Production in Ferrari and Toyota

According to the government, we have experienced the longest economic expansion since after the WWII. There is no doubt that it seems like we ordinary people are left out of the economic boom. Surprisingly enough, more than 500 of Ferrari cars are annually sold somewhere in Japan, not around me at least. Speaking of Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari (the founder of Ferrari) left these famous words. “In the beginning the engine existed.” His point is it’s engines that feature Ferrari. Italian craftsmanship, based on expert technique and experience, realizes the world’s leading engines. I think everyone will agree to this point.

This has nothing to do with the worth of car makers, like the issue: which is superior, Toyota or Ferrari. I think the production of Toyota is also another act of God. They annually produce millions of cars in high and constant quality. No matter how much the price is, cars are precision machines consisting of more than 30000 pieces of parts. What high level QC Toyota has! In different ways, both Ferrari and Toyota can be said to be the world leading companies. The former is a leader in semi-handicraft manufacturing; the latter is one in production management. 

Wooden furniture production management

Now, it’s about wooden furniture. It’s much simpler, but hand work is essential like Ferrari. On the other hand, the amount of production is much more than Ferrari, though it’s much less than Toyota. In a sese, we are positioned in between them, but there’s one factor making our production management completely different and more difficult even than that of Toyota. We need to produce furniture in high and constant quality from non-constant material (wood). No two wood pieces are alike. Don’t you think it’s great? Please allow me to brag a little about our production management, because they are rarely spotlighted.

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