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    SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES IN TOYOTA In 2008‚ it was the largest automobile manufacturer in the world‚ a title previously held for over 70 years by General Motors Co.  There have been endless work stoppage issues which had started to affect the long-term viability of the internal structural management of the company’s supply chain such as: Profit-Crushing Domino Effect: The global supply chain for auto manufacturing relied on critical parts built in factories in Japan. Toyota had

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    Assignment 1: Report The role of the Engineer in the Value Chain Introduction In recent years‚ the requirements of commercial and industrial operations in the production of services and goods have been subject to vast changes. In the present era of globalization and increasing international competition‚ a trend away from vertically integrated organizations has become more and more evident. In fact‚ most companies nowadays tend to solely concentrate on their own core competencies‚ outsourcing

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    [pic] SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF TOYOTA MOTORS INTRODUCTION [pic] Toyota Motor Corporation Founded 1937 Founder Kiichiro Toyoda Headquarters Toyota City‚ Japan; Industry Automotive‚ Robotics Financial services and Biotechnology Products Economy/mainstream/luxury vehicles Revenue USD $203.26 billion (2009) Employees 316‚121 MISSION OF SUPPLY CHAIN Minimizing supply chain costs while keeping a reasonable service level customer

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    constant striving of sustainability throughout the operations and supply chain used by McDonald’s‚ thus providing a competitive advantage in a dynamic and volatile environment. Consumption at the detriment to the environment - that which was once accepted by society as common practice‚ has since migrated to greener thinking‚ urging companies like McDonald’s to implement sustainable practices throughout their operations and supply chains‚ and working to align business needs to societal and environmental

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    The evolving value chain of the car industry The automotive industry is one of the most progressive and forward-thinking industries. It confronts a number of trends that create new challenges while also providing opportunities for growth. One of the major trends is the demands of operating in a “connected” world. For more than 100 years the automotive industry has created competitive advantage mainly through engineering excellence. Moving forward‚ this will no longer be sufficient. Automotive manufacturers

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    CASE STUDY 4. TOYOTA Toyota case study questions: 1. How the corporate strategy of Toyota has evolved from the 30s up to 2010? 2. Describe the elements of the TPS system. Do you know any other “lean” firms? 3. Comment on Toyota’s focus on the customer. How this approach is related to quality? 4. Describe Toyota’s supply chain network (complexity of global SC) 5. Under your point of view‚ which are the reasons behind Toyota’s recalls? 6. Describe the communication actions Toyota undertook for

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    The Toyota Way and Supply Chain Management Jeffrey K. Liker Professor‚ Industrial and Operations Engineering The University of Michigan and Principal‚ Optiprise‚ Inc. Presentation for OESA Lean to Survive Program 2005 © Copyright Jeffrey Liker 2/14/2005Lean Enterprise Excellence Building Page 1 Supplier Gap: Toyota vs Big-3 Supplier Improvement‚ 1990-96 Defects (parts per million) Sales/Direct Employee Inventories/Sales U.S. OEM (Chrysler‚ Ford‚ GM) -47% +1% -6% Toyota -84% +36% -35%

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    of the Toyota and Volkswagen. It also explains about their supply chain relationship of those manufacturers. It also gives the advantages and disadvantages of those companies. I have also compared the strategies of Toyota and Volkswagen. I have collected some details regarding the future scope and threats for both the manufacturers. I have given some general statistics of both the companies. Then I have given some future strategies of those concerns. Definitions: Supply chain: Supply chain encompasses

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    INTRODUCTION 
Company Name: Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV)   Establishment: September 5‚ 1995 (official openning in October 1996)   Investment capital: $US 89.6 million   Business field: - Producing‚ assembling and selling Toyota vehicles - Repairing‚ maintaining and selling Toyota genuine parts - Exporting auto parts   Products: - Hiace‚ Camry‚ Corolla Altis‚ Innova‚ Vios and Fortuner (Locally-produced models) - Land Cruiser‚ Hilux (Imported models)

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    Supply chain management in Toyota Motor Corporation Supply-chain management at Toyota is an element of company’s operations strategy which is thoroughly based on the Toyota Production System (TPS). It was developed in the 1940’s by Shigeo Shingo and Taiichi Ohno. As Toyota’s success gained world-wide coverage‚ at was followed by interest by other companies in TPS‚ the principles of which is expressed by the term of “lean manufacturing” Liker (2005‚ p.16) lists following components of Toyota Supplier

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