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Akio Toyoda (豊田 章男, Toyoda Akio, born 3 May 1956) is a Japanese business executive who is the chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation. He was previously the company's president and chief executive officer (CEO). [1] Toyoda is a great-grandson of the industrialist, Sakichi Toyoda, and a grandson of both the founder of Toyota Motors ...
Sakichi Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Industries Corporation, was born in 1867 in Yamaguchi-mura, Fuchi-no-kori, Totomi-no-kuni (presently Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture). He was the first son of Ikichi and Ei Toyoda. Ikichi was a farmer who also worked as a carpenter to support his family.
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Jan 26, 2023 · The Toyoda family has had a prominent role in the company’s management since 1937, when Toyota was spun off from an automatic loom manufacturer founded by Sakichi Toyoda. Akio Toyoda’s ...
Feb 6, 2024 · As we formed alliances with companies possessing their own unique character and strengths, the Toyota Group’s lineage extended horizontally, like the weft on a loom. “Inventing our path forward, together.”. Taking responsibility for the Toyota Group, Chairman Akio Toyoda shared his vision with company leaders. We delve into the intention ...
Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi, March 19 (the 14th of the 2nd month in East Asian Lunar Calendar), 1867 – October 30, 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later ...
Aug 26, 2020 · How Akio sees Just-in-Time. Next, Akio shifted to explain the other pillar of TPS, Just-in-Time. To illustrate this concept, it is time to turn to Sakichi’s son, the founder of Toyota Motor Corporation, Kiichiro Toyoda, who introduced and implemented it.
Akio Toyoda explains to Liker a kaizen to the shuttle of thread made by his grandfather Sakichi Toyoda, inventor of power looms. The answer is in the twin concepts of challenge and kaizen, or continuous improvement. Without a challenge, kaizen will dwindle and people will find the easiest way to meet their objectives.
