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Article: Driving continuous improvement.(Company overview)
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- Plant Engineering
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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By Jack Smith, Senior editor
What Toyota manufactures in Georgetown, Kentucky is more than just America's top selling automobile.
We have the same equipment as our competitors, said Tom Zawacki, general manager, general administration, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Inc., Kentucky (TMMK). 'We use the same raw materials. They come from the same suppliers.'
'When people come here, they ask, 'What's that silver bullet? What's that thing that makes Toyota different?'' added Rick Hesterberg, assistant manager of media relations at TMMK.
'The key is our people - they are the real key to our success. We have intelligent, flexible, highly ...