Milk is bad for children’s bones. Superman became a serial murderer. Shocking, yes? But no less shocking than Toyota, the world-class manufacturing quality expert, recalling millions of cars across its product lines. Three generations after its founder created Toyota on a philosophy that built quality into every step, it turns out that Toyota’s quality has been steadily eroding. Today, Toyota’s quality issues are deep and systemic. After all, the company’s problems: Involve multiple components, vehicles and years of manufacture. Create dangerous safety issues – failing brakes and uncontrollable self-accelerating gas pedals. Were surfaced years ago yet are leading to recalls only under regulatory pressure. May not have had the attention of top management until after all hell broke loose. (Toyota’s CEO just recently committed to creating a senior level “quality committee” to look into the problem.) May not yet be truly resolved. While…