🌍 TPP CASE STUDY - Toyota

Question 1

Where was Toyota first established?

Answer 1

Japan 1937
In 1959 its first overseas plant opened in Brazil

Question 2

What had Toyota achieved by 2004?

Answer 2

• It was the 1/3 largest manufacturer producing 1 VEHICLE every 6 SECONDS
• 12 PLANTS and 11 SUBSIDIARY companies in Japan
• 51 manufacturing companies in 26 COUNTRIES
• Employs 250,000 worldwide
• Sold nearly 6.72m vehicles in over 140 countries

Question 3

What are Toyota stats in the UK?

Answer 3

20% of Toyota motors UK production for home market
75% exported to Europe
5% to the rest of the world

Question 4

Toyota in 1992

Answer 4

First cars were produced and Toyota is now the UK’s 4th largest exporter of fully built cars

Question 5

Why did Toyota locate in Burnaston?

Answer 5

Toyota believes in a policy of locating its vehicles to meet the specific needs of Europes customers.
Whether Toyota is manufacturing, researching, developing, it is located within the communities they sense

Question 6

What was the reasoning for Toyotas UK location? and why did they move?

Answer 6

The location of the engine plant alongside vehicle manufacturing plant would have reduced Toyota’s ;long term capacity to expand and therefore restricted opportunity

Question 7

Positives of Toyotas Uk location?

Answer 7

-The UK offers solid industrial transport links + 230 British supply partners
-Excellent workforce
Favourable working practices

Question 8

Why is the UK such a good language and country to host Toyota?

Answer 8

• Supportive positive attitude to INWARD investment from British government at a local and national level
• Eng language is the 2nd language in Japan making communication + integration easier

Question 9

Why did Derbyshire + Flintshire prove to be an attractive proposition?

Answer 9

Derbyshire was offering a site of almost 600 acres at Benaston which was
-7 miles from Derby city centre
- Relatively flat making the land easy to develop
- Both locations offered good transportation links to the EU + UK

Question 10

What were the 4 overarching benefits of Derbyshire and Flintshire to Toyota?

Answer 10

• Flexible workforce
• Business and personal support services to help company and people integrate with local communities
• Sites provided effective infrastructure (electricity, water, gas and telephones)
• Strong roots from local community of manufacturing and engineering