Yamile Macklin Course Project Week 7 Toyota Motor Company Managing Quality BSOP588 Managing Quality 02/03/14 Toyota Motor Company Quality Management Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), is commonly known as Toyota in the stock markets was founded in 1933 By Kiichiro Toyoda. Toyota has enjoyed continuous growth in the automotive industry for decades as the largest automobile manufacturer and multinational automaker with an excess of five million vehicles per year, employing over 320,000 employees
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and Engineering Master in Management of Innovation and Business Development Toyota Crisis: Management Ignorance? – A Swedish Case of Consumers Perceptions Master’s Dissertation in Management of Innovation and Business Development, 15 ECTS Final seminar 2010-05-27 Authors: Yuanyuan Feng Supervisor: Mike Danilovic Hamlstad University Feng(2010) TOYOTA CRISIS: MANAGEMENT IGNORANCE? – A SWEDISH CASE OF CONSUMERS PERCEPTIONS Yuanyuan Feng School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad
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Nhi Nguyen 1 Toyota Communicating Through Crisis INTRODUCTION Since September 2009, the famous vehicle manufacture Toyota has suffered a severe crisis due to unintended quality problems in its cars. In responding to the crisis, Toyota has recalled more than 10 million vehicles worldwide for accelerator pedal, carpet and floor mat flaws that may cause unintended acceleration. This catastrophe has led to millions of dollars in settlements and U.S. fines, as well as hundreds of product liability lawsuits
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Engineering Master in Management of Innovation and Business Development Toyota Crisis: Management Ignorance? – A Swedish Case of Consumers Perceptions Master’s Dissertation in Management of Innovation and Business Development, 15 ECTS Final seminar 2010-05-27 Authors: Yuanyuan Feng Supervisor: Mike Danilovic Hamlstad University Feng(2010) TOYOTA CRISIS: MANAGEMENT IGNORANCE? – A SWEDISH CASE OF CONSUMERS PERCEPTIONS Yuanyuan Feng School of Business and Engineering,
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and crew members were evacuated safely (Cooper, 2007). 2009–2011 Toyota vehicle recalls Three separate but related recalls of automobiles by Toyota occurred at 2009 to 2011 (Wikipedia, 2014). After, the reports showed that several vehicles experienced unintended acceleration. As of January 28, 2010, Toyota had announced recalls of approximately 5.2 million vehicles, and an additional 2.3 million vehicles. The next day, Toyota widened the recall to include 1.8 million vehicles in Europe and 75
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Zhijian, Email: zhijianc@ust.hk, Office: Rm 4079, Tel: 34692127 TA: Ms Jia Jing, imjing@ust.hk Brief Outline The course content is divided into two components. In the first part, Business Process Analysis and Improvement, we study tools and cases that allow us to analyze, improve and design internal firm activities. In the second part, Supply Chain Management, we turn our attention to entities external to the firm and examine the activities of sourcing raw materials and delivering goods to
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Personal Case Study Toyota has been operating in automobile industry since decades and is enjoying a reputable market position. The company has hundreds of franchises and introduced world’s latest technology in global automobile market. The technology advancements are offered to public after several checks and quality assurance and safety measures. Still there are several accidents which happen despite of all security checks. During 2009 one of latest vehicle named Toyota Lexus encountered an accident
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Toyota Recall Lawsuit Assignment 1 Week 4 Tina Christensen LEG100 Natalie Stratis-Malak, Esq. Strayer University 29 July 2012 Toyota Recall Lawsuit Toyota Recall Summary of Initiation of Lawsuit For those who are not familiar with the lawsuit against Toyota, it is interesting because it involves what so many believed to be quality product failure. Four people died in California in October of 2009 due to stuck accelerator pedal on their Lexus vehicle which is a Toyota made product.
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5/19/13 Toyota Recall: Five Critical Lessons | Business Ethics You are here: Home » Business Ethics, Economy, Featured Story, Michael Connor, Recent Stories, Regulation & Legislation » Toyota Recall: Five Critical Lessons Toyota Recall: Five Critical Lessons Posted by Michael Connor • January 31, 2010 • Printer-friendly by Michael Connor Toyota’s announcement of a technical fix for its sticky gas pedals – which can lead to sudden acceleration problems - is not likely to bring a quick
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