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The Band Toto Asia Toto was expanding its production facilities abroad and operating in France, Germany, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the People's Republic of China. The company considered North America as a growth market for Washlet bidet seats and toilets, in contrast to its “base” markets of Japan and China. Dhaniram Toto recorded Toto words to ensure that the future generation could understand them. However, many of the words were being replaced by foreign ones, like dui, which is Bengali for verandah. Origins The company was founded in 1917 and its early years were a mirror of Japan's economic growth. In the early years of its existence, the company produced goods to meet demand for modern, contemporary urban housing. It used the first tunnel kiln in the country to produce ceramics continuously. It also pioneered the use of automation for production control, which allows for greater efficiency and a more consistent production. The company began expanding internationally in the late 1980s in order to benefit from new markets and sales opportunities. The company established the Cera Trading Company to import and sell other manufacturers' products in order to enhance its own range of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped to increase sales and expand the firm’s global market share. By the 1990s, Toto had shifted its emphasis on research and development for household appliances that use water. It also redesigned its distribution system to better serve customers and increase profit. The company implemented a just-in-time approach to supply chain management and applied the same approach in its sales program. This resulted in a higher level customer satisfaction. Toto has continued to innovate in the toilet technology. Its latest toilet has a strong, eco-friendly tornado flush. The company also uses recycled water in its manufacturing process and has a green procurement policy. Toto also produces faucets, bathtubs and hand dryers that have higher energy efficiency than conventional models. The first Toto museum opened in the year 2015. It hosts exhibits on Toto's most famous products, their evolution, the group companies (all of which are made of ceramics) as well as the history of plumbing and even bath units. In another gallery, visitors can see Toto products sold all over. The museum houses the bathroom equipped with a WASHLET and other toilet innovations. Before beginning the formation of Toto members of the group did session work for various musicians. Boz Scaggs album Silk Degrees featured keyboardist David Paich, guitarists Mike Porcaro & Steve Lukather as well as drummer Jeff Porcaro & Steve Lukather. They also performed on albums by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher. Discography With a name as evocative as Asia you'd expect the group to be prog kings and queens however, it's actually a fairly straightforward rock band. The group started out as a quartet and released two albums – 1979's self-titled debut, and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. The band has a varied musical background, but their biggest success came in 1982 when they released Toto IV. The album was a huge blockbuster, but it was not without its problems. The record companies placed the band under pressure to release a hit single or else they would pull them. Luckily for Toto they delivered, with the aid of the smash single “Africa.” Toto's musical mastery is a result of their prior experience. Before forming the group, the band members were session musicians for artists such as Boz Scaggs. Steely Dan and Seals and Crofts. Their sonic trademark has become the standard of '80s music, influencing many contemporary artists. The album begins hard with songs such as Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR tunes that slowly creep into your head. The album also includes some jazzier, slower tracks like The Little Things and Chinatown. The album closes with Great Expectations, a song that combines folk with distortion AOR and should sound totally wrong, but is incredibly effective. After Toto IV, the band's fortunes turned for the worse. David Hungate left to concentrate on his solo career, and the band had to go through several drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the band in the after he was charged with drug abuse. the band continued as a trio with Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather. Despite the turbulence, Toto forged ahead and released Isolation that was not as successful as IV. However, the band had a successful chart-topping album in 1992, Kingdom of Desire. This album marked the end of the original Toto lineup and was also the first album to feature the new singer, Simon Phillips. Tours The band has performed across the globe to an audience of millions, with sold-out shows in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. The band's repertoire is huge and their catalog has amassed over a billion streams on streaming services across the globe. The band's music has influenced numerous generations of fans. Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have forged a deep, colorful friendship that thrives professionally on a global basis. In 2018, the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a wildly successful global tour. The album with the same title was ranked at #5 on the Billboard 200. The new tour of the band includes their most popular songs and rarely performed live deep cuts, alongside some of the songs from Lukather and Williams their individual catalogs. TOTO has an Net Promoter Score of 20. This score measures how likely it is that customers will recommend the brand. Promoters are those who give a positive rating to the company and encourage others to use its products or services. Detractors are those who evaluate the company poorly, and may even actively discourage people from using their products or services. Join Toto to have a unique experience in Asia. This highlights tour of the region that the French used to call Indochine provides luxurious accommodations, a day on a luxurious cruise ship in Halong Bay, and an exploration of the mysterious temples of Angkor Wat. Also, 안전놀이터 순위 will spend a night in the charming city of Luang Prabang. This UNESCO World Heritage City is a feast for your senses. This is an unforgettable journey which you'll never want to skip! Line-up The band's third album, Turn Back, marked the return to the traditional sextet style of the previous albums. It was a stronger, more consistent effort that had a harder edge than Hydra. Its more punk-rock sound was indicative of the maturation of group and featured drummer Bobby Kimball's greater ability on the drums and an improved, mature vocal delivery by singer Joseph Williams. Keyboardist David Paich's work was more precise, sharper and less cloned earlier performances. After touring to promote their album, the group recorded an Amsterdam live concert which was released on Eagle Records as a 2-CD set titled Falling In Between. A new studio album followed a few months later, and the group went on a long-distance tour to promote it. In this time keyboardist Greg Phillinganes filled in for Paich, and bassist David Hungate left the group to spend more time with his family. In 1998, Paich & Lukather began looking through old tapes and demos to find songs that hadn't been recorded before. The album was released as a double album titled Then & Now in 2001. It was the first album by the band without one single track titled “A”. The album also contained an previously unreleased track titled “Kari-Anne”. By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The fourth album, Old Is New, was a commercial failure, and vocalist Williams was suffering from a serious case of laryngitis that limited his singing abilities. Hungate also returned to Nashville and Leland Sklar's drumming was replaced by Shem Von Schroeck. Downes and the other original members of Asia – Wetton, Palmer, and Howe—convened a meeting in England in the beginning of 2006 to discuss the possibility of formally reforming the group. This lineup, minus Howe who was working with Yes at the time, was renamed Toto XIV. They toured extensively. In 2010, the band reunited for another reunion tour with a slightly different line-up, including guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather, drummer John Pierce, bassist Shannon Forrest, and multi-instrumentalists Warren Ham and Dominique Taplin. The group also had an appearance by singer Michael McDonald, and a backing singer named Mabvuto Carpenter.