“Indeed, if communist central planners could have organized the economy with as much detail, precision, and flexibility as a modern-day Toyota or Wal-Mart, communism would probably still exist.” IfsStillsEconomyModernDetailsCommunismOrganizedCommunistFlexibilityPrecisionPlannersModern DayToyota Book:Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism Source: Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism
“The Constitution is an equally forthright piece of work and quite succinct ... giving the complete operating instructions for a nation of 250 million people. The manual for a Toyota Camry, which only seats five, is four times as long.” PeopleGivingLongNationsMillionsDemocracyFivePiecesFourConstitutionSeatsInstructionManualsToyota Book:Thrown Under the Omnibus Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
“The fact is, when you look at the best teams—like the ones that existed at Toyota or 3M when Takeuchi or Nonaka wrote their paper, or the ones at Google or Salesforce.com or Amazon today—there isn’t this separation of roles.” LooksFactsTodayRolesTeamPaperSeparationGoogleAmazonBest TeamToyota Author:Jeff Sutherland
“The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.” PeopleThinkingHardResultsCreativityStyleLimitsManufacturingToyotaKaizenLean Manufacturing Author:Taiichi Ohno
“All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.” GivingMomentsValuesOrderLinesWasteCustomersCashReducingManufacturingToyotaLean Manufacturing Author:Taiichi Ohno
“We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.” IfsKnowsWantKnow HowMastersProductionsToyotaLean Manufacturing Author:Shigeo Shingo
“The U.S. Constitution is less than a quarter the length of the owner's manual for a 1998 Toyota Camry, and yet it has managed to keep 300 million of the world's most unruly, passionate and energetic people safe, prosperous and free.” PeopleWorldMillionsSafeConstitutionPassionateOwnersLengthQuartersProsperousEnergeticManualsUnrulyToyota Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“My first car was a 1976 Toyota Corolla Liftback in red, like the one in 'The Blues Brothers.' I painted a Union Jack on the roof. I was absolutely in love with it until I destroyed it, which broke my heart!” FirstsHeartCarBrotherMy HeartRedUnionsDestroyedBrokeRoofBroke My HeartToyota Author:Richard Hammond
“Toyota has announced it will start integrating Microsoft technology into their vehicles. It's perfect for the person who wants a car that crashes every ten minutes.” WantPersonsFunnyPerfectTechnologyMinutesCarTenVehicleCrashMicrosoftIntegratingToyota Author:Conan O'Brien