In the meantime,as Toyota builds plants and employs people abroad,its management mode has been forced to integrate into European and American cultures .In the last ten years,Toyota has doubled its manufacturing facilities abroad to 51 locations. This has gradually changed the companys concepts of economizing and quality control rooted in the soil of Japan as a country With a small and area. In the United States,some Toyota plants have been less successful in applying TPS than other manufacturers .In China,Shanghai. GM has operated more like a Toyota outfit than Toyotas joint ventures there.
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