B1 – Intermediate
When companies go through hard financial times, they find ways to lower their expenses. In Toyota’s case, they thought of shutting down some elevators in their main office in Tokyo.
Read the full article to find out more about Toyota’s ways to cut costs.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1607/160710-elevators-1.html
Discussion Questions:
1. Why is Toyota shutting down elevators in their headquarters?
2. What are others ways they are saving money?
3. What cost-cutting measures has your company ever implemented?
8 replies on “Toyota to Save Money”
1. Why is Toyota shutting down elevators in their headquarters?
The key objective why is Toyota shutting down elevators is to raise awareness amongst employees, and to remind them of the commitment that Toyota has towards, reducing waste.
2. What are others ways they are saving money?
They are also changing the temperature of air conditioners to save money.
3. What cost-cutting measures has your company ever implemented?
The cost-cutting measures that my company implemented was to reduce the business trip.
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1. Why is Toyota shutting down elevators in their headquarters?
The reason why Toyota is shutting down elevators at its headquarters is to save money, electricity and the costs of being in the building.
2. What are others ways they are saving money?
Another ways adopted by Toyota to reduce cost has been to change the temperature of air conditioners
3. What cost-cutting measures has your company ever implemented?
Some of cost-cutting measures adopted by my company have been changing the temperature of air conditioners, timing the lights,…
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1.-Why is Toyota shutting down elevators in their headquarters?
Toyota decided to shutting down elevators because two main reasons: 1.- Cutting costs
2.- Remind the employees the compromise Toyota has with the environment.
2. What are others ways they are saving money?
Another way that Toyota applied to save money was Changing the temperature of air conditioning.
3. What cost-cutting measures has your company ever implemented?
This are the main cost-cutting measures my Company has:
Change air conditioning temperature.
Closing Windows to avoid heat lost in winter.
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1. The objective of Toyota is shutting down elevators in their headquarters is to raise awareness amongst employees, and to remind them of the commitment that Toyota has towards reducing waste.
2. Other way to save money is changing the temperature of the air conditioners.
3. My company has implemented cost-cutting measures as: changing the temperature, use recycled products, proper use of electricity, reduce the use of plastic bottles etc.
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