Since the series of calamities from Toyota owned Daihatsu Motor’s production line leading to safety concerns for units shipped out, Toyota Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. have announced the decision to reform the overseas business structure of both companies.
Parent company Toyota said an implementation structure will be established to thoroughly prevent the recurrence of procedural irregularities at Daihatsu. It said the Emerging-market Compact Car Company, which spanned the organisations of both Toyota and Daihatsu will be dissolved while Toyota will now take responsibility for overseas businesses from development to certification, and Daihatsu will be commissioned to handle the actual development.
- As Toyota Compact Car Company will be the contractor of Daihatsu, Toyota said it will be responsible for the entire process from development to certification. Transferring the business and product management function to the Business & Sales Unit of Toyota Other areas related to subcontracting, including resource management and optimization, will also be reported to Toyota to strengthen the partnership.
Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. will become the Asia Regional Headquarters, belonging to the Asia Region of Toyota, and be renamed “Toyota Motor Asia. The group said ” Based on the upcoming structural change, we aim to make the two companies in the Asia region more self-reliant and increase their collaboration.
