Mess

16 February 2010 0 comments

In the wake of the current Toyota mess, it is time to rethink Lean implementation approaches and even the common definitions of Lean.  Many in the Lean community have long held up Toyota as the ideal.  They are still a great manufacturer, but very clearly not perfect.  In fact, Toyota may have some very fundamental [...]

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