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Reorganization of the Headquarters
In recent years, both the scale and speed of changes in thestrengthened those functions where the headquarters hadbusiness environment surrounding Toyota Industries,

not previously played a sufficiently satisfactory role.

including market needs and technological development, haveSpecifically, the Corporate Center sets company-wide

increased as never before. Unless we cope with the changes

management strategies, allocates management resources,

flexibly, we cannot survive in the face of unrelenting global

creates new growth businesses by moving into areas wherecompetition. It is also increasingly important to develop

we can apply our advantages, and develops management

technological and market synergies among our various

personnel. The Business Support Center provides eachbusinesses in order to create new values. As we build up ourbusiness division and the Corporate Center departments with

global business presence and advance into new businesshighly specialized expertise.

fields, it is vital that we reinforce the functions of theheadquarters, which is responsible for plotting the course of
the Company and acting as a catalyst for corporate growth.

Headquarters’ Structural ReformIn January 2002, we embarked on a reorganization of theCorporate Center

headquarters with the aim of making full use of the strengths
generated by our diverse business universe and promoting aExisting Headquarters

Functions that support corporate management

higher level of growth and prosperity.
Based on its key functions, the headquarters was divided

Business Support Center

into the Corporate Center, which is responsible for theFunctions that support businesses

strategy and administration of the Company as a whole, andthe Business Support Center, which provides support andDividing the existing headquarters into two functionally distinct
organizations: a “Corporate Center” and a “Business Support Center”

services to divisions and departments. As a result of thismove, we believe the role of the headquarters became clearer,enabling improved business efficiency and faster decisionmaking. We also established new departments andStaff at the headquarters are also expected to change their
way of thinking to a strategically oriented type. Bytransforming itself into a service-oriented entity with highly
specialized expertise in order to provide optimal support andservices, the headquarters will be able to act as a unifying
force in the pursuit of clear strategic goals.
The headquarters will delegate even more authority for
day-to-day operations to the individual divisions and the inhouse company. This will enable each division to act as anautonomous entity, allowing swifter, more flexible and selfsufficient management in line with each division’scharacteristics.

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Corporate Organization

Corporate Center
Board of Directors

TOYOTA Material Handling Company

Functions that support corporate
management• Formulating corporate strategy for the entirecompany• Searching for and developing new businesses• Strengthening TPS (Toyota Production System),etc.

Chairman

Textile Machinery Division
Compressor Division
Vehicle Division
Engine Division

President

Business Support Center
Functions that support businesses
This section will provide services that are
essential to the operations of business units andother departments.

Technology Development Center
Mechatronics & Engineering Sub-Division
Machinery & Tools Sub-Division

Strengthening the Rolesof the Headquarters

catalyst in producing new value and a spur to the development

As part of the recent reorganization, we have established thestrategies within the context of our latest technologicalBusiness Planning Department in the Corporate Center indevelopment and company-wide management strategies.

and execution of our medium- to long-term technologicalorder to focus our accumulated information, expertise andThe Toyota Production System (“TPS”), which was originallytechnologies on the task of continually and systematicallyformulated by Toyota Motor Corporation, also symbolizes ourgenerating ideas for the creation of new products andbasic concept of production and serves as one of theservices that may develop into future business pillars.

essential sources of our competitiveness. In order to fully

We have also set up the Technical Planning Department toestablish TPS within Toyota Industries and familiarize more

unify and administer our diverse technologies. An organic

employees with the system, we set up a specialized

combination of our technological resources will act both as adepartment within the Corporate Center.

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