One Car, Two Visions: Sales Versus Engineering

The plan for facilities investments needed in preparation for Odyssey production was well under way at the Sayama Plant, but the Sales Division in Japan remained skeptical about the new car and its chances for success in the market. At the time 70 percent of “one-box” cars were powered by diesel motors.... Read more ...



Checklists identifying the areas of improvement. Using these lists, young employees at Sayama Plant tackled the challenge of improving their own process. Efforts such as these resulted in several upward adjustments in production volume while minimizing new investments.
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