1. Toyota - Relies on piece-meal style of production, i.e., produces only when there is pull from the customer.
Ford - Whereas Ford manufactured in large scale to create stock based on estimated demand.
2. Ford can't design vehicles that Americans want to pay "Toyota money" for.
3. Nature of work:
Toyota - Designed the work so, that workers had to be multi- skilled to perform complex tasks.
Ford - Over simplified complex operations such that workers needed low level skills.
4. Ford is clueless as to how to work with their suppliers.
5. Pace of output:
Toyota production system was continual and produced in small quantities as each customer merited. No pile up of finished goods.
Ford - Held the policy of turning over at uniform pace to create huge pile up of stocks.
6. Ford still treat customers as strangers engaged in one-time transactions.
Ford - Whereas Ford manufactured in large scale to create stock based on estimated demand.
2. Ford can't design vehicles that Americans want to pay "Toyota money" for.
3. Nature of work:
Toyota - Designed the work so, that workers had to be multi- skilled to perform complex tasks.
Ford - Over simplified complex operations such that workers needed low level skills.
4. Ford is clueless as to how to work with their suppliers.
5. Pace of output:
Toyota production system was continual and produced in small quantities as each customer merited. No pile up of finished goods.
Ford - Held the policy of turning over at uniform pace to create huge pile up of stocks.
6. Ford still treat customers as strangers engaged in one-time transactions.
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