It's a bad example because "toyotism" is widely considered synonymous with valuing precision[1] and efficiency[2] in production with ever-increasing quality. I

It's a bad example because "toyotism" is widely considered synonymous with valuing precision[1] and efficiency[2] in production with ever-increasing quality. It would be less notable, though, if not for the contributions that Toyota brought to the craft, which are basically the same that today's developers apply so pridefully in their work. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban