Group Trip to Brugge

Today we took a day trip to Brugge and the Toyota manufacturing plant. The beautiful quaint historical town was tainted by whipping winds and cold rain. Shivonne didn’t even have a hood, my sperrys were soaked and I couldn’t find my umbrella I bought I’m Amsterdam. I made myself pull put my iPhone and take a couple photos. I want to take a day trip to enjoy the town to its fullest.
After a lunch of tomatoe soup and lasagna we got back on the bus & went to the Toyota distribution center. Dr. Tokmans brother is the lead logistics manager for Toyota Europe.. Aka he’s got the hookup. We got a private tour of some of toyotas main concept of continuous improvement and finding a balance of efficiency and health/safety. I was surprised by the low technology that the plant works with, communication is done thru bulletin board or white boards, an at its most complex form of scanners to clock employees beginning, specific work done on what vehicle , and the inspection of the work by the team leader. Most of these advancements such as the scanners have recently been implemented. They are currently collecting data to standardize planning
Time for specific installations. I could tell our guide was very intelligent because he was able to simplify a very complex and integrated process into lamen terms in English (a foreign language to him).