Thursday, July 8, 2010

Toyota Fast Facts: Toyota to Expand Field Quality Offices

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> July 8, 2010
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> 1. Toyota to Expand Field Quality Offices
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> To speed up information-gathering on vehicles, Toyota is opening six more
> product quality field offices in North America, following the success of
> its first office in the New York Region launched in late 2009. One new
> office is set to open this month in San Francisco and will be for
> hybrid-only vehicle problems. The addition of these offices will bring the
> total number of product field quality offices in North America to seven and
> globally to 21.
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> “These steps are more than fixing past mistakes,” said Dino Triantafyllos,
> vice president for quality at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
> North America, told Bloomberg. “It’s also about overall quality
> improvements.”
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> To read Toyota’s press release, please click on
> http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota-to-expand-product-quality-161715.aspx
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> To read the Bloomberg article, please click here
> http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-08/toyota-to-expand-u-s-product-qual...
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> 2. Toyota Assigns 1,000 Engineers to Help Analyze Safety Issues
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> As part of its continuing effort to ensure the quality of its vehicles,
> Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) said Wednesday it has assigned 1,000
> engineers to help analyze safety issues and it is extending the testing
> time for new models by an average of four weeks.
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> TMC Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada disclosed the moves while
> speaking to U.S. reporters on a study tour of Toyota’s operations in Japan.
> The tour includes visits to testing labs to show the reporters the efforts
> the company is making to ensure quality.
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> To read more, please click on
> http://blogs.motortrend.com/6667703/safety/toyota-outlines-new-quality-and-sa...
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