History

Toyota Motor Corporation ( Toyota Jidsha KK?, IPA: [tojota]) /tot/, abbreviated TMC, is a Japanese multinational automaker headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In 2010, Toyota employed 300,734 people worldwide,[2] and was the third largest automobile manufacturer in 2011 by production behind General Motors and Volkswagen AG.[3] Toyota is the eleventh largest company in the world by revenue. In July 2012 the company reported that it had manufactured its 200 millionth vehicle. [4] The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation group companies are Toyota (including the Scion brand), Lexus, Daihatsu and Hino Motors,[5] along with several "non-automotive" companies.[6] TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.

Vision and mission

Vision Toyota will lead the way to the future of mobility, enriching lives around the world with the safest and most responsible ways of moving people. Through our commitment to quality, constant innovation and respect for the planet,we aim to exceed expectations and be rewarded with a smile. We will meet our challenging goals by engaging the talent and passion of people, who believe there is always a better way. Mission Toyota South Africa is dedicated and committed to: Supplying the range of vehicles, parts, accessories and services to meet the requirements of the South African and export markets that it services Ensuring that products are of outstanding quality, value for money and instil pride of ownership

Core industries and its foundation There are 19 companies under the Toyota among that 13 are very popular and successive industries. We can these companies using another name that is Subsidiaries of TOYOTA GROUP OF COMPANY.

Toyota Industries Corporation (founded in 1926) JTEKT Corporation (1935) Toyota Motor Corporation (1937) Toyota Auto Body, Co. Ltd. (1940) Aichi Steel Corporation (1940) Kanto Auto Works, Ltd. (1945) Toyota Tsusho Corporation (1946) Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (1949) Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (1949) Denso Corporation (1949)

Toyota Boshoku Corporation (1950) Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd. (1953) Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (1960) Toyota Communication Systems Co., Ltd. (2001) Toyota Financial Services Corporation (2000) Daihatsu Motor Co (1907; Toyota owns 51% of the company since 1999.) Hino Motors (diesel trucks and buses. Toyota owns 50.5% of the company since 2001.) Toyofuji Shipping Co. (Shipping company for Toyota vehicles overseas)

Affiliates or partially owned subsidiaries

Tesla Motors - American electric vehicle maker, partnered with Toyota to create the secondgeneration Toyota RAV4 EV. (Toyota owns 10% of the company) Kyoho kai group - Auto parts company - 211 companies. Kyouei kai group - Logistic/facility company - 123 companies. Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., manufacturer of Subaru automobiles. (Toyota owns 16.5% of the company.) Isuzu Motors Ltd. (Toyota owns 5.9% of the company.) Misawa Homes Holdings, Inc. (Toyota owns 13.4% of the company.) United Australian Automobile Industries (UAAI) - a joint venture between Toyota Australia and GMHolden (1989 to 1996) New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) - a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors (1984 to 2010) Primearth EV Energy Co (PEVE) - a joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic (1996 to present)

Support for the Education

At Toyota, we are committed to improving education by supporting programs that offer the tools and training to help enrich peoples lives. The Toyota U.S.A. Foundations $100 million endowment supports K12 programs in math, science and environmental science. In addition to the work of the Foundation, we also have programs dedicated to improving family literacy, providing continuing education opportunities for teachers, and promoting excellence in education by supporting neighborhood schools as well as national organizations. We also support scholarship programs in order to offer exemplary students the opportunity to pursue higher education. Our Education Programs reflect our commitment to representing and engaging diverse populations and communities. We are also proud to partner with nonprofit organizations across the U.S. in the local communities where we live and work. Education is more than whats learned in schools. Its about seeing what life has to offer by interacting with the outside world in unique ways. Thats why Toyota sponsors national programs that challenge todays

youth and the adults who influence them to acquire new knowledge by sharing with one another and experiencing the world outside their communities. One of our longest partnerships is with the National Center for Family Literacy. Since 1991, Toyota has committed over $36 million to establish model literacy programs across the U.S.

Source TOYOTA website

KENTUCKY COMMUNITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (KCTCS)

Kentucky Community Technical College System (KCTCS) helps ensure that Kentucky residents receive the education they need to get the job they want. Toyota has donated $500,000 to KCTCS to help build and further develop the Center for Excellence in Automotive Manufacturing (CEAM). Designed to train future workforces, CEAM provides hands-on training and real-world education for students pursuing a career in the automotive field.

Providing Scholarships

SCHOLARSHIPS
Toyota has long supported a wide variety of scholarship programs, many of which focus on students in diverse and underserved communities. We firmly believe in supporting those in pursuit of higher learning to help all individuals achieve their full potential. Below is a guide to the scholarships we fund. Please use the links provided to visit the organizations own websites for further information and to view the actual applications.

American Indian College Since 1999, Toyota has supported an annual scholarship program that Fund provides educational funding to Native Americans. Association of Each year, Toyota supports a Toyota Scholar on each of the 20 independent Independent Kentucky college and university campuses across the state of Kentucky. Colleges and Universities Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Since 1988, Toyota has provided more than $4 million for merit-based scholarships to the HSF. In 2000, the Toyota/HSF Scholarship High School Program opened to students from 34 selected universities across the country.

In June 2004, Toyota awarded $1.25 million over 5 years to an endowment Marine Corps Scholarship fund through the MCSF. In perpetuity, $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to Foundation (MCSF) Toyota Scholars from each of the companys twelve regions across the U.S. Toyota provides annual scholarships to FFA members pursuing a four-year college degree in any area of agriculture. In 2004, Toyota committed $561,000 over four years to the San Antonio Toyota/FFA Diversity Initiative. This aims to increase minority students awareness of agriculture careers. Established in 1988, the Toyota/UNCF program awards 40 scholarships a year to students at seven UNCF member colleges and universities. To date, more than $4 million in scholarships have been awarded.

National FFA

United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

In 1975, Toyota became the first corporate sponsor of YFU, and has since Youth For Understanding awarded over 500 scholarships that help enable students to spend the summer with a host family in order to learn about their culture through total (YFU) immersion.

Non automative activities

Aerospace

Toyota is a minority shareholder in Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, having invested US$67.2 million in the new venture which will produce the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, slated for first deliveries in 2013.[129] Toyota has also studied participation in the general aviation market and contracted with Scaled Composites to produce a proof-of-concept aircraft, the TAA-1 in 2002.[130]

[edit]Philanthropy

The Toyota Municipal Museum of Art in Aichi, sponsored by the manufacturer Toyota is supporter of the Toyota Family Literacy Program along with National Center for Family Literacy, helping low-income community members for education, United Negro College Fund (40 annual scholarships), National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (US$1 million) among others.[131] Toyota created the Toyota USA Foundation.

[edit]Higher education Toyota established the Toyota Technological Institute in 1981, as Sakichi Toyoda had planned to establish a university as soon as he and Toyota became successful. Toyota Technological Institute founded the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago in 2003. Toyota is supporter of the "Toyota Driving Expectations Program," "Toyota Youth for Understanding Summer Exchange Scholarship Program," "Toyota International Teacher Program," "Toyota TAPESTRY," "Toyota Community Scholars" (scholarship for high school students), "United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Internship Program," and "Toyota Funded Scholarship."[132] It has contributed to a number of local education and scholarship programs for the University of Kentucky, Indiana, and others.[132]

[edit]Robotics Main article: Toyota Partner Robot

Toyota trumpet-playing robot In 2004, Toyota showcased its trumpet-playing robot.[133] Toyota has been developing multitask robots destined for elderly care, manufacturing, and entertainment. A specific example of Toyota's involvement

in robotics for the elderly is the Brain Machine Interface. Designed for use with wheelchairs, it "allows a person to control an electric wheelchair accurately, almost in real-time", with his mind.[134] The thought controls allow the wheelchair to go left, right and forward with a delay between thought and movement of just 125 milliseconds.[134]

[edit]Agricultural biotechnology Toyota invests in several small start-up businesses and partnerships in biotechnology, including:

P.T. Toyota Bio Indonesia in Lampung, Indonesia Australian Afforestation Pty. Ltd. in Western Australia and Southern Australia Toyota Floritech Co., Ltd. in Rokkasho-Mura, Kamikita District, Aomori Prefecture Sichuan Toyota Nitan Development Co., Ltd. in Sichuan, China Toyota Roof Garden Corporation in Miyoshi-Cho, Aichi Prefecture

World famous Toyotas 4P 14 principles of success

The 14 principles of Toyota

The Toyota success story is based in the so called 4P model which reflect the 14 principles of the Toyota way. The four letters P implies: Philosophy, Process, People and partners and Problem solving.

Philosophy
1. Base your management decisions on long-term philosophy, even at the expence of short-term financial goals.

Process
2. Create a continuous process flow that brings problems to the surface. 3. Use "pull" systems to avoid overproduction. 4. Level out the workload. 5. Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time. 6. Standardized tasks and processes are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment. 7. Use visual control so no problems are hidden. 8. Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes

People and partners

9. Grow leaders whothoroghly understand the work, live the philosophy and teach it to others. 10. Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company's philosophy 11. Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challanging them and helping them iomprove.

Problem solving
12. Go and se for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation. 13. Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroghly considering all options; implememt decisions rapidly. 14. Become a learning organization through relentless reflection and continuous improvement.