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01-03-2010, 03:13 AM | #1 | ||||
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There is a old Zen belief that anything taken to it's extreme becomes it opposite. With this article it seems that Toyota is heading in the direction of where the Big3 were, after having achieved the best reputation for quality and becoming the number one car maker in the world. The irony is very interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/bu...l/24anger.html Toyota Sees Growing Anger From Suppliers in Japan New York Times Quote:
It is interesting to see a report of Toyota brow beating it's suppliers when in the US they used to have a real favorable impression among it's suppliers, and the US auto makers were held at arm's length because of their brow beating of the suppliers. Now it seems Toyota is following the "old" American way of business. Union demonstrations are getting more participants eager to pass out literature about unions, increased seven fold since 2003. Toyota used to be coated in teflon from criticism but it seems it's suppliers, workers, and surrounding community have had about enough. Quote:
This happened with a television manufacturer in the US; Zenith. The year that they posted the highest profits in the company's history they demanded large wage cuts from their workers. The workers said no, and the company abruptly closed up shop and moved to Mexico where they could pay an even lower wage than they were expecting to pay Americans. Of course the North American Free Trade Agreement had been passed and a lot of companies did this. Steve
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01-03-2010, 09:27 AM | #2 | ||
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This seems to be the natural cycle of things when companies focus more on making money (the way business success is currently measured) rather than on making the best product they can and to be of benefit to the communities they operate in and to the people who buy their products.
Toyota has been headed down this path for quite a while now.
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01-03-2010, 10:27 AM | #3 | ||
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The old saying is true, "bigger they are the harder they fall" is right. seems like everyone that has a problem with Toyota is coming out and sinking the boot in.
It's about time. |
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01-03-2010, 10:44 AM | #4 | ||
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seen this happening for a while now. For me the biggest indicator was then they released the Aygo in Europe a few years back. The proudly pronounced the car was a cut price vehicle. They would use less or cheaper components to save money.
I guess it's all coming back to them now.
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