Toyota sets up exclusive National Parts Centre

Bangalore, Aug 25: Automobile major Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), today inaugurated a 10,800 sq m National Parts Centre (NPC) built at a cost of Rs 24 crore in its sprawling 432-acre plant at Bidadi, 35 km from here.

The NPC, which had the potential to expand four times in size, would cater to the service parts current and future demand for Toyota vehicles across the country. The Centre would employ 102 people for the present.

Inaugurating the Centre, Toyota Motor Corporation Executive Vice President Yoshimi Inaba said ''We service around 2,400 Toyota vehicles a day through 57 dealer service outlets across the country.

The NPC is geared to handle not just the current demands of our business, but also our future expansion plans as well,'' he informed.

Service parts from the NPC would be supplied to the Regional Parts Centre situated at Gurgaon and 26 service outlets, mostly in central and south India. Daily supply to all dealers would be ensured through dedicated Transystem trucks based on Toyota's world-famous principles of supply chain management using the Milk-run concept.

Standardised daily despatch plan, standard fixed routes and other systems form the backbone for daily supply to Dealerships.

Transystem currently operated 11 trucks across the main routes and 17 smaller trucks to further reach the end-point. Transystem was a joint venture of Mitsui and Transport Corporation of India.

UNI