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Will Quality Crown New Automaker King?

Posted January 11, 2008 8:13 AM

Toyota closed 2007 with global sales of 9.34 million vehicles, threatening to supplant GM as the world's biggest automaker. Yet Toyota's dominance may depend on preserving its reputation for quality and safety, the attributes car-buyers want most, says Consumer Reports. Toyota has been repairing its image since recalling 2.2 million vehicles in 2005, but newspaper accounts note that 2007 ended with 264,000 cars recalled in Japan for defective fuel tanks and 15,600 Tundra trucks recalled in the U.S. for rear driveshaft problems. In your industry, what role does quality play in creating — and sustaining — the market share leader?

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01/11/2008 3:33 PM

In your industry, what role does quality play in creating — and sustaining — the market share leader?

Sub-sea drilling, aerospace and semiconductor. Quality is 99.9%

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Re: Will Quality Crown New Automaker King?

01/12/2008 9:23 PM

In your industry, what role does quality play in creating — and sustaining — the market share leader?

I hate to admit it but after 6 years as machinist, 2 years in food manufacturing and now 2 years in airfoil manufacturing I firmly believe that we (the US) have taken our eye of the ball and started to move in a dangerous direction due to the heavy handed mis-guidance from operations and accounting types. It appears to be strictly a numbers game now of personal goals, departmental metrics and corporate involvement in areas that those types do not understand (quantity NOT quality). Made in the USA Quality must be our approach, we can't do the numbers game against companies that pay their people $100.00 to $200.00 per month.

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