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Association forManufacturing ExcellenceEnterprise excellence through shared learningBenchmark Toyota: Two Learning OpportunitiesSeptember 16 - “Attend the Toyota Overview Presentation andNetwork with Toyota Representatives.”September 16-17 - “Tour Toyota’s, 2009 Boston Parts DistributionCenter AND experience a Toyota Kaizen ActivitySeptember 16-17, 2009 • Mansfield, MAToyota is the world’s most profitable and • See simple work organization methods thatfastest growing automotive company. Producing allow the picking team leader to immediatelynearly 50 percent more automobiles today than see the status of orders and any problemsit did in 2001, the company’s annual earnings encountered every 12 minutes. exceed those of all other major automakers• Learn about Toyota’s respect for people andcombined. Because Toyota has been sounderstand why workers are encouraged tosuccessful in such a competitive industry,work at a normal pace without beingmanufacturing and service companiesoverburdened.everywhere are trying to emulate its success. • Participate in a kaizen simulation alongsideThis is your chance to learn Toyota process Toyota associates.improvement techniques from the source. Themethods and principles you will see and learnare applicable to any business. This specialone-and-a-half day AME workshop and Recommended Hotelnetworking session, which includes a facility and Pre-Event Workshop Locationtour by Toyota personnel and participation in ...