Sakichi Toyoda Biography - Founder of Toyota

Sakichi Toyoda was a Japanese inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. Son of a poor carpenter, Toyoda is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors". Career Sakichi Toyoda is often called the father of Japan's industrial revolution. He is also the founder of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd.. Born February 14, 1867 (02/14/1867) in Japan, Died October 30, 1930 in Japan

He created various weaving tools. The most famous invention is the automatic power loom in which he applied the principle of Jidoka (autonomous automation). Jidoka principle, which means that the machine stops itself when problems occur, then became part of the Toyota Production System.

Toyoda developed the concept of 5 stars why: When there is a problem, ask 'why' five times to try to find the source of the problem, then put into place something to prevent such problems from recurring. This concept is used today as part of implementing lean methodologies to solve problems, improve quality and reduce costs.

History
Toyota Motor Corporation was founded in September 1933 as a division of Automatic Weaving Factory Toyota cars. Division of company cars are then separated on August 27, 1937 to create the Toyota Motor Corporation as at present.

Departing from the textile industry, Toyota is plugging himself as one of the leading automotive manufacturers enough around the world. Brands that produce a car every 6 seconds is found to have used more because of Toyota's naming mention more comfortable than wearing a surname founder, Toyoda. Here are some interesting milestone trip Toyota.

Toyota is the third largest car manufacturer in the world in unit sales and net sales. Japan's largest manufacturer produces 5.5 million cars worldwide. If calculated, this figure is equivalent to producing one unit of a car in 6 seconds.

Compared with other automotive industries that use the name of its founder as a trademark such as Honda, founded by Soichiro Honda, Daimler-Benz (Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz), Ford (Henry Ford), Toyoda name is not used as a brand. Since the departure from simple ideas and visions that time, the mention of Toyoda less pleasant and not so familiarly known spoofed into a Toyota.

Sakichi Toyoda was born in February 1867 in Shizuoka, Japan. This man is known as the inventor since I was a teenager. Toyoda devoted his life to studying and developing the textile assembly. In the age of 30 years completed the Toyoda loom. It then drove him to establish the Toyota assembly precursor, the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.. in November 1926.

Here the automatic textile machinery patent was later sold to Platt Brothers & Co., Ltd.. from England, United Kingdom. Proceeds from sale of this patent, made capital development of the automotive division. Beginning in 1933, when Toyoda build automotive division, the team then largely controlled by his son Kiichiro Toyoda, relentless produce innovations leading the way in his time. Type A engine was completed in 1934. A year later the first prototype engine was transplanted their passenger cars, A1. Toyoda automotive division also produces trucks G1 model.

In 1936 they launched their first passenger car, Toyoda AA (at that time still used the name Toyoda). This model was developed from a prototype model of the A1 and fitted body and engine A. The vehicle is expected to be the beginning of people's car. The concept of Toyota's products continue to be held until now.

Four years of waiting for delivery are considered to automotive companies own and break away from their textile industry. Then in 1937 they inaugurated the automotive division and the name of Toyota, Toyoda is not like the name of the textile industry. Taking Toyota's name in Japanese characters are represented in 8, and eight is a lucky number for Japanese society. Another reason is considered reasonable is the automotive industry is a business lifestyle and even the mention of a name (and what it sounds like), a side that is so important. Because Toyoda's name was considered too rigid in a dynamic business that transformed into a Toyota that feels better. No doubt, 1937 was an important era of the birth of Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.. embryo of giant Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) today.

Kiichiro Toyoda's innovation spirit never dimmed. Toyota later developed into formidable vehicle producer. In the era of the 1940s, Toyota is busy developing the company's capital includes inserting the bourses in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

After the era of World War II ended, in the 1950s is proving Toyota sebgai tough all-purpose vehicle producer. At that time the familiar Jeep vehicles in Japan. Inspired by this car, the Toyota Land Cruiser then develop orototipe which came out in 1950. A year later officially launched early model Land Cruiser BJ model ie.

Buln July that year, a test driver Ichiro Taira end the trials with outstanding results. Inspired by Samurai Heikuro Magaki figure that climbed Mount Atago on horseback in 1643, BJ Taira drove his Toyota into Fudo temple in Okasaki city. It once used as a promotional car toughness of all these fields. Not long ago, Toyota Land Cruiser began to rival the dominance of the Willys Jeep. Even with subsequent models, the Toyota Land Cruiser can be accepted in the market at that time was difficult to penetrate the North America. Through this model, Toyota entered the markets in various parts of the world, Including in Indonesia, known as the Toyota Land Cruiser Hardtop FJ40/45. In Africa, the models of Toyota Land Cruiser Technical alias is used as an armed jeep equipped with submachine guns, heavy weapons or even basoka without starting back (Recoilless bazooka) and deployed during armed conflicts with the very strong performance.

Toyota is not only known through the Toyota Land Cruiser. They also developed a model that became the world's favorite, a small sedan. Through Corolla which debuted in 1966, this early generation sedan wearing tiny mover behind the change order bongsor popular sedan was headed toward a small sedan is compact, efficient and concise. Entering 1975, entered in the third-generation Corolla and sold over 5 million units. The amazing thing is still strong today. Corolla engine is then used in Indonesia as an engine for a versatile family of commercial vehicles, Toyota Kijang early generation known as the Crocodile Deer.

Toyota's product line mengglobalnya increasingly, they have not realized the logo graphic. Even in Indonesia found the Toyota-branded vehicles like the Toyota Corolla with a Toyota logo on the grille on the bonnet (nose) car. In 1989 Toyota decided to make two circles oval (ellipse) which produced the letter T and the third ellipse would suggest the spirit of understanding in design. The third circle that once surrounded the two previous ellipse-shaped circle T and keep it as evidence of influence around them.

In the 1990s, Toyota is increasingly proving that Japanese cars can compete with European and American cars. Toyota Celica rally managed to become world champion, and the Toyota Camry became the best selling car in America.