Report on Toyota Car Manufacturer Company

Running head: Toyota Car Manufacturer Company 1
Supply chain management
Toyota manufacturing company

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Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 3
Toyota....................................................................................................................... 3
Key flows in Supply chain.................................................................................................. 5
Information flow.......................................................................................................... 6
Product flow................................................................................................................ 6
Cash Flow.................................................................................................................. 8
Return flow................................................................................................................. 9
Make Process Analysis.................................................................................................... 10
Production plan process................................................................................................ 10
Master production scheduling (MPS)............................................................................... 11
Recommendation and justification...................................................................................12
Supply Chain Forecasting................................................................................................ 13
Demand Forecasting and Planning...................................................................................13
Conclusion................................................................................................................... 16
References................................................................................................................... 17

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Introduction
Supply chain management is considered as the management of the flows of goods and
services. It comprises the association and storage of raw materials, inventory of work in progress
and the detail of finished goods from origin point to consumption. The importance of supply
chain management is vital in every organization because it is able to optimize the operation to
increase the efficiency and speed of the work flow. The report will focus on supply chain
management of Toyota Manufacturer Automobile Company. The key flows in supply chain of
Toyota Company will be described with complete understanding.
Toyota
Toyota Motor Corporation is the multinational automobiles manufacturer company of
Japan. The head quarter of this company is situated in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The employees of
this company are 364,445 approximately worldwide. Akio Toyoda is the present CEO of Toyota
Company. It is the fifth largest company in all over the world in the context of revenues. As of
now, Toyota is the largest automotive manufacturer company in all over the world. It was first
automobile manufacture that produced more than 10 million vehicles per year. Toyota Car
Manufacturer Company has been using its principles to manufacture the consistent car as well as
sustainable development of society through occupies innovative and super quality products and
services.

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Figure 1: Brand Power of Toyota
Source :(Bhasin, 2016).
Toyota is used differentiation cost and low cost as generic strategies to gain a competitive
advantage in the automobile industry.
The philosophy of Toyota is people and perfection that is why it includes a set of tools that are
designed in a way to support people in the term of improving constantly (Christopher, et. al.,
2017). For instance, one piece flow is a very demanding process in Toyota Company that hastily
surfaces issues that requires fast solution.