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The Band Toto Asia Toto was expanding its production facilities overseas 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 bidets and toilets, in contrast to its “base” markets of Japan and China. Dhaniram Toto recorded Toto words to ensure that the future generation could read them. Many words were substituted with foreign ones. For example dui, which is Bengali for verandah, was being used. Origins The company was founded in 1917 and its early years mirrored Japan's economic development. In the first half of its existence, the company manufactured goods to meet demand for modern, contemporary urban housing. To achieve this, it used the first tunnel kiln in the nation to produce ceramics in continuous flow. It also pioneered the use automation to control production, allowing for greater efficiency and consistency. The company began expanding overseas in the late 1980s in order to benefit from new markets and sales opportunities. The company created the Cera Trading Company to import and distribute other products from other manufacturers to expand its range of sanitary earthenwares and plumbing fittings. This strategy helped increase sales and expand the company's market share in the world. In the 90s, Toto began to focus on research and development of water-related appliances. It also improved its system of distribution to better serve its customers and increase profit. The company used the same just-in-time approach to its supply chain management as well as sales program. This led to a higher degree of customer satisfaction. Toto has continued to innovate on the toilet technology. Its latest toilet has a powerful, environmentally-friendly tornado flush. The company also makes use of recycled water in its production process and has a green procurement policy. Toto also manufactures bathtubs, faucets, and hand dryers with greater energy efficiency than standard models. The company's first museum opened in the year 2015, and it has exhibitions on Toto's most iconic products and their development as well as its group companies (all having to do with ceramics) and the history of plumbing and products like bath units and, in a separate gallery, Toto products sold around the world. The museum even has a bathroom that includes a WASHLET toilet and other toilet-related innovations. Before forming Toto the members of the band did sessions for a variety of musicians. Keyboardist David Paich, drummer Jeff Porcaro, and guitarists Mike Porcaro and Steve Lukather all played on the album Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs. They also performed on records by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, and Sonny and Cher. Discography With a name like Asia you'd think that the group would be prog queens and kings but they're actually a pretty straight forward rock group. The band was initially a four-piece and released two albums: 1979's self-titled debut and 1980's Armed to the Teeth. The group has a wide musical background, but their greatest success came in 1982 with Toto IV. The album was a huge blockbuster, but not without its share of problems. The record companies placed the band under pressure to release an album that was a success or else they would pull them. Toto was able to do this with the help from the smash hit “Africa.” Toto's musical mastery owes a lot to their prior experience in the music industry, as the band members had been session musicians for artists like Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, and Seals and Crofts prior to forming the group. Their distinctive sound has since become the standard for pop music from the 1980s, and has influenced many contemporary artists. The album opens up hard with tracks like Running Out of Time or Unknown Soldier that show the band's ability to write great AOR songs that slowly sink into your head. The album also features jazzier, slower tracks like The Little Things and Chinatown. The album closes with Great Expectations. This song mixes folk and distortion AOR, which should sound completely wrong but actually works very well. After Toto IV the band's fortunes began to wane. David Hungate left the band to pursue a solo career, and the band had several drummers. In 1984, Bobby Kimball was fired from the group in the aftermath of drug-related charges. However, the group continued to perform as a trio, which included Michael Porcaro and Steve Lukather. Toto released Isolation despite the turmoil. It wasn't as popular as IV. However, the group had a successful chart-topping album in 1992, Kingdom of Desire. This album marked the end of Toto's lineup and the debut of Simon Phillips, a new vocalist. Tours The band has performed across the world, performing to an audience of millions, with sold-out shows in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. The band has a vast collection of songs, and their catalog has been played more than one billion times on streaming services around the globe. The band's music has influenced numerous generations of fans. Steve Lukather and Joe Williams have developed a deep, colorful friendship that thrives professionally on a global basis. In 2018 the duo celebrated 40 Tours Around the Sun with a massively successful tour across the globe. The album with the same title was ranked #5 on Billboard 200. The band's new tour includes their most popular songs and rarely performed live deep cuts, along with a selection of songs from Lukather and Williams' individual catalogs. TOTO has a customer satisfaction rating of 20 Based on its Net Promoter Score which measures how likely customers are to recommend the brand. Promoters are those who are highly satisfied with the company and actively encourage others to make use of their products or services. 토토사이트 꽁머니 are those that have negative opinions about the company and actively discourage others from making use of its products or services. Join Toto to enjoy a unique cultural experience in Asia. This highlights tour includes luxurious accommodation, a day on a deluxe junk on Halong Bay and an exploration of Angkor Wat, a mystical temple that was once the home of the French called Indochine. It also includes 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 that you won't want to miss! Line-up The album's third, Turn Back, marked an reversion to the classic sextet format of the previous albums. It was a more ferocious, consistent effort with a harder edge than Hydra. Its more punk-rock sound was indicative of the maturation of group and included drummer Bobby Kimball's improved virtuosity on drums, and a more mature, confident vocal delivery by singer Joseph Williams. David Paich's keyboard skills were as well more refined, more precise and less akin to previous recordings. After touring to promote the album, the group recorded a live show in Amsterdam which was released as a set of two CDs titled Falling In Between Live on Eagle Records. The group released their new studio album a few months after, and went on a world tour to support the album. 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 and Lukather started exploring old demos and tapes in search of a new album featuring songs that were never recorded before. It was completed as a double-album titled Then & Now in 2001. It was the band's first album that did not contain one single track titled “A”. The album also contained a previously unreleased track titled “Kari-Anne”. By 2003, Toto had begun to decline in popularity. The group's fourth album, Old Is New was a commercial failure and vocalist Williams was suffering from laryngitis that limited his singing ability. Additionally, Hungate returned to Nashville, while drummer Leland Sklar was replaced by Shem von Schroeck. Downes, Wetton Palmer and Howe, the original members of Asia The original Asia members met in England in the early part of 2006 to discuss the possibility that the group could be reformed. The lineup, which was minus Howe (who was working with Yes at the time) was eventually referred to as Toto XIV and 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 featured a special guest appearance from singer Michael McDonald and a backing vocalist named Mabvuto Carver.