Production shutdowns in Japan, due to the horrific earthquake and tsunami on March 11th, has not slowed down the popularity of Toyota Prius, available at Sloane Toyota of Glenside in Glenside, PA.

First introduced in Japan in 1997, and on sale in Europe and US for more than a decade, Prius has the highest brand awareness of any hybrid vehicle. Three generations of Prius have not only seen significant improvements to successive evolutions of its…

Toyota believes one shouldn't be greedy over good ideas. Case in point: Virginia Medical Center's ability to cut the amount of time it takes a patient to receive chemo treatment by 50 percent.

How did they do it? Simply by adopting the lean management style used by Japanese automaker, Toyota...Let's start from the beginning, shall we?

Back in 1998, Virginia Medical Center started to lose a substantial amount of money. In…