re: The reason Toyota is tops of all vehicle manufacturers

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It's called the Toyota way - and Henry Ford pioneered this long before any other car company

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Uhh. No. But it does have it's roots in American excellence. Kaizen, and ultimately Lean, evolved from the American efforts to rebuild Japanese infrastructure after WWII. Edward Deming led the charge and, interestingly, what westerners refer to as Kaizen Circles are still to this day referred to as Deming Circles in Japan.

No doubt Ford fathered much of the improvements in mass production, but it has very little to do with continuous improvement through Lean. (Toyota does not do Six Sigma, which has some notable flaws).