Analyzing of supply chain drivers on example of Toyota Company.
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:57:24
1. Introduction.
In order to understand how Toyota Company have improved its supply chain performance in terms of responsiveness and efficiency, we should examine four supply chain drivers: inventory, transportation, facilities and information. Above-mentioned drivers not only determine the supply chain's performance in terms of responsiveness and efficiency, they also determine whether strategic fit is achieved across the supply chain.
Consider this framework for Toyota Company as the objective of my analysis. Toyota's competitive strategy is
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cars, which possess these features, and hence decrease opportunity window for automaker.
Globalization: difficulties with coordination of business units, competition from GM, Ford, and Honda.
Difficulty Executing New Strategies: current strategy is perfect, but then after influence of different factors company will face with the need of change, it should not only understand, but know how to execute something especially new.
Increasingly Demanding Customers: matching customer's expectations and perceptions, providing better quality for same price.
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