STRUCTURE, CONTROLS AND CULTURE OF TOYOTA

Structure, Controls and Culture of Toyota

Structure, Controls and Culture of Toyota

Structure and Control of Toyota

Toyota has made numerous reforms to reduce the impact of waste and the environment, and ongoing program to increase environmentally sound practices. In the area of ??operations, Toyota has managed to reduce energy consumption in North American manufacturing plants are not at 26 percent between 2001-08. Toyota several companies have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification (ie, which meet the standards of US Green Building Council), including technical training center in Miramar, Fla., distribution center facilities in Portland, Ore., is working on 100 percent wind energy and diverts 99 percent of construction waste landfill), and several car dealerships. In 2008, 93 per cent of wastes from the Canadian headquarters of Toyota sales are processed as 71 percent of waste from the headquarters of U.S. sales in fiscal 2009.

Toyota has been Energy Star partner since 2003, and Toyota plants received 14 awards Energy Star since 2006 (ie, its energy efficiency by 25 percent of the industry.) Water use per vehicle has decreased by 20 percent since 2003, and the use of returnable containers for Toyota parts distribution network has saved more than 30 million pounds of wood and 10 million pounds of cardboard since 2003. Toyota has increased the use of materials from renewable resources, in the car, for example, foam-based soybean oil is used in the Corolla and Lexus RX passenger seat, and 20 percent of the interior and Lexus HS 250h luggage cover the field of plastic from renewable resources (Katz,2008).

Toyota Production System uses two types of Kanban to control the production: the production kanban indicates the need to produce more parts, while the transport Kanban signals to remove part of the center and deliver ...