本世纪五十年代，日本丰田汽车公司在学习考察美国汽车工业大量生产方式之后，经过二十多年的卓越努力，创造出具有日本特色的丰田生产方式。以质优价廉的产品打入美国市场，动摇了美国汽车工业称霸世界的地位。八十年代中期，美国麻省理工学院组织几十名专家，研究丰田致胜的 In the fifties of this century, after studying and investigating the mass production methods of the American automobile industry, Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation created its Toyota production method with Japanese characteristics after more than two decades of remarkable efforts. The entry into the U.S. market with quality and cheap products has shaken the U.S. auto industry’s position as the world leader. In the mid-eighties, MIT organized dozens of experts to study Toyota’s winning