Toyota Announces Organizational Changes

Toyota Announces Organizational Changes
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces organizational changes to become effective January 1, 2009. The changes aim to strengthen TMC's organizational capacity by focusing on functions and expertise, fostering human resources and accumulating knowledge and know-how that will result in the development of more solid business operations as a truly global enterprise. Details of the changes are below.

Reorganization and establishment

A. Government & Public Affairs Group

The Global External Affairs Division and the Public Affairs Division will be reorganized into the Overseas External Affairs Division and the Public Affairs Division.

The aim is to realize prompter response to inquiries from around the world and to strengthen information dissemination capacities as well as strategic functions through global headquarters by gathering and unifying public affairs functions currently performed separately by the Global External Affairs Division and the Public Affairs Division.

B. Accounting Group

The Affiliated Companies Finance Division and the Accounting Division will be reorganized into the Affiliated Companies Finance Department, the Accounting Division and the Finance Division.

The aim is to strengthen consolidated business management and the financial management system by establishing the Finance Division through the bringing together of financial capital functions.

C. Europe & Africa Operations Group

The Europe Division and the Africa Division will be reorganized into the Europe & Africa Project Division and the Europe & Africa Sales/Marketing Division.

The aim is to strengthen business planning in Africa and Central Asia and to conduct business promotion activities covering both Europe and Africa by reorganizing the Europe Division and the Africa Division based on their project and marketing operations.

D. Production Engineering Group

The Hirose Plant Quality Control Division will be established.

The aim is to strengthen the quality control system for semiconductors employed in hybrid vehicles.

Division name changes

A. Customer Service Operations Group

The name of the Kaizen Development & Support Division will be changed to the Toyota Sales Logistics Division.

The aim is to have the division's name more accurately reflect the division's operations, thereby making the division's function more understandable within and outside the company.


B. Manufacturing Group

The name of the Tsutsumi Plant Machining Division will be changed to the Tsutsumi Plant Unit Manufacturing Division.

The aim is to have the division's name more accurately reflect the division's operations, thereby making the division's function more understandable within and outside the company.

As a result of the above changes, the number of divisions will increase from 250 to 251.



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