tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post1605314991024266441..comments2024-03-01T00:44:55.120-05:00Comments on The Lean Insider: Toyota’s Long-Term Thinking on ImportsMichael Sinocchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00599950068521490710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5865768815327716731.post-83086106270859864872008-12-26T18:48:00.000-05:002008-12-26T18:48:00.000-05:00I have a hard time with people "quoting" numbers t...I have a hard time with people "quoting" numbers to make a point. First the number of people employed by Toyota and GM need to be broken down as to workers who build parts here, and who assembly the cars here. You also need to pull data on the man hours it takes to build a car and as I remember the US workers were more efficient according to a study by reliable poll. Second Toyota should not be painted as the villain but more of a shrewd salesmen by their practices of totally controlling their image as a car builder and seller of cars here. Just ask the person on the street these questions. How many cars Toyota imports? What is the percentage of parts do they build here and how much do they pay their workers at the parts plants? And of their workers in the assembly plants how are the workers pay scales determined from the person unloading the trucks and rail cars to the final person loading the finished units on transports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com