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Since 2022, the Toyota Group has been hit by a series of certification problems. In order to prevent the same mistakes from being repeated, Chairman Toyoda Akio has launched the "Akio Juku Legal Certification TPS Independent Study Group," an improvement team selected from each company. Commonly known as the "TPS Independent Study Group," the group discovered that approval application documents for one vehicle model can be as long as 1,300 pages, the pressure of schedule-based testing places strain on the certification site, and the extreme pressure of one-shot testing and anxiety about whether the test can be conducted correctly. In this issue of Toyota Times News, we will report on the situation at the site where Toyota Motor Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd., Hino Motors, Ltd., and Toyota Industries Corporation are facing the problem across group boundaries and titles. 00:00 Opening 01:30 Toyota submits measures to prevent recurrence President Sato Tsuneharu: "Chairman and president also go to the site" 04:17 Studio commentary What is the car certification system? 07:44 What is the "Akio School: Legal Certification TPS Independent Study Group" launched by our group?12:21 [Toyota Industries] A thorough investigation into the development of engine ECU16:49 [Toyota Industries] Legal compliance becomes complicated and stalls19:16 [Toyota Industries] Three issues revealed during actual vehicle testing24:14 A message from Chairman Toyoda Akio to everyone involved in certification work25:29 [Hino Motors] What is the cause of the stall in approval applications? 27:35 [Hino Motors] Measures to correctly interpret the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's "description guidelines"29:48 [Hino Motors] Eliminating human error and developing human resources32:10 [Daihatsu Motor] Pressure to prioritize schedules puts strain on certification sites33:31 [Daihatsu Motor] Why did 14 stalls occur in seat development?36:26 [Daihatsu Motor] Setting quality standards through drawings for improvement38:23 Following the "TPS Independent Study"... Thoughts from the CEOs of each company40:01 Chairman Toyoda Akio on certification issues: "We are beginning to understand this, which is a step forward"44:38 [Toyota Motor] The cause of the stall in the "back-end process" is... "Starting too early"46:40 [Toyota Motor] Chairman Toyoda Akio and Independent Study members share their thoughts in a roundtable discussion [Related links] • Toyoda Akio's "Toyota Times: Only the Voice" #3 A comprehensive explanation of the Toyota news you care about • Toyota Group's sites x Toyoda Akio Honest words spoken after fraud was revealed Toyota Times... • "If we do something we shouldn't have done, we'll do it again," Toyoda Akio told group companies... • "Certification issue," "profit return" - Toyota faces public doubts at 2024 General Shareholders Meeting (Q&A details)... Toyota Motor Corporation releases results of investigation into type approval applicationhttps://toyotatimes.jp/toyota_news/10... President Sato resolves on certification issue: "We will pursue improvements rooted in the workplace"https://toyotatimes.jp/report/shareho...