{"id":5570,"date":"2024-03-15T04:52:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T04:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/?p=5570"},"modified":"2024-03-20T06:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T06:38:48","slug":"how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"How Toyota Entered the Luxury Car Market with Kaizen Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-left ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles\/#Toyotas_tryst_with_Kaizen\" >Toyota\u2019s tryst with Kaizen<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles\/#How_Toyota_Embraced_True_Japanese_Kaizen_Spirit\" >How Toyota Embraced True Japanese Kaizen Spirit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles\/#Why_did_Toyota_create_Lexus\" >Why did Toyota create Lexus?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/how-toyota-entered-the-luxury-car-market-with-kaizen-principles\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Did you Know?&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong><em>The word LEXUS is an acronym for Luxury EXports to the US.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you know the story behind why Toyota created the Lexus automotive brand in the first place? If you don\u2019t, read our article to learn everything about it. Understand how Kaizen helped Toyota master Henry Ford\u2019s world-renowned Assembly\/Production Line style of car manufacturing and then help out an American Car company GM a few decades later. Toyota came full circle by mastering the production line with Kaizen principles and teaching Americans how to do it better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Toyotas_tryst_with_Kaizen\"><\/span>Toyota\u2019s tryst with Kaizen<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaizen in Japanese means never-ending improvement. Kaizen, deeply interwoven into Toyota&#8217;s very fabric, signifies the brand&#8217;s relentless pursuit of excellence. This concept, central to Toyota&#8217;s ambitions both domestically and internationally, translates to an ongoing quest for betterment, guided by five core values: collaboration, self-discipline, heightened morale, constructive feedback loops, and the encouragement of innovative ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-tryst-with-Kaizen.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota\u2019s tryst with Kaizen\n\" class=\"wp-image-5585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-tryst-with-Kaizen.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-tryst-with-Kaizen-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This philosophy not only underscores the essence of the Japanese approach to work but also reflects Toyota&#8217;s commitment to superior car manufacturing. Although the term predates the company, Toyota&#8217;s embodiment of kaizen principles is so profound that they are often mistakenly thought to have originated the concept. No other corporation embodies the principles of continuous improvement as thoroughly as Toyota does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/what-is-kaizen\/\">What is Kaizen? Principles, Advantages, and more<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Toyota_Embraced_True_Japanese_Kaizen_Spirit\"><\/span>How Toyota Embraced True Japanese Kaizen Spirit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyota has embraced Kaizen in every single of their cars beginning from their humble Corolla in the past to their latest Camry. The principles of Kaizen are also implemented in their luxury arm Lexus brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As highlighted previously in the article, it was Henry Ford who visualized and pioneered the assembly line process for car manufacturing. Previously only one car was built at a time. Henry Ford\u2019s invention completely changed the dynamics of car manufacturing forever globally, and Toyota was one of the first companies to study its implementation from Ford Motors back in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-has-embraced-Kaizen-in-every-single-of-their-cars-beginning.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota has embraced Kaizen in every single of their cars beginning\" class=\"wp-image-5586\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.1573236889692586;width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-has-embraced-Kaizen-in-every-single-of-their-cars-beginning.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-has-embraced-Kaizen-in-every-single-of-their-cars-beginning-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyota being a Japanese company embraced their inner Kaizen spirit and did not just copy a good idea from Ford Motors, but they went on to make it even better. In a true Kaizen process, Toyota decided that once a process is carried out efficiently by a certain group of people, later it can achieve the same process with a smaller group, which in turn freed other personnel in the area to move around, learn new tasks and work even more efficiently. This never-ending or constant improvement is the true spirit of Kaizen, which Toyota imbibed in the very fabric of conducting their business worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-imbibed-in-the-very-fabric-of-conducting-their-business-worldwide-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota imbibed in the very fabric of conducting their business worldwide\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3350717079530638;width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-imbibed-in-the-very-fabric-of-conducting-their-business-worldwide-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-imbibed-in-the-very-fabric-of-conducting-their-business-worldwide-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-imbibed-in-the-very-fabric-of-conducting-their-business-worldwide-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyota-imbibed-in-the-very-fabric-of-conducting-their-business-worldwide.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Then came General Motors in the \u201980s, knocking on the doors of Toyota for them to help out with their manufacturing plant NUMMI in Fremont, which was one of the worst-performing plants. The plant was infamous, where the workforce turned up drunk, and some did not even turn up at all. Toyota, with its highly improved manufacturing process, was able to drastically turn around the output of GM while retaining 85% of the previous workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Toyota is one of the top-selling brands in the US. The Toyota and Lexus brands from their portfolio are accounted for the bulk of sales in the US with a 7% growth and it being the biggest single market for the car manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_did_Toyota_create_Lexus\"><\/span>Why did Toyota create Lexus?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1980s, the term luxury car was firmly within the cusp of European car brands like Mercedes, Audi, and BMW. Mercedes, especially, had the W126 S-Class Model in its portfolio, which garnered the title of being \u201cThe Best Car in The World.\u201d Many automotive publications at that time even went on to say that there was no other car like this anywhere in the World.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Why-did-Toyota-create-Lexus.jpg\" alt=\"Why did Toyota create Lexus\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Why-did-Toyota-create-Lexus.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Why-did-Toyota-create-Lexus-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This certainly irked Toyota which was the face of cheerful, cheap, and reliable cars from Japan. Many assumed that Toyota was incapable of entering into the luxury car segment with its philosophies. Though Toyota had become a household name in the entry-car and mid-level car segment, the luxury car segment was something that was out of reach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was in 1983, that the then-chairman Eiji Toyoda issued a challenge to his employees within the organization to build the world\u2019s best car.&nbsp; The project was named F1 (Flagship One), which was to develop the Lexus LS 400 to expand Toyota\u2019s car portfolio into the premium luxury segment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-car-portfolio-into-the-premium-luxury-segment-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota\u2019s car portfolio into the premium luxury segment\" class=\"wp-image-5589\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.499267935578331;width:555px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-car-portfolio-into-the-premium-luxury-segment-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-car-portfolio-into-the-premium-luxury-segment-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-car-portfolio-into-the-premium-luxury-segment-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Toyotas-car-portfolio-into-the-premium-luxury-segment.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially in the early 1980s, the Toyota brand was only seen in the overseas market as \u201ccheap and cheerful\u201d for its cars, a mindset that was extremely difficult to change. Hence, they needed a new name, new thinking, and newer products that represented luxury and that would see the light of day in Europe and the US rather than in their backyard Japan. They were pretty serious about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is when Toyota created a masterstroke of a plan to launch a new and separate luxury car division in Lexus. It is said that the name Lexus is an anagram for Luxury EXports to the US, though not confirmed, if so, it would be a stroke of genius if it was in any way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in 1989, Toyota\u2019s ambition to ensure Lexus was the best of everything, even superior to what the European manufacturers were offering, was something of sheer automotive audacity, to say the least. Toyota was hell-bent on dethroning the Mercedes-Benz S-Class W126 as \u201cThe Best Car in the World\u201d with their all-new Lexus LS 400. They were up against everything from the beginning about public perception of who Toyota was and how they could achieve something like this. It was a David vs Goliath story for the ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Did you know?&nbsp;<\/strong> Lexus sold over 824,258 units globally in 2023, which was 132% more than the previous year.<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>With sheer perseverance, Kaizen process knowledge, stringent quality checks, and top workmanship, the Lexus LS 400 was a superior car to the Mercedes S-Class W126. Every nook and corner of the Lexus LS 400 spoke Luxury, with a powerful 4-litre V8 engine, which in those days became the benchmark for V8 engines and kept that mantle for the next 20 years or so. Toyota had achieved something impossible with the Lexus brand and their first car, the LS 400, and that too on their first try. We certainly need to applaud Toyota for its efforts here. This step led the whole Automotive industry to take notice of their efforts and led to a drastic change in terms of creating a luxury car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the public perception of the car received mixed reviews, and hardcore drivers felt the car was too good to be true, too quiet, and found a disconnect as it was a perfect engineering marvel that nobody even dared to make. Maybe customers were not used to such innovation and performance from so-called luxury cars at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/European-luxury-carmaker-collectively-took-notice-of-this-engineering-marvel.jpg\" alt=\"European luxury carmaker collectively took notice of this engineering marvel\" class=\"wp-image-5590\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5036710719530102;width:622px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/European-luxury-carmaker-collectively-took-notice-of-this-engineering-marvel.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/European-luxury-carmaker-collectively-took-notice-of-this-engineering-marvel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spoclearn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/European-luxury-carmaker-collectively-took-notice-of-this-engineering-marvel-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The one area where LS400 came in trumps was when every European luxury carmaker collectively took notice of this engineering marvel. Mercedes engineers bought one of the cars, took it apart, and silently acknowledged that they were beaten at their own game. The Japanese carmaker Toyota, with its Kaizen principles, had arrived on the luxury car scene with the Lexus brand, and the automotive industry would never be the same again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyota implemented Kaizen in its true spirit, which was to continuously improve every aspect of the manufacturing process. They regularly adapted, adjusted, and constantly improved to make things better. For this, they were rewarded when they became the Largest Automaker in the world in 2008.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, Kaizen is not just a word; it is, in fact, a way of life at Toyota; ask anybody working there. It is something instilled from Day 1 at Toyota, and for any employee who joins Toyota, it is their number 1 job to implement Kaizen principles in the workplace and in their personal lives as well. Today, Kaizen is not limited to just the Automotive industry; it is applied across industry sectors worldwide. 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