Supply System Of Toyota Service Parts Analysis

Supply of auto parts in the period of sales and after service is a very important work. Toyota is famous of its advanced management in auto industry and its supply of auto parts is characteristic. There are four hierarchies of Toyota's supply system of auto parts. They are producers, CPD,FPD and DLR and cooperate with each other smoothly according to the rule of Just-In-Time. Thus, Toyota has basically ensured the orderly operation and high efficiency of auto parts supply. But with the changes and development of macro economy, competition of auto industry is pricking up and consumers' requirements are getting higher and higher. Considering this situation, the weak points of Toyota auto parts supply system including disorder of producers system, high cost of conveyance, inefficiency of management and inconvenient sales system emerge gradually. To solve these problems, Toyota has made great endeavors to optimize its auto parts supply system with the strategy of integration. At the same time, I has made some adaptive adjustments to deal with the impact of international financial crisis and unique consumption psychology of Chinese consumers. As a result, its control of auto parts supply is strengthened and the anti-risk capacity is improved so that consumers' demands can be better matched. However, with the increase of operating risks and the adjustments of existing producing model, there are still some problems for Toyota to think over.