coygsuWhy are Japanese cars considered to be more reliable than US or European cars?
One reason is a specific manufacturing process known as Kaizen. Here is a quick blog I found that describes it.
Kaizen and The Toyota Way - Your Car Angel
Kaizen – The Most Important Automotive Word You Never Heard and The Toyota Way If you are old enough to remember when a Japanese car looked like an oddity in your neighborhood then you understand what a revolution the decade of the 1980’s was for a smallish car company named Toyota. No one saw it […]
Margot RobbieKaizen, or “continuous improvement” is a process within the full method of “lean manufacturing” made by Toyota, which Agile is derived from if you tech friends here are familar with that. I think waste reduction techniques like JIT inventory management and kanbans are probably more relevant to the car quality discussion.