Essay On Toyota Information System

Information system used:

Information system is a combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. The information system is important in today’s digital business scenario for the development of a global economy, changing to industrial economies and growth of business enterprise.

In this part of the project we will explain the different information systems used by Toyota.

Based on sizes, the information systems used by Toyota are divided into

- Personal: Using blackberry and other PDA devices

- Departmental: Production, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Human resources, R&D.

- Organizational: Enterprise Recourse Planning, Customer Relationship management, Business Intelligence.

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- Increasing efficiency and productivity: The WSM increases the inventory accuracy and efficiency in the receiving process and faster inventory turns. This in turn leads to improved productivity. This helps in managing time by checking the inventory movement and reducing the level of safety stock required. Accuracy in the inventory records is also improved. All this is supporting the Just in Time (JIT) approach of Toyota and increasing the working capital utilization.

- Efficiency in warehouse space management: In addition to reduction in safety-stock requirements, the WMS is also helping to increase the storage capacity in warehouse by more efficiently locating items in relation to receiving, assembly, packing, and shipping points. Moreover the items are properly organized in a certain way. This can reduce inventory holding costs significantly.

- Reducing inventory paperwork: Implementing the WSM has significantly reduced the paperwork that were earlier associated with warehouse operations. This has ensured more accurate, reliable and timely flow of inventory and