Toyota Traded Quality for Quantity

[Boomer]

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/compan...ntity/19335638/

An interesting article that pretty much sums it up. Take this and place it next to the older story of Toyota seeking a 30% cost decrease on all of the parts they purchase and, voila....GM of the 1970's on. So yes, they displaced GM in a big way, picking up the bad habits of the Big Three.

 

[Michael_P]

And they did it without paying workers absurdly high wages.

 

[beast3300]

nice find.

 

[Durango]

Boomer,

I read the article you provided and all it does is it proves the reports/issues were being covered up for an easy 6 years. I'm most sure they have allot of documents on someones desk wishing they haden't.

Corporate greed at it's best. Again at least the CEO and all the board members should step down but we all know they won't unless their names are mentioned in the paper.

 

[rszappa1]

They learned well watching GM,,Ford and Chrysler...

 

[rszappa1]

I think a big winner out of this initioally will be Honda....nissan...

 

[lexus114]

Honda for sure! ^^^

 

[rszappa1]

Looks like Ford has halted some production in China.... Why???? They use the same company for the gas pedals...But I am sure that they were built to fords specs.....

 

[willix]

All the major players have major recalls.....

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: willix
All the major players have major recalls.....


It is how they handle them that sets them apart IMO.

 

[CivicFan]

I thought the part in question was made by ECS in Elkhart, Indiana. It's hard to believe that Ford would ship them to China to put in their cars there.

 

[rszappa1]

Yea right....

 

[Rickey]

"Toyota Traded Quality for Quantity"

And the cost was how many lives?

Very poor trade.

 

[DeeAgeaux]

CTS supplies pedals and throttle assemblies to Honda,Nissan,Mitsubishi,Ford,and GM.

Maybe more,but not sure on any more OEMs.

 

[rszappa1]

You are right how many other companies traied the same for people dieing in fires and rolovers...

 

[mechanicx]

Originally Posted By: rszappa1
Looks like Ford has halted some production in China.... Why???? They use the same company for the gas pedals...But I am sure that they were built to fords specs.....

I'm no expert on auto parts suppliers but I'm pretty sure different automakers can set different specs even with the same supplier and part. I know of one case where a supplier was supplying I think some plastic air intake duct to Honda and GM. GM required the part to weigh a certain weight to be accepted and Honda did not.

 

[Durango]

Originally Posted By: rszappa1
I think a big winner out of this initioally will be Honda....nissan...



rszappa1,

I think your right.

 

[Steve S]

Actually Toyota traded [quality] for quicker profits.

 

[robbobster]

CTS stated that 3% of their business for this particulat Toroto plant is from Toyota.

If that's the case, then that means there is potentially a lot more faulty DBW assemblies out there. Ford's new production stoppage, IMHO, is only the beginning. But time will tell.

 

[Kestas]

All this depends... on whether it is a design issue or a manufacturing issue. If it's a design issue, then the plant in Ontario is absolved of responsibility, and the focus is on CTS and Toyota. If it's a manufacturing issue, then we have some reason to concern ourselves with other product that comes from the Ontario plant. First they have to bracket the problem.