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	Eiji Toyoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eiji Toyoda (豊田英二 Toyoda Eiji born 12 September 1913) near Nagoya in Japan, was a prominent Japanese industrialist, and was largely responsible for bringing Toyota Motor Corporation to profitability and worldwide prominence during his tenure as CEO and later Chairman, a position he held until 1994.
		Toyoda joined his cousin in the plant at the conclusion of his degree and throughout their lives, shared a deep friendship.
		Eiji Toyoda said that "Ford's method of turning us down left a lot to be desired." Toyota attempted again in 1980, shortly before the Reagan administration imposed voluntary restraint agreements on Japanese auto imports.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eiji_Toyoda (673 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Toyoda Eiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eiji Toyoda (豊田英二 Toyoda Eiji), born 12 September 1913, near Nagoya in Japan, is a prominent Japanese industrialist, and is largely responsible for the success of car manufacturer Toyota.
		Shoichiro Toyoda was born in 1925, and graduated from Nagoya University in 1947 with a degree in engineering.
		Toyoda, who is a prominent spokesman for the automotive industry, has served as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Toyoda-Eiji (817 words)

	When Good Isn't Good Enough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Japan, Toyoda's legacy is as the "King of Inventors." It was his vision that led to the creation of the Toyota Motor Corporation, and his principles that TMC was and is built on.
		Toyoda (1867-1930), the son of a poor carpenter, began building wooden hand looms in an effort to free his mother, grandmother and other women in his community from the tedious task of making cloth by hand.
		Toyoda's invention of a "smart" loom began the Toyota principle of "Jidoka." One of the two founding pillars of the Toyota Production System, Jidoka is an automated machine with humanlike intelligence in the tasks of "mistake proofing." Jidoka is now found in almost every industrial enterprise, helping to cut down on waste while conserving resources.
	www.alphaimports.com /models/Toyoda.htm (1057 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| TIME 100: Eiji Toyoda \| 8/23/99-8/30/99
		Eiji Toyoda smiles as he recalls the early days: "When I went to Detroit in 1950, we were producing 40 cars a day.
		Eiji remembers the chill he felt when, after the war, he was shown U.S. plans for a full-scale bombing raid on Toyota scheduled for a week later.
		Eiji's 1950 visit to the U.S. opened his eyes to the potential of large-volume production--and eventual export to the U.S. He told colleagues he didn't see anything in the U.S. that seemed beyond Toyota's capability.
	www.time.com /time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/toyoda1.html (1423 words)

	EIJI TOYODA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eiji Toyoda, soutenu 12 septembre 1913, près de Nagoya au Japon, est un industriel japonais en avant, et est en grande partie responsable du succès du fabricant de voiture Toyota.
		Eiji Toyoda a indiqué que la "méthode de Ford de nous tourner en bas de la gauche beaucoup à désirer." Toyota a essayé encore en 1980, peu avant les accords imposés d'autolimitation d'administration de Reagan sur les importations automatiques japonaises.
		Toyoda a fait un pas vers le bas comme président de Toyota en 1994.
	www.faktis.com /wiki/fr/ei/Eiji%20Toyoda.htm (716 words)

	Eiji Toyoda Biography
		Eiji Toyoda is a former chairman of the Toyota Motor Company.
		Eiji Toyoda was born September 12, 1913, in Kinjo, Nishi Kasugai, Aichi, Japan, the son of Heikichi and Nao Toyoda.
		Eiji worked on the A1 prototype, the forerunner of the company's first production model, a six-cylinder sedan that borrowed heavily from Detroit automotive technology and resembled the radically styled Chrysler Airflow model of that period.
	www.notablebiographies.com /St-Tr/Toyoda-Eiji.html (678 words)

	Sakichi Toyoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sakichi Toyoda (豊田佐吉 Toyoda Sakichi, February 14, 1867 – October 30, 1930)He was born in Kosai city.
		The son of a poor carpenter is referred to as the King of Japanese Inventors who invented numerous weaving devices.
		Sakichi is the father of Kiichiro Toyoda (1895-1952, Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation) and Aiko Toyoda (female).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sakichi_Toyoda (237 words)

	Kiichiro Toyoda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田喜一郎 Toyoda Kiichirō, June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952) was a Japanese industrialist and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda.
		He made the decision for Toyoda Loom Works to branch into automobiles, considered a risky business at the time.
		In 1957, his cousin and confidante Eiji Toyoda would become head of Toyota Motor Corporation, overseeing its successful expansion worldwide and the launch of Japan's most prominent luxury vehicle brand, Lexus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiichiro_Toyoda (152 words)

	Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda to Receive SAE Foundation's 2005 Manufacturing Leadership Award
		Toyoda will travel from Japan to receive the award at the Annual SAE Foundation Banquet on Tuesday, May 24, at the Renaissance Center Wintergarden in Detroit.
		Dr. Toyoda assumed the presidency of the newly integrated Toyota Motor Corporation upon the merger of the sales and production organizations in 1982, and later served as chairman from 1992 to 1999.
		In 2004, Dr. Toyoda was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, as well as Thailand's Knight Grand Cordon (First Class) of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhom.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2005/03/15/012051.html (787 words)

	Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System Automotive Manufacturing & Production - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eiji Toyoda, a nephew of Sakichi Toyoda, joined the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works family business after graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1936.
		Eiji instituted the concept and it is considered to be one of the major building blocks of the Toyota Production System of continuous improvement (Kaizen).
		The war resulted in the leveling of all Toyoda Group Works production facilities, but under the management of Eiji Toyoda, the plants were gradually rebuilt and Taiichi Ohno played a major role in establishing the JIT principles and methodologies developed in the Loom manufacturing processes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FWH/is_6_113/ai_76445159 (750 words)

	Shoichiro Toyoda 1925— - TOYOTA'S CROWN PRINCE, SHOICHIRO CHAMPIONS TOTAL QUALITY CONTROL
		Shoichiro Toyoda was born in Nagoya on February 17, 1925, to Kiichiro and Hatako Toyoda.
		Eiji was responsible for giving Shoichiro his grand vision, to make Toyota a global automotive company, and training him to realize that vision.
		Eiji reorganized Toyota's manufacturing and sales divisions to form the Toyota Motor Corporation in 1982, and he named Shoichiro to be its first president.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Toyoda-Shoichiro-1925.html (3156 words)

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		The man behind this success is Eiji Toyoda, a cousin of Kiichiro Toyoda, who began manufacturing automobiles in 1935 as an affiliate of the family textile business.
		Along the way, Toyoda, known as "the Ox in the dark" for his stubbornness, has been a vociferous foe of U.S. attempts to gain market access in Japan.
		The word in Japan is that until Eiji Toyoda passes from the scene, he will always have something to say about the running of the world's third largest auto company.
	www.time.com /time/asia50/b_tyco4.html (381 words)

	Inductees
		Toyoda then led the Toyota company into the American marketplace with the introduction of the Toyota Crown.
		Toyoda effectively guided the company through the 1970s, when oil shortages and emission-control regulations created challenges for auto manufactures around the globe.
		Toyoda expressed his belief that You've got to look the future in the eye and step straight ahead.
	www.automotivehalloffame.org /honors/index.php?cmd=view&id=136&type=inductees (268 words)

	Chester Dawson - Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TMS executives were even encouraged to trade in their company cars for trucks.18 That might have been good for overall sales goals but the blue-collar appeal of pick-up trucks clashed with the more up-market image desired for a new line of luxury cars.
		Team One's Scott Gilbert, was among those in a delegation to Toyota City which had the unenviable task of telling the septuagenarian chairman Eiji Toyoda, president Shoichiro Toyoda and other members of senior management that the company-cum-family name just wouldn't do for the new luxury line.
		But Eiji Toyoda noted the gravity of the decision and the importance being placed on the project by Toyota Motor.
	www.chesterdawson.com /content/excerpt.asp (1959 words)

	About TOYOTA \| Charley's Garage \| Excellent TOYOTA Service
		Kiichiro Toyoda, Sakichi's son, was the man behind the car-building department.
		Eiji visited Ford in America with a member of his team Shoichi Saito to take the latest ideas in car production.
		Toyoda was happy for his company's growth, he also was feeling kind of guilty that he was benefiting from another countries war countries war!!
	www.charleysgarage.com /aboutTOYOTA.asp (977 words)

	Eiji Toyoda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eiji Toyoda (豊田英二), born 12 September 1913, near Nagoya in Japan, is a prominent Japanese industrialist, and is largely responsible for the success of car manufacturer Toyota.
		Toyoda joined his cousin in the plant at the conclusion of his degree.
		Wapipedia > Index > E > Ei > Eiji Toyoda
	www.wapipedia.com /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Eiji_Toyada (640 words)

	TECH TALK: Good Books: The Toyota Way -- Wednesday, June 2, 2004
		But on that day in 1938 when Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Motor Corp., instructed his understudy, Eiji, to build a factory on land cleared from a red-pine forest in central Japan, neither realized they were about to make history.
		That was hardly the end of the story: Eiji became a managing director and was sent to the U.S. to study Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge plant.
		Eiji and Ohno came up with the kanban system of labeling, an early precurser to bar codes, to keep the flow of parts smooth.
	www.emergic.org /archives/indi/009013.php (664 words)

	Alumni Recognition : Alumni : Claremont Graduate University
		Toyoda, who is a prominent spokesman for the automotive industry, has served as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, and as both vice chairman and chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), and currently serves as honorary chairman of that organization.
		Toyoda was also awarded the highest level (Comendador) of the Medal of Isabel la Catolica by H.R.H. Juan Carlos, King of Spain; and the FISITA Medal (only the second Japanese recipient after Eiji Toyoda)—the top honor bestowed by the France-based International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies.
		Beyond Toyota, Toyoda has served as Chairman of the Economic Council of Japan’s Economic Planning Agency and as Chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition.
	www.alumni.cgu.edu /alumnirecognition/ShoichiroToyoda.asp (398 words)

	EIJI TOYODA, người chèo lái con thuyền Toyota ::: Welcome to BUSINESS WORLD portal ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Toyoda là Chủ tịch của công ty từ năm 1967 tới năm 1994 khi ông từ bỏ ban lãnh đạo của Toyota.
		Toyoda thôi giữ chức Chủ tịch công ty vào năm 1994.
		Eiji Toyoda không phải là người sáng lập nên Toyota Motor Corporation nhưng ông lại góp phần quan trọng trong việc biến nó trở nên nổi tiếng toàn thế giới.
	www.bwportal.com /?cid=4,4&txtid=1080 (1826 words)

	Eiji Toyoda - Biografie WHO'S WHO.
		Nach der Schule studierte Toyoda Mitte der 1930er Jahre Ingenieurswesen an der Universität Tokio.
		Toyoda verbrachte die Semesterferien in dem Unternehmen, wo er an kleinen Maschinen herumbastelte.
		Toyoda war für die Produktkontrolle und -verbesserung zuständig.
	www.rascass.de /templ/te_bio.php?PID=2238&RID=1 (577 words)

	"An Interview with Mr. Eiji Toyoda, Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation"(in Japanese)
		Eiji Toyoda, Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation"(in Japanese)
		This paper describes an interview with Eiji Toyoda, former president and chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation, who has been engaged in the company's automobile manufacturing business since its beginning in the 1930s.
		The interview highlights the critical role of Eiji Toyoda's managerial decisions for Toyota's growth into one of the world's largest auto companies.
	ideas.repec.org /p/tky/jseres/98cj04.html (252 words)

	Company
		In 1949 the company came close to bankruptcy, failed to meet payroll, and was faced with labor problems.
		His successors, Eiji Toyoda and Shoichi Saito, began investing in efficient, modern facilities to produce more sophisticated automobiles.
		In 1954 the company developed the Kanban system, based on a system for stocking the shelves at a supermarket, which ensured that manufacturing parts remained in stock.
	dana.ucc.nau.edu /~toyota-p/company.htm (456 words)

	Kiichiro Toyoda
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		Kiichiro Toyoda, determined to develop "a Japanese car for the public made...
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	www.virtualology.com /halloffounders/automotivefounders/KIICHIROTOYODA.COM (440 words)

	Toyota installs dynamic president - Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp - Column Ward's Dealer Business - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The octogenarian Eiji Toyoda, who still comes to work every day at 8:20 a.m., and oversaw all the worldwide expansion of the 1970s and 1980s as chairman and now honorary chairman, annually in a New Year's message reaffirms the company's commitment to "endless creativity, inquisitiveness and pursuit of improvement."
		To their credit, when Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda's brother Tatsuro, 66, found his presidency curtailed by a stroke last February, the family turned to an outspoken charged-up executive who enjoys socializing and western movies.
		He believes that more Toyota cars and trucks should be built in foreign countries and also is accelerating a push into segments uncovered by Toyota, such as a small sports utility, a V-8 pickup truck and a luxury minivan and SUV for Lexus.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FJN/is_n3_v30/ai_18728429 (825 words)

	Saito Makoto - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Born in Iwate-ken, Saito entered the navy in 1873, where he rose to the rank of...
		Toyoda resigned as head of the company in 1949.
		His successors, Eiji Toyoda and Shoichi Saito, began investing in efficient, modern facilities to...
	encarta.msn.com /Saito_Makoto.html (79 words)

	Eiji Toyoda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Toyota 50-nen: Shinjidai e mukete : Toyoda Eiji kaicho Toyoda Shoichiro shacho intabyu
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