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Originally Posted by Number 3
A different story evolved from pain, suffering and failure.
I remember reading an article 20 years ago that their number 1 goal was to be...............number 1. I guess they needed a goal that was to get to number 1 and stay there.
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I worked with Johnson Controls for a time, and spent most of that stint working hand in hand with Toyota, and I can tell you first hand that these folks were absolutely
obsessed with being number one during that period (mid to late 90's) I well remember sitting in a meeting and listening to the boys from Toyota City explaining that they/we would refine the Sienna minivan until it was the best selling minivan on the market.
I also worked with, believe it, GM for a time. Noteworthy, I was never more than 'on loan' to Ford. Go figure. And then only to help smooth the run-out of the Aerostar minivan (not really my standard gig, I largely did a whole lot of nothing and shot the breeze with some folks from Ford Brazil)