Quote by Sebastian Marshall

“Take the Toyota assembly line example: it’s not at all obvious that stopping the entire production line for a small defect, incurring a half million dollars…

— Sebastian Marshall

“The production philosophy pioneered by Toyota calls for a focus on those activities that create value for the customer and the systematic eradication of…

— Brad Stone

Everyone says Toyota is the best company in the world, but the customer doesn't care about the world. They care if we are the…

— Akio Toyoda

Toyota is competitive in anything they do.

— Kyle Busch

“Toyota Production System—which in the United States would become known as “lean manufacturing”—relied on pushing decision making to the lowest possible level. Workers on…

— Charles Duhigg

We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.

— Shigeo Shingo

“A Big Three auto executive in the 1930s once lamented, "It’s not that we build such bad cars; it’s that they are such lousy…

— Thomas Kelley

You cannot buy a bad automobile any more from any producer. We have to do more products not because we're looking at a particular…

— Bob Lutz

“These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another procedure altogether) every time I thought of…

— Christina Engela

“When things don’t happen right away, just remember: it takes 6 months to build a Rolls-Royce and just 13 hours to build a Toyota.”

— Anurag Prakash Ray

In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The…

— W. Edwards Deming

I myself, as well as Toyota, am not perfect. I, more than anyone, wish for our customers' cars to be safe.

— Akio Toyoda