Kiichiro Toyoda: Industry

Kiichiro Toyoda was Japanese businessman. Explore interesting quotes on industry.

Kiichiro Toyoda: 10 quotes 4 likes

“My father served the State by investing a weaving machine. He told me to make automobiles. It is difficult to create an automobile industry.”

Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda cited in: Ethiopia: Trade and Economic Review, (1969), p. 144
Comment by Kiichiro Toyoda at the preview of the first Toyota vehicles ever rolled out of the assembly line.

“[The Japanese auto industry should] catch up with America in three years. Otherwise the Japanese auto industry will never stand on its own.”

Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda (1945), quoted in: Kazuo Sato (2010), The Anatomy of Japanese Business, p. 135

“Japan has a lot of engineers who work at desks. When it comes to implementation, though, they lose confidence and haven't got the courage of their convictions when other people criticize them. Engineers like that can't build cars. Success in this industry demands engineers who have the courage and the decisiveness to implement ideas.”

Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda in the 1940s, cited in: Satoshi Hino (2005). Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth. p. 93

People , Cars , Confidence , Idea