Toyota Comprehensive Warehouse Management System

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B. Toyota Comprehensive Warehouse Management System (Toyota WMS) Today, Toyota continues to seek to improve the efficiency of its systems to maintain a high position in the market (Toyota Global Website). Toyota has leveraged a variety of information technologies in establishing its renowned Toyota Production System (TPS), often considered a major precursor of lean manufacturing and a focus on total elimination of waste. The Toyota Comprehensive Warehouse Management System (Toyota WMS) provides widespread management for warehouses and logistics centers of the entire process from the time goods are received, to stocking and location management, and to delivery. People, goods, and information are tightly managed. Muri, mura, and muda (Japanese…show more content…
For instance, Toyota Motor Europe uses a Vehicle Order Management System which is based on Oracle E-Business Suite software. It encompasses several business processes. It begins with the customer selecting a car with various customizations, such as tinted windows and a navigation system at a dealership. The car dealer uses the system to configure a car to the customer’s specifications, prices the car, and determines whether the car already exists within the Toyota supply chain, or must be scheduled for future production. Ultimately, the dealer uses the system to place the order through the national distributors. The national distributor consolidates this order with those of their other dealers and, in turn, places an order through the Toyota Motor Europe headquarters. Toyota Motor Europe merges orders from the national distributors and places an order with Toyota Manufacturing factories throughout Europe. Each car is shipped and invoiced from factory to headquarters, headquarters to national distributors, and national distributors to dealers/retailers. All accounting procedures are automated for each step. Each car is tracked during its entire…show more content…
The traditional way of training and disseminating knowledge through regular classroom teaching is no longer efficient. Accordingly, Toyota selected Vuepoint in 2002, which is characterized by its flexibility, ease of use, and its suitability for Toyota’s multilingual and multicultural stakeholders. Vuepoint's comprehensive e-Learning software (VLS) almost immediately enabled Toyota to rapidly channel knowledge about its products and services throughout the entire value chain. This software has helped cultivate the sense of community between Toyota's channels of distribution. Warehouses, suppliers, and dealers all receive time-sensitive data such as point-of-sales and demand at the same time. Toyota uses the software to emphasize ubiquitous quality control. Along with reductions in defective components, this has improved employee-management relationships. Front-line employees feel that they are just as vital to Toyota's success as their superiors. The system also accommodates 25 languages, is available in over 30 countries, and has saved Toyota over 11 million dollars in training costs from 2002 to

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