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Toyota
Also Known As Toyoda The founding family's surname; the company itself deliberately adopted the distinct spelling Toyota.
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Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan, and has grown to become the world's largest automobile producer by volume. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937, and later pioneered manufacturing innovations including the Toyota Production System, the basis of what is known in the West as lean manufacturing.
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Company TypeAutomobile manufacturer 1 Founded Year HeadquartersToyota City, Aichi, Japan 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937.
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headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan
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Since toyoda literally means 'fertile rice paddies', changing the name also prevented the company from being associated with old-fashioned farming.
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Toyota's Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno, building on Deming's teachings, redesigned Toyota's manufacturing process after the war
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