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• 03 Jan 14
  

  Chris Shannon
  • Toyota’s innovations, by contrast, have focussed on process rather than on product, on the factory floor rather than on the showroom. That has made those innovations hard to see. But it hasn’t made them any less powerful.
  • But cumulatively, every day, Toyota knows a little more, and does things a little better, than it did the day before.
• 12 Nov 08
  

  trod13

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• 24 Oct 08
  

  Nick Gall

  "The diffusion of Toyota’s concepts has had a real effect; the auto industry as a whole is far more productive than it used to be. So how has Toyota stayed ahead of the pack?
  
  The answer has a lot to do with another distinctive element of Toyota’s approac

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• 18 Sep 08
  

  Jorge Barba

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• 01 Aug 08
  

  Patrick Scheuerer

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• 16 Jun 08
  

  Johann Richard

  In the current atmosphere of economic tumult, the announcement that Toyota sold a hundred and sixty thousand more cars than General Motors in the first three months of this year might seem like a minor news item.

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• 14 Jun 08
  

  Hutch Carpenter

  "If Toyota doesn’t look like an innovative company it’s only because our definition of innovation—cool new products and technological breakthroughs, by Steve Jobs-like visionaries—is far too narrow. Toyota’s innovations, by contrast, have focussed on process rather than on product, on the factory floor rather than on the showroom. That has made those innovations hard to see. But it hasn’t made them any less powerful."

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• 11 Jun 08
  

  Arare Inlondon

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• 24 May 08
  

  cerveau007
• 14 May 08
  
• 12 May 08
  

  One of the best summaries of what Toyota does well that I've seen.

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• 10 May 08
  

  markmadro

  Toyota's process innovations are kaizen

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• 08 May 08
  

  ken .

  Hiding in plain sight, under the radar by being unremarkable v needy desire for a HomeRun, RightAnswer, SilverBullet to "turn things around overnight - crash-diet approach". Kaizen as not starving - "less immediately dramatic, harder to sustain"

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  andreea nastase

  Toyota’s innovative methods may seem mundane, but their sheer relentlessness defeats many companies. That’s why Toyota can afford to hide in plain sight: it knows the system is easy to understand but hard to follow.

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• 07 May 08
  

  Runaway Mule

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• 06 May 08
  

  innovation as an incremental process, in which the goal is not to make huge, sudden leaps but, rather, to make things better on a daily basis. (The principle is often known by its Japanese name, kaizen—continuous improvement.)

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