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IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
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Supply Chains at Risk Manufacturers need to guard against disruptions in the flow of materials. With so many things that can -- and do -- go wrong, contingency planning is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity.   |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2001
Doug Bartholomew |
Cost Vs Quality Must quality take a haircut when manufacturers aggressively trim costs? |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2006
Doug Bartholomew |
How Companies Are Responding While it's not unusual for manufacturers to encounter quality problems, the ways they respond to those issues varies. Some, in fact, are finding creative ways to hold suppliers responsible for their defects. |
Popular Mechanics
January 22, 2010
David Kiley |
Toyota Tackles Sudden Acceleration With New Recall The Japanese automaker announced a recall of 2.3 million Toyota vehicles on Jan. 21, admitting to a problem with accelerator pedals it sourced dating back to 2005 from Indiana-based supplier CTS Automotive Products. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Gail Edmondson |
Hot Audi It's finally blasting into the luxury-car pack. Can it stay there? |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010
Ebert & Natarajan |
Rebalancing Quality Priorities Many companies are susceptible to costly quality issues, as the recent Toyota crisis demonstrated. To reenergize their quality focus, companies should manage quality as a customer experience, address quality issues with sophisticated risk management approaches |
U.S. CPSC
March 21, 2007 |
Maytag(R) and Samsung(TM) Brand Front Loading Washing Machines Recalled Due to Fire Hazard Water leakage onto the electrical connections to the washing machine's thermal sensor could cause an electrical short and ignite a circuit board, posing a fire hazard to consumers. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
10 Warning Signs of a Supplier in Peril During this unique economic climate, relationships should be a truly collaborative process, with the supplier communicating well in advance of any anticipated failure or disruption. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2010
Rich Smith |
Picture of the Day: Toyota -- Moving Backward Citing a range of problems newly discovered -- problems with fuel pumps, problems with the brake fluid -- Toyota this morning announced it must recall 740,000 Lexus, Avalon, and Highlander models in the U.S. |
Popular Mechanics
February 9, 2010
James B. Meigs |
Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown In the midst of three major recalls, Toyota has been hammered by daily newspaper and TV pieces suggesting it has been slow to address safety problems. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Kitamura et al. |
Why Lexus Doesn't Lead the Pack in China A late start and high taxes have left Toyota's luxury brand stuck behind rivals. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Kerwin & Edmondson |
Still A Long Way To Go In The U.S. Last year, Audi's U.S. sales fell 10% -- their first decline in a decade. Management shake-ups rattled dealers. |
BusinessWeek
March 5, 2007
Ian Rowley |
Talking with Toyota's Top Man Katsuaki Watanabe made his name at Toyota as a cost cutter. Now he's steering the world's most profitable automaker to No. 1. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2006
John Teresko |
Learning From Toyota -- Again While U.S. manufacturers in many sectors have used practices from the Toyota Production System to boost performance substantially since the mid-'80s, they have used it improperly, experts say. |
BusinessWeek
January 22, 2007
Ian Rowley |
Even Toyota Isn't Perfect A raft of recalls lately has Toyota scrambling to safeguard its reputation for quality. |
IndustryWeek
September 22, 2010 |
Portrait of Supplier Quality Management An epidemic of product recalls points to a need for more visibility into the supply chain. |
BusinessWeek
March 14, 2005
Bremner & Roberts |
Asia: Audi Needs To Burn Rubber Audi is winning plaudits in Europe and the U.S. as it launches hit model after hit model in the luxury-auto segment. Asian car enthusiasts love the brand, too. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2005
Robert N. Charette |
Why Software Fails We waste billions of dollars each year on entirely preventable software mistakes. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2010
John Rosevear |
Huge Toyota Recall? No Big Deal. As recalls go, this most recent one of Toyota's is a mixed bag. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006
Bill Howard |
Why Tech Cars Flunked J.D. Power Quality Study In the 2005 J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study, the Toyota Prius was the top-ranked compact car. |
BusinessWeek
April 8, 2010
Richard Tedlow |
Toyota Was in Denial. How About You? A failure to deal with obvious problems was Toyota's biggest problem. But instead of just shaking your head, take a look at your own company. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Ouch! Guidant Zaps Itself Problems with ICDs have led to a voluntary recall and could fuel a class action suit. While Guidant is doing the right thing now, investors, patients, and doctors may well ask whether more should have been done sooner. |
BusinessWeek
November 18, 2010
Thomas & Cremer |
Audi Feels a Need for Speed in the U.S. Volkswagen's Audi brand, the luxury car leader in both China and Europe, is aggressively moving to boost sales in the U.S. |
U.S. CPSC
September 27, 2005 |
Maytag Corp. Recall of Washing Machines If these front-load Maytag washers are operated at maximum load capacity, the spinner could malfunction and break apart, posing a safety risk to consumers. |
