Toshiba The company's semiconductor division has been improving its system since 1997 to adjust demand-supply better and provide customers with more accurate delivery schedules. The company has been working on a reform of SCM at its PC division since August 1996. As a result, it reduced the cycle for sales and shipment planning to a weekly basis from a monthly one. The company improved its production planning function at its hard disk division, slashing the time required for the process to around two weeks from two months. The company has been disclosing its inventory data at its logistics center to processed food makers and others since April 1997.
Makers automatically refill their products.
It reduced inventory, and results in fresher products sold at shops. The company has been integrating its businesses from order-taking to production planning with a plan to implement the first system under its new system development project called Production New Arrow Project in the first quarter of 1999. Inc. All Rights Reserved.