Eiji Toyoda dies, aged 100

Posted on 18 Sep 2013 by Callum Bentley

The lean and manufacturing worlds have lost one of their greatest minds and architects after the death of Eiji Toyoda this week.

A young Eiji Toyoda in 1967. Image courtesy of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Toyota Motor Corporation issued a statement saying that Mr Toyoda had died due to heart failure on Tuesday. He was 100 years old. Eiji Toyoda was a member of the motor company’s founding family. Arguably, his biggest legacy will be the…

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