Comments on: Life after Toyota

By: shaun

shaun — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:57:15 +0000

PS, Rob

I was going to embed a link to one of your Toyota related articles when I wrote this, but the site’s down. Are you on to this?

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:55:23 +0000

I think you’re right about the methodology, Rob, and I don’t think too many people will see it tarnished by this recent (and no doubt passing) piece of publicity

I have no doubt that as a successful commercial entity that Toyota will recover (probably) fully from this blip, I am less convinced the Lean Bloggers will cite them with as much gusto as has been the case in the past few years. You yourself may prove me wrong. In the words of Clint Eastwood …

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:55 +0000

I don’t think you need to look for the new Toyota. They effectively violated their own robust principles. Lean is a solid, proven philosophy. Watch how they bounce back ….