Comments on: Thoughts from Nagoya: Japan, Toyota, Shingijutsu http://theleanthinker.com/2007/11/15/thoughts-from-nagoya-japan-toyota-shingijutsu/ Thoughts and insights from the shop floor. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Richard Abercrombie http://theleanthinker.com/2007/11/15/thoughts-from-nagoya-japan-toyota-shingijutsu/comment-page-1/#comment-539 Richard Abercrombie Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:35:37 +0000 http://theleanthinker.com/2007/11/15/thoughts-from-nagoya-japan-toyota-shingijutsu/#comment-539 The split in Shingijutsu was the result of Mr. Iwata's death and the transfer of his ownership into the hands of family members. I suppose you could say this was a split along family lines. I do not have any insight into the issues but clearly, there was not complete agreement on how to operate the business between Mr. Nakao and Mr. Iwata's family. The separation seems to have been an attempt to resolve these issues. The split in Shingijutsu was the result of Mr. Iwata’s death and the transfer of his ownership into the hands of family members. I suppose you could say this was a split along family lines.

I do not have any insight into the issues but clearly, there was not complete agreement on how to operate the business between Mr. Nakao and Mr. Iwata’s family. The separation seems to have been an attempt to resolve these issues.

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