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cali yaris · 07-18-2009, 01:31 PM

There is a book about how they became the #1 car company in the world.

YarisHilton should read it.

GeneW · 07-18-2009, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

There is a book about how they became the #1 car company in the world.

YarisHilton should read it.

Actually there are several books on Toyota and their methods. The philosophy that they use make perfectionism almost respectable.

Gene

cali yaris · 07-18-2009, 08:46 PM

their notion of "kaizen", where everyone is encouraged to contribute to improvement, is something I instituted in my own company.

GeneW · 07-19-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cali yaris

their notion of "kaizen", where everyone is encouraged to contribute to improvement, is something I instituted in my own company.

Kaizen is wonderful if it's promoted fairly and uniformly. Toyota has a MINIMUM QUOTA of suggestions, I think it's one every two weeks, for every worker.

Some companies make a mess out of Kaizen. One firm I once worked for used to demand a cost/benefit analysis of each suggestion. Another firm refused to give credit unless the suggestion netted the firm at least $1,000,000 profit per year. One group of pirates, a "name" manufacturer based in Japan, sometimes would steal suggestions from employees, develop them and then give the prize to the lead engineer.

The saddest part of suggestions is that really radical and market shaking suggestions will be the first ones tossed out as "useless". We keep hearing all sorts of asinine predictions by CEOs (like Watson of IBM claiming that there might be a market for five computers in the entire world) and must realize that sometimes if you want something new you have to go do it yourself.

Gene

TLyttle · 07-19-2009, 11:58 PM

Nothing new regarding suggestions. Quite a few firms profited handsomely from some of my suggestions, and they weren't Japanese. Not much you can do about it, just eat it....

And no one in North America is interested in market-shaking, no matter what the discipline. I spent a lot of time in the handicap transport business, a design for a tiedown system that we developed was, as you say, useless. 25+ years later, it is still superior to any other existing system, but no one wants to talk to me about it, unless I give over the patents for free. I ain't gonna make a pile of cash because I wasn't looking for the money in the first place, but I won't make some other clown rich, either.

cali yaris · 07-20-2009, 09:28 PM

LOL @ the survey results.

anonymous user · 07-21-2009, 12:54 AM

I didn't vote, but my last name means middle of ricefield. "naka" middle Ta or da= rice.

anonymous user · 07-21-2009, 12:56 AM

One more thing, mazda actually is a japanese last name, came from Matsuda. Same has honda, and toyota.

I don't know about nissan, i'mma bout to goggle it right now.

highwaypass · 07-21-2009, 10:55 AM

how about "toyo tyre"

Crims0n5 · 07-22-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by *MAD DOG*

I was looking for spare parts online on this website http://www.findapart.com.au/toyota_parts.php and i found this quote about Toyota.

So in Japanese Toyota means abundance of rice?

Is this why people call Toyota's rice?

People call Toyota's (or any car for that matter) rice because of all the stupid crap people put on them. Just today at work I saw a Tercel on 24 inch rims, a big kanji character painted on the hood, with an eBay wing that was somehow mounted upside down.

All I could think was "Oh you poor Toyota..."

View Poll Results: Do you think of Toyota as rice?
Yes	5	14.71%
No	25	73.53%
Undecided	4	11.76%
Voters: 34. You may not vote on this poll

07-18-2009, 08:46 PM	#3
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	their notion of "kaizen", where everyone is encouraged to contribute to improvement, is something I instituted in my own company. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

07-20-2009, 09:28 PM	#6
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	LOL @ the survey results. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

07-21-2009, 12:54 AM	#7
anonymous user rarer than JDM -1 of 1! View User's Garage Drives: 07yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: windward oahu Posts: 402	I didn't vote, but my last name means middle of ricefield. "naka" middle Ta or da= rice. __________________ It's not what you drive, or how much $$ you throw at the car. Mod the ballast on the front left first!

07-21-2009, 12:56 AM	#8
anonymous user rarer than JDM -1 of 1! View User's Garage Drives: 07yaris Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: windward oahu Posts: 402	One more thing, mazda actually is a japanese last name, came from Matsuda. Same has honda, and toyota. I don't know about nissan, i'mma bout to goggle it right now. __________________ It's not what you drive, or how much $$ you throw at the car. Mod the ballast on the front left first!

07-18-2009, 01:31 PM	#1
cali yaris ULTIMATE View User's Garage Drives: 07 Yaris Turbo Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 14,859	There is a book about how they became the #1 car company in the world. YarisHilton should read it. __________________ Micro Image forums, online store and shop are now closed. It was a great eight year run, but it was time to focus on other things. I'm still selling parts on eBay under micro*image seller ID and customers can still make requests for anything specific.

07-19-2009, 11:58 PM	#5
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Nothing new regarding suggestions. Quite a few firms profited handsomely from some of my suggestions, and they weren't Japanese. Not much you can do about it, just eat it.... And no one in North America is interested in market-shaking, no matter what the discipline. I spent a lot of time in the handicap transport business, a design for a tiedown system that we developed was, as you say, useless. 25+ years later, it is still superior to any other existing system, but no one wants to talk to me about it, unless I give over the patents for free. I ain't gonna make a pile of cash because I wasn't looking for the money in the first place, but I won't make some other clown rich, either.

07-21-2009, 10:55 AM	#9
highwaypass Captain Slow Drives: '08 1.5 hatchback Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Jakarta Posts: 145	how about "toyo tyre" __________________ There's only 1 brand,2 drive,3 words,4 you: TO-YO-TA

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