Toyota: The Once-in-a-Century Challenge
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR362
Case Length : 16 Pages
Period : 2006-2009
Pub Date : 2010
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Toyota Motor Corporation
Industry : Automotive
Countries : Global
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"Toyota faces tremendous challenges. As an organization it
has not had to deal with a down cycle before, and this is not just a cycle in
one country but in virtually all of its markets."1
- Michael Smitka, Japanese auto industry expert.
"We're facing a once-in-a-century crisis... I'll try to
make changes without being tied down by the past. I will consider measures
quickly."
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- Akio Toyoda, President, Toyota Motors Corporation.
Introduction
On June 23, 2009, Akio Toyoda (Akio) took over as President of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota). Akio's appointment came in the wake of the company reporting its first losses since 1963, the year it began reporting business data.
Analysts felt that the global financial crisis had had its impact on the world's largest automaker and that the company was also trying to cope with a shift in the global automobile industry. The challenge before Akio, grandson of the founder of Toyota, was to bring the automaker back to profits.
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