Comments on: The Toyota Recall http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/01/the-toyota-recall/ Providing logistics professionals with clear and concise analyses of Logistics Trends, Technologies, and Services Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Karthik.Mani http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/01/the-toyota-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Karthik.Mani Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:53:04 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=2827#comment-155 I agree with Ralp's point to a degree. Once the system understood the seriousness of the issue, it reacted as it should. But as, jletart asks, why did it take them this long to react? Their sense and respond capability outside their production environment seems to have been severely lacking. I am thinking that it is the sense and not the respond part. I have written a piece on this in my blog http://bit.ly/aQ7TKZ. I agree with Ralp’s point to a degree. Once the system understood the seriousness of the issue, it reacted as it should.

But as, jletart asks, why did it take them this long to react? Their sense and respond capability outside their production environment seems to have been severely lacking. I am thinking that it is the sense and not the respond part. I have written a piece on this in my blog http://bit.ly/aQ7TKZ.

]]> By: Jilly http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/01/the-toyota-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Jilly Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:27:18 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=2827#comment-154 "Nothing fails like success" “Nothing fails like success”

]]> By: jletart http://logisticsviewpoints.com/2010/02/01/the-toyota-recall/comment-page-1/#comment-153 jletart Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:16:58 +0000 http://logisticsviewpoints.com/?p=2827#comment-153 Ralph's view of Toyota's actions might be valid if the problem had just been discovered. But reports say they knew about this problem as early as 2007. That makes their current response not about Lean or QA, but rather a desparate attempt to recover from poor management decisions in the past. Certainly they should not be lauded for their actions - past or present. Ralph’s view of Toyota’s actions might be valid if the problem had just been discovered. But reports say they knew about this problem as early as 2007. That makes their current response not about Lean or QA, but rather a desparate attempt to recover from poor management decisions in the past. Certainly they should not be lauded for their actions – past or present.

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