Toyota Admits favoring growth over quality

jake75 · Post by **jake75** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:21 am

July 5, 2010 -- 5:30 p.m. EDTToyota Is Changing Testing, DevelopmentDETROITâ€” Toyota Motor Corp. is stretching out how long its new models are tested before they go into production and reducing the number of outside engineers it uses in a bid to overcome a spate of quality problems.Randy Stephens, a senior Toyota engineer based in Ann Arbor, Mich., said company executives recognize that there were quality issues with the last generation of vehicles, which were developed while the company was in a global-growth mode. Executives began talking about making changes nearly a year ago, he said, but the recent recall problems have spurred the company to act."As we looked at this past generation of vehicles it did seem to be all about the growth of the company, and there were lapses," said Mr. Stephens, who works at the Toyota Technical Center near Ann Arbor and is currently in charge of the Toyota Avalon, a large sedan. "We are definitely reforming the processes to be ultracareful."Full article at http://online.wsj.com/article/...TEW_h

star_deceiver · Post by **star_deceiver** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:59 pm

They'll recover, may take a few years and another recession....

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 2:01 am

Favoring growth over quality? Sounds like the Federal government to me.

scherry2 · Post by **scherry2** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:05 am

this is news how?

KNINE · Post by **KNINE** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 4:24 am

It's definately nothing new.

IMakeVibes · Post by **IMakeVibes** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:10 pm

Not news to me, I got to witness this firsthand...quantity before quality, and sometimes before even safety.

Toyota Admits favoring growth over quality

Toyota Admits favoring growth over quality

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