http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-35051 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Toyota’s Journey to Lean Software Development Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:17:15 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-35051 "a Lexus contains 14 million lines of code, comparable to banking and airplane software systems. Ishi-san concluded that “Therefore Toyota needs to become an IT company..." “a Lexus contains 14 million lines of code, comparable to banking and airplane software systems. Ishi-san concluded that “Therefore Toyota needs to become an IT company…”

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-32216 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Toyota Canada CIO Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:43:28 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-32216 "for Hao Tien, chief information officer (CIO) at Toyota Canada Inc. those two Japanese phrases – Genchi Genbutsu (go and see) and Kaizen (continuous improvement) really capture it all..." “for Hao Tien, chief information officer (CIO) at Toyota Canada Inc. those two Japanese phrases – Genchi Genbutsu (go and see) and Kaizen (continuous improvement) really capture it all…”

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-31552 CuriousCat: Software Supporting Processes Not the Other Way Around Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:44:09 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-31552 "with the amazing power and relative ease of web based applications creating solutions that are specifically designed to the organization are often relatively easy..." “with the amazing power and relative ease of web based applications creating solutions that are specifically designed to the organization are often relatively easy…”

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-30132 CuriousCat: Toyota’s Effort to Stay Toyota Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:39:11 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-30132 That's an idea Toyota imported from Japan, where the company asks retiring engineers to stick around to mentor young employees. The ranks of these old-timers are growing rapidly as the company tries to safeguard its culture. That’s an idea Toyota imported from Japan, where the company asks retiring engineers to stick around to mentor young employees. The ranks of these old-timers are growing rapidly as the company tries to safeguard its culture.

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-27559 CuriousCat: Information Technology and Management Fri, 04 May 2007 13:08:31 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-27559 The IT solutions should support the organization and help the organization improve performance. The technology should not tie the organizations hands (as it can so easily do when implemented without an understanding of systems thinking, variation, process improvement, sub-optimization, psychology…)... The IT solutions should support the organization and help the organization improve performance. The technology should not tie the organizations hands (as it can so easily do when implemented without an understanding of systems thinking, variation, process improvement, sub-optimization, psychology…)…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Toyota’s Nick Dieltiens Discussing Lean Ideas Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:40:41 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-3301 [...] The videos don’t provide as much insight as that article but have some interesting points. [...] The videos don’t provide as much insight as that article but have some interesting points.

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-686 Weblog Awards: Best Business Blog Finalist Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:05:46 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-686 [...] For those visiting from the award site you may want to take a look at our popular posts including: Stop Demotivating Employees - New Rules for Management? No! [...] [...] For those visiting from the award site you may want to take a look at our popular posts including: Stop Demotivating Employees – New Rules for Management? No! [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Lessons from Toyota’s IT Strategy Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:03:19 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-323 [...] The words hardly seem revolutionary. The importance, I believe is understanding how differently Toyota acts upon what it says. For more on Toyota IT see: Toyota IT Overview. [...] [...] The words hardly seem revolutionary. The importance, I believe is understanding how differently Toyota acts upon what it says. For more on Toyota IT see: Toyota IT Overview. [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Recalls at Toyota and Sony Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:02:36 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/09/05/toyota-it-overview/#comment-206 [...] I don’t actually think this is right in Toyota’s case anyway; Toyota seems to have resisted adopting poor management practices form the west (an IT example - see the end of the post). They just need to keep trying to do better. It is very easy for management to lose its way, wherever the compnay is located. For a time, American and European executives flocked here to learn Japanese quality-control concepts like “kaizen,” or improvement. [...] [...] I don’t actually think this is right in Toyota’s case anyway; Toyota seems to have resisted adopting poor management practices form the west (an IT example – see the end of the post). They just need to keep trying to do better. It is very easy for management to lose its way, wherever the compnay is located. For a time, American and European executives flocked here to learn Japanese quality-control concepts like “kaizen,” or improvement. [...]

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