German executive and CEO of Porsche AG (1992–2009) who rescued the company from near-bankruptcy using Toyota Production System manufacturing efficiency and launched the Cayenne SUV — then engineered a complex attempt to acquire Volkswagen that backfired.
Applied the Toyota Production System to Porsche's manufacturing — reducing defects and inventory dramatically — enabling profitability at low volumes, and launched the Cayenne SUV against enormous internal resistance, generating the profits that funded the rest of Porsche's development.
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