Toyota Motors - History of Productivity

History of Toyota Motors - 75 years

https://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/text/entering_the_automotive_business/chapter1/section4/item2.html

1933:
Automobile Department is created within Toyoda Automatic Loom Works.
1935:
First Model A1 passenger car prototype is completed.
1937:
Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. is formed.
1950:
Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. is established.


When the war ended in August 1945 most of Japan's industrial facilities had been wrecked, and the Toyoda (or Toyota as it became known after the war) production plants had suffered extensively. The company had 3,000 employees but no working facilities, and the economic situation in Japan was chaotic. But the Japanese tradition of dedication and perseverance proved to be Toyota's most powerful tool in the difficult task of reconstruction.


In 1950, in the end management and labor agreed to reduce the total workforce from 8,000 to 6,000 employees,

By 1950, the cumulative production of Toyota, after 13 years of operation, was 2685 automobiles, as compared to the 7000 vehicles Ford’s Rouge plant was putting out per day.


In 1903, Ford's 125 workers made 1,700 cars in three different models (13.6 cars per worker). In 1914, 13,000 workers at Ford made 260,720 cars (20.05 cars/worker). By comparison, in the rest of the industry, it took 66,350 workers to make 286,770 (4.322 cars per worker).
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/products/subject/business/forbes/ford.html





http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/toyota-motor-corporation-history/

Number of Employees in Toyota
For formatted table see the source:
http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/company_information/personnel/employee/index.html





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Year	Grand total Number of employees		Toyota Motor Corporation/Toyota Motor Co., Ltd.			Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd.			Data period
	Consolidated	Unconsolidated	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
1938	-	4,065	4,065	3,679	386	-	-	-	As of November 1938
1939	-	5,348	5,348	4,448	900	-	-	-	As of August 1939
1940	-	6,427	6,427	5,259	1,168	-	-	-	As of August 1940
1941	-	5,335	5,335	4,681	654	-	-	-	As of August 1941
1942	-	7,195	7,195	5,715	1,480	-	-	-	As of August 1942
1943	-	7,623	7,623	6,104	1,519	-	-	-	As of August 1943
1944	-	7,360	7,360	5,602	1,758	-	-	-	As of October 1944
1945	-	3,467	3,467	2,939	528	-	-	-	As of December 31 1945
1946	-	6,463	6,463	5,202	1,261	-	-	-	As of August 1946
1947	-	6,345	6,345	5,085	1,260	-	-	-	As of December 31 1947
1948	-	6,481	6,481	5,331	1,150	-	-	-	As of December 31 1948
1949	-	7,337	7,337	6,148	1,189	-	-	-	As of December 31 1949
1950	-	5,887	5,504	4,786	718	383	278	105	As of December 31 1950
1951	-	5,685	5,264	4,618	646	421	288	133	As of December 31 1951
1952	-	5,609	5,160	4,553	607	449	305	144	As of December 31 1952
1953	-	5,789	5,287	4,669	618	502	340	162	As of December 31 1953
1954	-	5,753	5,235	4,642	593	518	351	167	As of December 31 1954
1955	-	5,644	5,130	4,601	529	514	363	151	As of December 31 1955
1956	-	5,897	5,315	4,808	507	582	413	169	As of December 31 1956
1957	-	6,372	5,688	5,299	389	684	483	201	As of December 31 1957
1958	-	6,685	5,936	5,483	453	749	535	214	As of December 31 1958
1959	-	8,087	7,260	6,735	525	827	587	240	As of December 31 1959
1960	-	11,045	10,127	9,318	809	918	648	270	As of December 31 1960
1961	-	13,093	11,966	11,023	943	1,127	793	334	As of December 31 1961
1962	-	14,918	13,460	12,438	1,022	1,458	997	461	As of December 31 1962
1963	-	17,771	16,126	15,024	1,102	1,645	1,094	551	As of December 31 1963
1964	-	22,807	20,783	19,536	1,247	2,024	1,287	737	As of December 31 1964
1965	-	24,639	22,330	20,910	1,420	2,309	1,449	860	As of December 31 1965
1966	-	27,890	25,484	23,931	1,553	2,406	1,472	934	As of December 31 1966
1967	-	32,606	30,066	28,434	1,632	2,540	1,517	1,023	As of December 31 1967
1968	-	36,426	33,681	32,021	1,660	2,745	1,602	1,143	As of December 31 1968
1969	-	39,534	36,581	34,822	1,759	2,953	1,712	1,241	As of December 31 1969
1970	-	43,040	39,814	37,991	1,823	3,226	1,860	1,366	As of December 31 1970
1971	-	43,815	40,322	38,168	2,154	3,493	1,987	1,506	As of December 31 1971
1972	-	44,694	41,032	38,813	2,219	3,662	2,093	1,569	As of December 31 1972
1973	-	46,452	42,620	40,375	2,245	3,832	2,176	1,656	As of December 31 1973
1974	-	48,544	44,484	42,097	2,387	4,060	2,309	1,751	As of December 31 1974
1975	-	47,665	43,399	40,888	2,511	4,266	2,397	1,869	As of December 31 1975
1976	-	47,841	43,514	41,047	2,467	4,327	2,406	1,921	As of December 31 1976
1977	-	48,358	43,951	41,399	2,552	4,407	2,491	1,916	As of December 31 1977
1978	-	48,802	44,274	41,671	2,603	4,528	2,570	1,958	As of December 31 1978
1979	-	49,486	44,849	42,238	2,611	4,637	2,650	1,987	As of December 31 1979
1980	-	51,206	46,402	43,621	2,781	4,804	2,749	2,055	As of December 31 1980
1981	-	53,254	48,181	45,238	2,943	5,073	2,893	2,180	As of December 31 1981
1982	-	55,354	55,354	49,950	5,404	-	-	-	As of December 31 1982
1983	-	57,005	57,005	51,502	5,503	-	-	-	As of December 31 1983
1984	-	59,164	59,164	53,572	5,592	-	-	-	As of December 31 1984
1985	-	61,696	61,696	56,117	5,579	-	-	-	As of December 31 1985
1986	-	63,031	63,031	57,300	5,731	-	-	-	As of December 31 1986
1987	-	64,859	64,859	58,553	6,306	-	-	-	As of June 30 1987
1988	86,082	65,926	65,926	59,581	6,345	-	-	-	As of June 30 1988
1989	91,790	67,814	67,814	61,379	6,435	-	-	-	As of June 30 1989
1990	96,849	70,841	70,841	64,105	6,736	-	-	-	As of June 30 1990
1991	102,423	72,900	72,900	65,596	7,304	-	-	-	As of June 30 1991
1992	108,167	75,266	75,266	67,376	7,890	-	-	-	As of June 30 1992
1993	109,279	73,046	73,046	65,230	7,816	-	-	-	As of June 30 1993
1994	110,534	71,573	71,573	63,819	7,754	-	-	-	As of March 31 1994
1995	142,645	69,748	69,748	62,594	7,154	-	-	-	As of March 31 1995
1996	146,855	68,641	68,641	61,895	6,746	-	-	-	As of March 31 1996
1997	150,736	70,524	70,524	64,318	6,206	-	-	-	As of March 31 1997
1998	159,035	69,753	69,753	63,932	5,821	-	-	-	As of March 31 1998
1999	183,879	67,912	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 1999
2000	210,709	65,290	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2000
2001	215,648	66,005	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2001
2002	246,702	66,820	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2002
2003	264,096	65,551	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2003
2004	264,410	65,346	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2004
2005	265,753	64,237	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2005
2006	285,977	65,798	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2006
2007	299,394	67,650	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2007
2008	316,121	69,478	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2008
2009	320,808	71,116	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2009
2010	320,590	71,567	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2010
2011	317,716	69,125	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2011
2012	325,905	69,148	-	-	-	-	-	-	As of March 31 2012

http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/data/automotive_business/production/production/overview/index.html
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1935-1960

Year	Passenger cars	Trucks & buses	All vehicles
	Total (units)	Total (units)	Total (units)	Passenger car ratio (%)
1935	0	20	20	0.00
1936	100	1,042	1,142	8.80
1937	577	3,436	4,013	14.40
1938	539	4,076	4,615	11.70
1939	107	11,874	11,981	0.90
1940	268	14,519	14,787	1.80
1941	208	14,403	14,611	1.40
1942	41	16,261	16,302	0.30
1943	53	9,774	9,827	0.50
1944	19	12,701	12,720	0.10
1945	0	3,275	3,275	0.00
1946	0	5,821	5,821	0.00
1947	54	3,868	3,922	1.40
1948	21	6,682	6,703	0.30
1949	235	10,589	10,824	2.20
1950	463	11,243	11,706	4.00
1951	1,470	12,758	14,228	10.30
1952	1,857	12,249	14,106	13.20
1953	3,572	12,924	16,496	21.70
1954	4,235	18,478	22,713	18.60
1955	7,403	15,383	22,786	32.50
1956	12,001	34,416	46,417	25.90
1957	19,885	59,642	79,527	25.00
1958	21,224	57,632	78,856	26.90
1959	30,235	70,959	101,194	29.90
1960	42,118	112,652	154,770	27.20

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Year	Passenger cars	Trucks & buses	All vehicles
	Total (units)	Total (units)	Total (units)	Passenger car ratio (%)
1961	73,830	137,107	210,937	35.00
1962	74,515	155,835	230,350	32.30
1963	128,843	189,652	318,495	40.50
1964	181,738	244,026	425,764	42.70
1965	236,151	241,492	477,643	49.40
1966	316,189	271,350	587,539	53.80
1967	476,807	355,323	832,130	57.30
1968	659,189	438,216	1,097,405	59.30
1969	964,088	507,123	1,471,211	65.50
1970	1,068,321	540,869	1,609,190	66.40
1971	1,400,186	554,847	1,955,033	71.60
1972	1,487,661	599,472	2,087,133	71.30
1973	1,631,940	676,158	2,308,098	70.70
1974	1,484,737	630,243	2,114,980	70.20
1975	1,714,836	621,217	2,336,053	73.40
1976	1,730,767	757,084	2,487,851	69.60
1977	1,884,260	836,498	2,720,758	69.30
1978	2,039,115	890,042	2,929,157	69.60
1979	2,111,302	884,923	2,996,225	70.50
1980	2,303,284	990,060	3,293,344	69.90
1981	2,248,171	972,247	3,220,418	69.80
1982	2,258,253	886,304	3,144,557	71.80
1983	2,380,753	891,582	3,272,335	72.80
1984	2,413,133	1,016,116	3,429,249	70.40
1985	2,569,284	1,096,338	3,665,622	70.10
1986	2,684,024	976,143	3,660,167	73.30
1987	2,708,069	930,210	3,638,279	74.40
1988	2,982,922	985,775	3,968,697	75.20
1989	3,055,101	920,801	3,975,902	76.80
1990	3,345,885	866,488	4,212,373	79.40

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ear	Passenger cars	Trucks & buses	All vehicles
	Total (units)	Total (units)	Total (units)	Passenger car ratio (%)
1991	3,180,054	905,027	4,085,081	77.80
1992	3,171,311	760,030	3,931,341	80.70
1993	2,882,698	679,052	3,561,750	80.90
1994	2,769,359	739,097	3,508,456	78.90
1995	2,557,174	614,103	3,171,277	80.60
1996	2,796,839	613,221	3,410,060	82.00
1997	2,910,107	591,939	3,502,046	83.10
1998	2,669,975	495,830	3,165,805	84.30
1999	2,698,503	419,723	3,118,226	86.50
2000	2,992,889	436,320	3,429,209	87.30
2001	2,938,820	415,604	3,354,424	87.60
2002	3,070,456	414,712	3,485,168	88.10
2003	3,082,045	437,973	3,520,018	87.60
2004	3,231,430	449,516	3,680,946	87.80
2005	3,374,526	415,056	3,789,582	89.00
2006	3,826,819	367,369	4,194,188	91.20
2007	3,849,353	376,784	4,226,137	91.10
2008	3,630,886	381,242	4,012,128	90.50
2009	2,543,715	248,559	2,792,274	91.10
2010	2,993,714	289,141	3,282,855	91.92
2011	2,473,546	286,482	2,760,028	89.62

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In 1955, General Motors produced 4,477,000 cars and trucks in U.S. factories with 555,000 employees, or eight cars for every worker. In 2009 GM sold 2,084,000 cars in the United States with 77,000 employees, or 27 cars per worker. Toyota produces almost 50 cars per employee and the new Hyundai plant in Beijing is aiming at a 100 cars per worker.

Daimler Benz

1906 to 1913 were further expansion years, with the creation of new capacity reducing the number of external suppliers. Increased mechanization took the annual productivity from 0.7 cars per worker, to 10
http://automobile.wikia.com/wiki/Daimler_Motoren_Gesellschaft




The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that in 1980, about 20 million manufacturing employees in the United States produced about $800 billion worth of goods. Today, (2012) 12 million workers produce almost $2 trillion worth. This is good for the economy but not so good for employment.
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Walkers_World_Looking_ahead_to_2013_999.html



Relations Between Safety and Productivity
Kazuaki Goto & Shingo Kato
*Assembly Dept., Tsutsumi Factory of Toyota Motor Co.*
1999

1. Outline of Tsutusmi Works
Established: 1970 (28-year operation as a passenger car factory) Capacity: 400,000 - 500,000 cars per year The Number of Employees: 5,600 employees in the factory, including 1,500 employees working for the assembly department. The factory has been functioning as a mother plant of Toyota Kentucky factory in the USA and Derby factory in England
http://www.jniosh.go.jp/icpro/jicosh-old/english/osh/jisha-nsc/toyota.html


Ud. 16.12.2021.
Pub  . 21.2.2014