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Case Study: Toyota's Response to the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

Toyota, a name synonymous with unparalleled excellence and innovation in the automobile industry, faced one of its most challenging adversities following the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011. This natural disaster...

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Implementing Toyota's 4Ps Guide(21)Toyota Learning(13)Managing Supply Chains(12)Transform Technical and Service Organizations(10)Toyota Kata(9)New Century(9)Develop Exceptional People(9)Reflections of Supply Chain Participants(8)Base Your Management Decisions(8)Go and See for Yourself(7)Use Visual Control(7)Become a Learning Organization(6)Respect Your Extended Network(6)Build a Culture of Stopping to Fix Problems(6)Level Out the Workload (Heijunka)(6)Create Continuous Process Flow to Bring Problems to the Surface(6)Build Your Own Lean Learning Enterprise(5)How Toyota Became the World’s Best Manufacturer(5)Grow Leaders Who Thoroughly Understand the Work(5)Use Only Reliable(5)Use “Pull” Systems to Avoid Overproduction(5)Make Decisions Slowly by Consensus(5)Using Operational Excellence as a Strategic Weapon(4)Human Resources(4)Planning: Establishing a Target Condition(4)Seeing Lean Techniques in a New Light(4)Standardized Tasks Are the Foundation(4)Toyota Production System: Eliminating Waste(3)Origin and Effects of Our Current Management Approach(3)Moving Toward a Target Condition(3)