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Feb 15, 2007 · She says she flew to Japan in December to give a 10-minute presentation to Toyota’s president, Mr. Watanabe. Toyota’s culture, she said, is still grounded in a Japanese-oriented brand of group ...
What's more, speedy expansion to meet demand and the struggle to keep pace with technological change have combined to challenge Toyota's grand ambitions and its famed 'Toyota Way'. For Watanabe, being number one means 'being the best in the world in terms of quality'. If Toyota's quality continues to improve, he says, volume and revenues will ...
Feb 13, 2023 · Toyota City, Japan, February 13, 2023―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it intends to implement changes to its executive structure and senior professional/senior management employees effective March 1 and April 1, 2023, and changes to its Board of Directors effective the date of its 119th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting as described below.
For Watanabe, being number one means “being the best in the world in terms of quality.” If Toyota’s quality continues to improve, he says, volume and revenues will follow.
Toyota' s former President Watanabe, interviewed by Stewart and Raman (2007), reaffirmed the two main pillars of the Toyota Way: continuous improvement and respect for people which includes ...
Dec 25, 2023 · hbr.org | July–August 2007 | Harvard Business Review 77 A series of interviews with Katsuaki Watanabe, Toyota’s 65-year-old president, and several executive vice presidents revealed that Toyota’s future will depend on its ability to strike the right balance – between the short term and the long term; between being a Japanese company and being a global company; between the manufacturing ...
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There is an interview in HBR with Katsuaki Watanabe, who is the head of Toyota. Toyota is about to become the #1 car company in the world (in March of 2007 Toyota had a profit of $13.7 billion, compared to GM’s los of $1.97 billion and Ford’s loss of $12.61 billion). It’s a great interview. Watanabe expresses such a clear understanding of ...
