
	Where results make sense

Topic: Fujio Cho

Related Topics

Cho Chang

David Yonggi Cho

Margaret Cho

Tli Cho

Cho Oyu

Nanboku cho

Fujio Cho

Cho Hunhyun

Hwang Young Cho

Cho kantrum

Frank Cho

Cho Hakkai

In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Japan Rising - Fujio Cho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Cho’s answer to transforming the “old Toyota” was to cut the number of board members in half, inject some new blood by appointing three non-Japanese managing officers (which means that all critical internal documents are now written in English), and streamlining other aspects of the management structure.
		Cho explains that there are roughly 740 million motor vehicles in the world today.
		Cho, who became president in 1999, is a third dan in the traditional martial art of kendo.
	www.forbes.com /specialsections/japan/20_cho.html (653 words)

	Makna Kecepatan bagi Bos Toyota, Fujio Cho - Kamis, 31 Maret 2005
		CHO yang lulusan Universitas Tokyo tahun 1960 adalah seorang spesialis dalam produksi.
		Tak hanya itu, Cho juga merombak struktur manajemen sehingga aliran keputusan juga lebih cepat.
		Cho juga mencontoh bahwa saat ini ada sekitar 750 juta kendaraan bermotor di seluruh dunia.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0503/31/Otomotif/1645945.htm (1185 words)

	AutoAsia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Toyota president Fujio Cho expects the Japanese automaker and General Motors to finalize a detailed plan before the end of this year to jointly develop a hybrid car.
		Cho told a press conference in Tokyo that there is no agreement yet on the exact specification of the car to be developed.
		Cho revealed that Toyota has also talked to top executives of Ford to explore "whether there is any area where we could collaborate (to) benefit each other".
	www.auto-asia.com /checkstatus.asp?pk=2705&page=viewcontent (140 words)

	Leadership
		Cho also has extensive experience in government and industrial affairs, having worked in a supporting role until 1998 at the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), which was at the time headed by then TMC Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda.
		Cho became department general manager of the logistic management division, while co-serving as a project general manager in the production control division.
		Cho was dispatched to Kentucky as executive vice president at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (TMM).
	dana.ucc.nau.edu /~toyota-p/leadership.htm (451 words)

	ABC News: Experienced Executive Gets Toyota Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Katsuaki Watanabe, 62, who oversees procurement and business development, was named to replace Fujio Cho, 68, at the helm of the company, based in the central Japanese city of Toyoda.
		Cho, who became president in 1999, oversaw Toyota's growth not only in the key North American market but also in Europe and booming markets like China.
		Cho and Okuda are expected to continue to wield considerable influence over the direction of the automaker, and so the management changes aren't expected to result in major policy shifts.
	abcnews.go.com /Business/wireStory?id=483897 (435 words)

	BW Online \| January 13, 2003 \| Fujio Cho
		Fujio Cho, president of Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), is known for his easygoing personality.
		Cho has set an ambitious course for his company--and is delivering.
		Cho's greatest legacy may be his commitment to making Toyota a truly global carmaker.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/03_02/b3815607.htm (433 words)

	Q&A: Toyota President Fujio Cho - The Car Connection
		A lawyer by training, Fujio Cho capped a 45-year career when he was named president of Toyota Motor Co. in 1999.
		CHO: When a hybrid is used under different conditions (than that used for the test to rate mileage) fuel economy figures may not be realized.
		CHO: We would have to reduce substantially the number of models and range of optionsand prices would have to be increased substantially should it (the regulation) be put in place.
	www.thecarconnection.com /index.asp?article=8087 (909 words)

	Toyota CEO named Fortune's Asia buinessman of year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Fujio Cho, the head of Toyota, was named on Monday as Asia Businessman of the Year 2005 by Fortune for what the magazine called his near flawless execution of the company's global expansion.
		Cho, who has spent his entire career at the Japanese auto maker applying lessons learned on the factory floor in the boardroom, is described by the magazine as an "affable and low-key manager...
		A 68-year-old lawyer by training, Cho told the magazine that running the company was like "trying to pull a handcart up a steep hill -- there's always tremendous danger if we relax, even for a moment, we could lose momentum and be thrown to the bottom".
	www.industrysearch.co.nz /news/viewrecord.asp?id=15952 (245 words)

	The Sixth Sigma: Achieve Breakthrough Performance Using Six Sigma: Fujio Cho Kaizen Principles ...
		Fujio Cho Kaizen Principles: Toyota CEO Fujio Cho is Named FORTUNE's Asia Businessman of the...
		FORTUNE announced today that Fujio Cho, CEO of Toyota, is the Asia Businessman of the Year.
		TMC President Fujio Cho is the Toyota Institute's...
	www.sixthsigma.com /weblog/2005/02/fujio-cho-kaizen-principles.htm (319 words)

	Toyota likely to expand US plant capacity
		Tokyo, July 7: Fujio Cho, putting his mark on Toyota Motor Corp's strategy in his second week as the company's new president, said the auto maker will likely expand capacity at its assembly plant in Indiana within a few years.
		Cho, speaking in one of his first interviews since becoming president on June 25, offered more details on Toyota's plans to expand manufacturing capacity in North America in about three years.
		Cho, 62 years old, also said Toyota and Volkswagen may work together to standardize some parts, developing identical components that could be made by the same companies and used in cars sold by both auto makers in different countries.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990708/fco08034.html (575 words)

	Jorge Ferro
		Cho´s mentor, Taiichi Ohno, is famed for his assertion that Toyota managers should be sufficiently engaged on the factory floor that they have to wash their hands at least three times a day.
		Cho, meanwhile, is trying to apply what he learned on the factory floor to corpotate management: he wants to shorten the chain of command, improve accountability, and speed up the decision-making process.
		Cho credits his predecessor, Hiroshi Okuda, now Toyota´s chairman, for prodding the research and development tream to bring the Prius to market before the rechnology was perfected.
	www.jorgeferro.com /noticias.php?articleId=30 (2647 words)

	toyota052400
		Fujio Cho, who oversaw the construction of the plant and headed operations there until 1994, visited Toyota's North American manufacturing headquarters in Erlanger on Tuesday as part of a whirlwind tour of Toyota's manufacturing facilities in the United States.
		Cho was sent to Kentucky in 1987 to coordinate preparations for the Georgetown plant and was named president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. (the former name for the Georgetown plant, now known as Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky) in 1988.
		Cho was referring to J.D. Power and Associates' annual plant quality awards, which recently named Georgetown its gold medal winner, followed by New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., Toyota's joint venture with General Motors in Fremont, Calif., which took silver, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada in Cambridge, Ontario, which took the bronze.
	www.cincypost.com /business/2000/toyota052400.html (432 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Toyota presidents denies deal with GM coming soon on hybrids
		TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho said Thursday that he affirmed a partnership with General Motors Corp. at a recent meeting with GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner but denied a deal was coming soon to share hybrid technology.
		Cho said GM and Toyota have been exchanging information about another ecological technology called fuel cells, but they have not reached a point of developing technology together.
		Cho doesn't expect anti-Japanese sentiments to flare up immediately in the United States, but Toyota officials have been watching closely for any signs, he said.
	signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050519-0521-japan-toyota-gm.html (408 words)

	GreenBiz.com: Printer-friendly version
		Cho also knows the automobile industry -- an industry he believes is still maturing and thus will continue to burgeon.
		Cho: There are many areas where we work with suppliers; but in terms of those areas such as hybrid systems and fuels, and in particular state-of-the-art technology, our basic policy is to marshal all of the resources of our suppliers.
		Cho: One differentiating point I believe is that Toyota is engaged in a very broad area of environment-related challenges, trying to find solutions based on our own in-house capabilities, which actually requires a substantial amount of natural resources.
	www.greenbiz.com /news/printer.cfm?NewsID=23418 (2427 words)

	Toyota boss: Made-in-the-USA succeeds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Fujio Cho, TMC president, said Tuesday during a brief stop at Toyota's North American manufacturing headquarters in Erlanger that his company, now this country's fourth-largest automaker, will continue to produce as many vehicles in the United States it can sell.
		Cho, regarded as the founding father of Toyota's Kentucky operations, paid a brief visit to the Georgetown plant — his first since being named Toyota president last year.
		Cho said it is a possibility in the future, but there are no plans yet for such a vehicle.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2000/05/24/fin_toyota_boss.html (457 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
		Under the stewardship of Cho and Okuda, Toyota drew level with Ford Motor Co. for the rank of the world's second-biggest automaker in 2003 and is likely to pull clear this year, analysts said.
		Cho has set Toyota the target of grabbing 15 percent of the world's auto market within a decade, matching the current share of bigger rival, General Motors Corp. Toyota now has a 12 percent share of global auto sales by units.
		Cho, Toyota's 12th president, spent seven years in the U.S. starting in the late 1980s to set up and manage the company's biggest plant in North America.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a.vpYBmPm6lU&refer=top_world_news (404 words)

	Interactive Case -
		Cho exudes a fatherly charm and is known for delegating responsibility, and making people feel like equals.
		The popular theory is that Cho will take over for two years, then hand over the wheel to a younger executive--possibly Akio Toyoda, 42, a member of the Toyoda family now stationed at NUMMI, Toyota's joint venture with General Motors Corp. (GM) in California.
		Cho, a well-regarded executive who started up Toyota's successful Kentucky plant, is seen as a low-key manager who will heed the family's instructions.
	oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~ao408797/project/firm9.htm (1048 words)

	The Lane Report -- Manufacturing April 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Cho has been president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing since 1999 and was formerly president Toyota Motor Manufacturing, U. A., Georgetown, Kentucky from 1986 to 1996.
		Cho recognized this limitation, so he invited faculty and Center staff personnel to work alongside his shop floor “team members” at Georgetown.
		Cho recognized UK’s Lean curriculum in his closing remarks, “I am so impressed by the great job they’ve (Dr. Lester and Dr. Kozo Saito) done of developing the Lean Manufacturing program.
	www.kybiz.com /lanereport/departments/industry/manufacturing402.html (521 words)

	BW Online \| June 9, 2003 \| Fujio Cho
		Cho himself is no less dedicated to the job than those Kentucky workers.
		Cho's legacy may be his commitment to spreading the "Toyota Way" of manufacturing farther and wider than ever before, even as he gently puts the brakes on output in Japan.
		Beijing snubbed Toyota for years, but in 2000, Cho finally won approval to build its first Chinese factory, in Tianjin, with local partner First Automotive Works Corp. That facility started up last fall and is on track to pump out more than 50,000 Vios subcompact models this year.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/03_23/b3836614.htm (828 words)

	About Toyota: Operations -- Manufacturing -- Fujio Cho
		Cho joined Toyota upon earning his degree in 1960.
		Cho enjoys golf and fishing, and he also likes to listen to music.
		Cho was born in Tokyo in 1937, and presently resides in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, with his wife, Emiko.
	www.rav4.com /about/operations/manufacturing/alabama/cho.html (329 words)

	Fujio Cho, President, Toyota Motor Corporation: Making Sure Toyota Rides Out the Storm. Japan Auto Trends. JAMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Hiroshi Okuda may have set a new vision for Toyota Motor Corporation when he became its president in 1995, but it is his successor, Fujio Cho, who is making sure the company rides out the changes now sweeping the global auto industry.
		Cho reportedly is most interested in working with Volkswagen to develop environmental technologies, which he believes are the linchpin to success in the 21st century.
		Cho said he favors forming an alliance with a non-auto company as well.
	www.jama.org /autoTrends/detail.cfm?id=64 (441 words)

	New Toyota Chief Has U. S. Credentials
		Cho is well suited to lead Toyota through today's turbulent times, particularly in Japan where automotive sales continue a two-year slide.
		Cho also was comfortable in the rural community, with its narrow tree-lined roads and plantation-era houses.
		Cho's appointment is unlikely to bring about broad change at Toyota, noting he most likely will continue carrying out Mr.
	waw.wardsauto.com /ar/auto_new_toyota_chief (855 words)

	Auto News Archives dated 12/30/1897 - Indiacar.com
		President of Toyota Motor Corporation Fujio Cho said the Japanese car maker is currently "positively" studying the potential of launching such a car.
		Cho said in order to achieve the company's target to capture ten per cent marketshare in India, it would have to launch other models like a compact car.
		Cho also announced that India has been named an "important vehicle manufacturing base".
	www.indiacar.com /newsarchives/news_details.asp?id=n8993 (195 words)

	Automotive Hall of Fame Selects Toyota Motor Corporation's Fujio Cho 2001 Automotive Industry Leader of the Year
		Cho will be honored on January 27, 2002 at the Automotive Hall of Fame and Popular Mechanics Annual Awards Luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel in New Orleans, during the National Automobile Dealer Association's Annual Convention.
		In 1987, Cho was dispatched to Kentucky as Executive Vice President at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, U.S.A., Inc. (TMMK), Toyota's largest plant outside of Japan.
		While in Kentucky, Cho gained valuable insight to Toyota's global manufacturing infrastructure, which would serve him well in his future positions.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/12/04/033122.html (473 words)

	Business Wire: Toyota CEO Fujio Cho is Named FORTUNE's Asia Bu... @ HighBeam Research
		Toyota CEO Fujio Cho is Named FORTUNE's Asia Businessman of the Year; Cho is Driving Toyota to New Heights--and Straight Past the Competition.
		Cho not only has to make this approach work in Toyota's U.S. factories--where feedback from workers has made him change some of Toyota's long-held approaches--but also in China, the world's fastest- growing auto market, where Toyota has forged a partnership with First Autoworks in Changchun.
		Some expect Cho, who has been CEO since 1999, to step down in June and take the more ceremonial role of chairman.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:127532214&refid=ink_tptd_np (573 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Toyota will build hybrid models in U.S., president says
		Toyota is set to begin selling a hybrid version of the luxury Lexus RX sport utility vehicle in mid-April and a hybrid version of the Toyota Highlander SUV in June.
		Moreover, Cho said the company remains bullish on prospects for hybrids even as it and other automakers invest billions on technology for hydrogen fuel cell cars and trucks.
		Cho said the company has a policy not to discuss sales and market-share targets, and he declined to say if it was a goal to pass GM in global sales.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050111-1343-toyota-outlook.html (903 words)

	Automotive Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		During a news conference at the 2005 North American International Auto Show, Cho said details of the hybrid production plan, including the types of cars and production sites, will be decided in the first half of this year.
		Cho also said that Toyota will increase the rate of local production in North America to 75 percent from 60 percent.
		Cho said Toyota will look into the feasibility of building its seventh North American factory after studying this year's sales.
	www.fleet-central.com /af/t_print.cfm?action=news_pick&storyID=15370 (326 words)

	Toyota aims to sell one million hybrid vehicles per year
		Toyota Motor Corp president Fujio Cho on Tuesday said the world's second-largest car manufacturer aimed to sell one million hybrid vehicles a year.
		He was speaking at the launch in Tokyo of two new hybrid models of its Harrier and Kluger sport utility vehicles.
		Cho said Toyota hoped to sell 300,000 hybrid vehicles globally either this year or next.
	www.industrysearch.com.au /news/viewrecord.asp?id=16363 (151 words)

	JCI
		Fujio Cho, one of the great prides of corporate Japan, related to delegates his experiences managing factories in the United States, where he developed his method to "grow young leaders the TOYOTA way."
		Cho led Toyota Motor Corp. to record profits even as the economy sank in 2002.
		Under the leadership of Fujio Cho, Toyota expects sales abroad to increase 5 percent to 4.57 million units in 2004, while production outside Japan will rise 15 percent to 2.97 million.
	www.jci.cc /members/news.php?lang_id=1&info_id=3500&t=3010 (1343 words)

	Fortune.com Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-07)
		Hong Kong, January 24, 2005—FORTUNE announced today that Fujio Cho, CEO of Toyota, is the Asia Businessman of the Year.
		The dilemma, says Chandler, is how to maintain the pace without diluting what Toyota executives call their corporate DNA—a principle called kaizen, the notion that engineers, managers, and line workers collaborate continually to systematize production tasks and identify incremental changes to make work go more smoothly.
		Cho not only has to make this approach work in Toyota's U.S. factories—where feedback from workers has made him change some of Toyota's long-held approaches—but also in China, the world's fastest growing auto market, where Toyota has forged a partnership with First Autoworks in Changchun.
	www.fortune.com /fortune/information/Presscenter/0,,20050207H_Cho.html (589 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)