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Eiji Toyoda (豊田 英二, Toyoda Eiji, 12 September 1913 – 17 September 2013) [1] was a Japanese industrialist. He was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as president and later, as chairman. [2] He was succeeded as the president of Toyota by Shoichiro Toyoda.
The Toyota Production System (TPS) is an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its management philosophy and practices. The TPS is a management system [ 1 ] that organizes manufacturing and logistics for the automobile manufacturer, including interaction with suppliers and customers.
In 1950, Toyota was split into Toyota Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Sales Co. (sales arm of Toyota); the two companies merged in 1982 to create one unified company, with then-Toyota Motor Co. President Eiji Toyoda becoming chairman. Chairmen listed prior to 1982 below were for the pre-merger Toyota Motor Co. only. [115] [116] Rizaburo Toyoda (1937 ...
Ohno Taiichi (大野耐一, Ōno Taiichi, February 29, 1912 – May 28, 1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. [1] [2] He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system.
Eiji Toyoda (1913–2013), Japanese industrialist, and largely responsible for the success of the Toyota Motor Corporation; Kiichiro Toyoda (1894–1952), creator of what was to become the Toyota Motor Corporation; Rizaburo Toyoda (1884-1952), the first president both of the Toyota Industries and Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Industries Corporation (株式会社豊田自動織機, Kabushiki gaisha Toyota Jidō Shokki (English "Stock Company Toyota Automatic Loom")) is a Japanese machine maker. Originally, and still actively (as of 2024 [update] ), [ 4 ] a manufacturer of automatic looms , it is the company from which Toyota Motor Corporation developed.
Toyota Corolla E10 wagon emblem The Corolla was launched in Japan in November 1966 at a Japanese dealership sales channel called Toyota Corolla Store . Eiji Toyoda said it took hard work to create popular demand, and disputed that Toyota rode a wave of private car ownership that was taking off in the mid-1960s.
In 1983, company chairman Eiji Toyoda initiated the F1 project, a plan to create a brand-new luxury sedan which would challenge the top models from Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Engineers Ichirō Suzuki and Shoji Jimbo were initially selected to head the development effort in 1984. [2] Ichirō Suzuki headed the development of the Lexus LS 400