Friday, May 31, 2013

Great job, Rob, on maintaining this customer's loyalty!


"This is the second vehicle I have leased through Rob, and he is extremely thorough, conscientious and is very knowledgeable about the vehicles..." N. Zindel

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Thank you, Karen, for your continued loyalty, and well done team!


"The sales team at Sloane in Glenside are fabulous this is my forth car from them in the past 30 years. They are amazing..." - Karen H.

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Toyota Financial Services Awards New Toyota to Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Youth of the Year Winner!


Toyota Financial Services (TFS), as part of its Making Life Easier for YOUth initiative, recently awarded a new Corolla to the 2012-13 Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BCGA) National Youth of the Year Winner Trei Dudley.  The vehicle presentation took place at Crown Toyota in Lawrence, Kan. on May 14.  Dudley was joined by Club teens from Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, where she was a member for 10 years and worked as a junior staffer, as well as Club teens from nearby Boys & Girls Club of Wyandotte County.  Representatives from Toyota and the Lawrence community, including Mayor Michael Dever, also attended the event.

National Youth of the Year is BGCA’s premier recognition for teen Club members who have made outstanding contributions to their family, school, community and local Club while overcoming personal obstacles.  Nominations begin at the Club and continue through the state, regional and national levels.  Participants are chosen on local and state levels, with five regional winners meeting each September in Washington, D.C., to compete for the National Youth of the Year title. Five judges individually interview each candidate and select the national winner.

“Trei embodies the spirit of the Youth of the Year program,” said Al Smith, group vice president, TFS Service Operations & Corporate Planning.  “She has been a mentor for other students and worked to improve her community all while overcoming obstacles and maintaining high academic standards.  Toyota is proud to join with BGCA in support of such an extraordinary young woman.”

The oldest of eight children, Dudley overcame poverty and domestic violence through support from Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence and her community.  Her mother, Cathy Brittain, attended the vehicle presentation and expressed her appreciation for the new car.

“When your kids are little and you’re living day to day, you wonder how their futures will turn out, how you can make things better for them,” she said.  “I will forever be thankful to Toyota for all they have done for Trei.  With Toyota’s support, her future is so much brighter.” 


Courtesy of Toyota Newsroom

Monday, May 20, 2013

Congratulations team on showing this customer what Sloane Toyota of Glenside is all about!

"I have given this dealership & its employees an excellent rating due to the outstanding service, attention, cooperation, understanding of my needs and a quick response to my needs..." - 2011fjcruiser2013

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Team Toyota: Olympic Triathlete Sarah Haskins Prepares for Motherhood!

Over the years, Toyota has exemplified reliability and earned the value of being a family tradition as its passed down from generation to generation.

Hear Olympian Sarah Haskin's story attributing her successes to her role model, her mother, and how she plans on reflecting that for her own daughter one day.

Thank you, Tae, for acknowledging our hard work, and well done, Jack and Rich!


"Rich and Jack were friendly, supportive, understanding, and VERY helpful..." - Tae C.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Toyota Partners with EVSC to Improve Annual Collection of 14,000 Netbooks!



Janit Market is pleased she can continue teaching her English classes at Central High School with only a brief interruption when student netbooks are collected this year.  She’s also confident that because collections are more efficient, the distribution of netbooks next school year will be much more successful – the goal being to deliver a computer to each student on time.

That hasn’t always been the case.

“In the past, there was no uniformity to collections – and students were out of class too long,” Market said.  “Now, we have a team of people who are solely focused on collections.  I can keep an eye on my students and they take care of the paperwork.”

The difference?

A partnership between Toyota and the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. (EVSC) that takes aim at ensuring the collection and distribution of 14,000 netbooks (grades 6 through 12) runs as smoothly as the production lines at the automaker’s plant in Princeton.  In fact, members from the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) have provided on-site support free of charge since October, helping to create a more efficient system of collection and distribution.

EVSC is just one of nearly 200 companies and not-for-profit organizations that have been aided by Toyota in communities across North America.

“It has been an amazing turnaround,” said David Smith, superintendent for EVSC.  “We knew that training a team of individuals in operational excellence would be beneficial, but this work with TSSC has helped us to see very practically how efficiencies can free up people and money,   allowing us to direct resources to our core work in each classroom.

“We are excited with the success of the first two days of collections and anticipate a much smoother distribution cycle next fall.”

Netbook collections began Thursday, continued Friday and will also take place early next week.  Rick Cameron, chief operating officer for EVSC, pointed to some immediate improvements:
 

  • Less time taken away from the classroom during the collection process.  In the past, 30 students missed up to an hour of class time; now, that has been reduced to 12-and-a-half minutes – a 79 percent improvement.
  • Drastic reduction in manpower, which saves money.  Previously, 15 information technology employees gathered at each school to handle netbook returns, and teachers were responsible for checking in netbooks in homerooms.  Today, five employees handle the same workload, plus only one information technology staff member is needed to answer technical questions.  This frees up other IT staff to continue with the regular work of the school system.
  • Standardized work.  In the past, each school had its own method of collections and distribution.  Today, as at each Toyota plant across the U.S., each school follows the same guidelines.
  • Accurate inventory.  Via a bar-code scanning process, each laptop is now accounted for in a much more accurate manner.

“In the Toyota Production System, it all comes down to eliminating waste through solving problems,” said Craig Kelle, Toyota Production System (TPS) manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana.  “Before TPS, there was wasted time and duplication of work.  For instance, while the correct number of netbooks were shown by the system to be available, they were not available at the correct locations.”

As part of the improvement strategy, some “trial runs” took place at Central High School, which proved a turning point, Cameron said.  “Those involved could really see the improvements unfold.  We had a material and information flow chart; it just jumped out at you, how much more efficient we could be.”

Cameron said that while many savings in time and money have been realized through EVSC’s Operational Excellence Program over the past two years, the experience with TSSC has caused the school system to think about other areas in which process refinements can be made and savings realized.  “We have already started to look at Just-In-Time inventory for our bus-garage service.   We are taking TPS and trying to make it our way.” 

That is music to Toyota’s ears.

“In a nutshell, that is why we do this,” said Scott Dickson, TSSC manager.  “While business and industry sectors are familiar with lean processes such as TPS, it is encouraging to see a school district thinking in such a way and willing to devote time and effort to becoming more efficient.  To see that light come on and for Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. to carry this to other parts of its operation is fantastic.  That is forward thinking.”


Courtesy of Toyota Newsroom

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Toyota Sienna with Auto Access Seat Redines Mobility!

Toyota takes mobility to whole new level. Watch this video to learn how the Auto Access Seat in the new Toyota Sienna can assist a loved one get in and out of the vehicle with ease!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Toyota Reveals Redesigned 2014 4Runner at Stagecoach with Dierks Bentley!

Built to handle off-road terrain and thrill-seeking passengers, the 2014 4Runner is ready for any adventure.

Click here to see it in action.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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