MG327 Marketing and Society Mattel and the Toy Recalls Q1. Who are Mattel’s stakeholders? Who did Mattel cater to in the recall? What are the long-term implications of the stakeholder approach the company adopted? Stakeholders are the people‚ groups or organisations that have a direct or indirect stake in an organisation and can be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Key stakeholders in a business include‚ customers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ government‚ suppliers
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Indonesiantower 003‐03‐07‐07 Rev.: 30/03/2009 TOYOTA AVANZA THE ROLLOUT Harni Winara‚ the Head of Marketing Planning & Analysis Department of Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) Jakarta‚ Indonesia‚ identified a market opportunity in All Purposes Vehicle (APV) low 4x2 segment in Indonesia. The figure was compelling and she was convinced that TAM had the capability to capture the market. However‚ she ought to carefully lay out a marketing strategy that upheld the Toyota image and customer expectation. She only had
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Toyota Production System Basics What are the main pillars of TPS? 1. Standardization 2. Just in Time Manufacturing 3. Lean Kaizen 4. Jidoka or Autonomation 5. Total Productive Maintenance TPS Objectives Reduce cost by the elimination of waste- good products that are safer and lower in cost. Make it easier to obtain and guarantee good quality. Based on teamwork and respect for human life‚ create a workplace where all can fulfill their potential. Build a lean production
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Company Background INTRODUCTION Toyota is one of the world’s best-known and most successful businesses‚ building cars and trucks in 27 countries for sale in more than 170 markets around the globe. Worldwide production was 9.5 million (8.5 million for Toyota and Lexus brand vehicles) in 2007‚ placing Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) firmly among the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers. This result keeps it on course to achieve its ambition of becoming the world number one by the end of the decade
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This case study discusses the Toyota production plant in Georgetown‚ Kentucky. In July of 1988 Toyota Motor Manufacturing (TMM)‚ USA began producing Toyota Camry sedans. Toyota implements the Toyota Production System (TPS) in their Georgetown plant‚ similar to all other production facilities. This system reduces cost by eliminating waste. Excess production consumes extra space and human resources to control the products. The two governing principles that Toyota modeled the TPS system after are
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SWOT and CSF Analysis of Toyota Motors Karen White June 2‚ 2012 BUSI 601 Liberty University 1.0 INTRODUCTION: Toyota Motor Company is a well-known Japanese transnational corporation‚ and is well known thought-out the world as the second largest automaker of automobiles‚ trucks‚ buses‚ robots‚ and providing financial services. Its creator is Kiichiro Toyoda‚ born in 1894‚ and the son of Sakichi Toyoda‚ who was widely held as the creator of the automatic
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Contents: Executive Summary 3 Introduction 3 The Automobile Market 4 Competition 4 Leading Suppliers of Cars 4 Current Offerings 5 Prius Target Market/ Segmentation Criteria 5 Demographic 6 Psychographic 6 Geographic 6 Toyota 7 SWOT Analysis 7 Marketing Communication 8 Major Trends 8 Marketing Strategy 8 Communication Mix 9 Marketing Campaign 10 Media Strategy 11 Post Campaign Testing 11 Summary 11 Current Future Environment 12 Appendix Attitudes of Consumers
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Introduction Toyota was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father’s company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier‚ in 1934‚ while still a department of Toyota Industries‚ it created its first product‚ the Type A engine‚ and‚ in 1936‚ its first passenger car‚ the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand)‚ Lexus‚ Daihatsu and Hino Motors‚ along with several "non automotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group
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#1. Problem: The major problem that Toyota is facing with its Tundra plants in North America is the sharp drop in demand of pick-up trucks. As the global demand shifted from trucks to smaller cars‚ sales of the Tundra had been down by 53%. Toyota also faced the problem of overstocks of the 2008 Tundra models due to the unexpected sharp drop in demand. As Toyota emphasizes on its knowledge management system‚ the five principles of challenge‚ kaizen‚ genchi genbutsu‚ respect and teamwork become the
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cost increase. The goal when designing a supply chain network is to maximize the firm’s profits while satisfying customer needs in terms of demand and responsiveness. Toyota cares are priced differently in different country. Car cost remain the same across the world but the tax and transportation cost differ in different country. Toyota need to minimize their transportation cost by efficient plant. They have joint venture in India‚ they have also have plant in Thailand and Indonesia. They don’t need
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