TMC Announces Regular Organizational Changes

Toyota City, Japan, December 19, 2014―Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces the following regular organizational changes to take effect on January 1, 2015.

A. Unit Center

The Unit Management Division will be reorganized. The Die & Mold Division will be reorganized and also renamed.

In order to increase the pace and efficiency of management functions at the Teiho Plant, which is the responsibility of the Unit Management Division, operations will be transferred to the Die & Mold Division and the division will be renamed to reflect the division's operations (unit die engineering).

Kamigo Plant Administration Division and Shimoyama Plant Administration Division will be reorganized.

Both plants produce engines, and their Administration Divisions, which are responsible for basic planning and operations, will be integrated to carry out more highly strategic production plans and increase the efficiency of common operations.

Miyoshi Plant Administration Division, Miyoshi Plant Manufacturing Engineering Service Division, Miyoshi Plant Machining Division 1, Miyoshi Plant Machining Division 2, Myochi Plant Administration Division, and Myochi Plant Quality Control Division will be reorganized.

Both plants produce drive transmission units, and their Administration Divisions, which are responsible for basic planning and operations, will be integrated to carry out more strategic production planning and increase the efficiency of common operations. In addition, an integrated Quality Control Division for both the Miyoshi Plant and Myochi Plant will be established to reinforce quality audit functions.

B. IT & ITS Group

The IT & ITS Planning Division will be renamed.

The name of the division will be changed to reflect its focus on planning and implementation of ITS-related projects.

C. Accounting Group

The BR Profit Information Management Department will be dissolved.

The department will be dissolved since the framework for profit management on the individual business unit level―the objective when the department was established, has taken root as a standard part of operations in the Accounting Group.

D. Customer First Promotion Group

The Parts and Accessories Division and C&A Development Division will be reorganized and renamed.

Overseas parts and special equipment functions, which are handled by both the C&A Development Division and the Parts and Accessories Division, will be consolidated in the C&A Operations Division.

By integrating all aspects of overseas parts operations from planning and development to sales and quality assurance, the aim is to establish an organization that can respond in a more timely manner to market needs.

E. R&D Group

Divisions in the Electronics Engineering Field will be reorganized and renamed.

The Electronics Advanced Development Division will be established to consolidate cutting-edge advanced development operations for 2020 and beyond within the field in order to reinforce cutting-edge advanced development.

Powertrain control (Electronics Development Division 2) and chassis control (Electronics Development Division 4) will be consolidated to respond to the advancement of cutting-edge safety (collaborative control of driving, turning, and stopping) and to support the development of human resources for electronic control engineering.

In addition, the division names will be changed to more precisely reflect their operations.

The Fuel Cell System Engineering Field will be reorganized.

Advanced development (Fuel Cell System Development Division) and vehicle development (Fuel Cell System Engineering Division) will be integrated so that the valuable experience and knowledge obtained from fuel cell vehicle development can be used in future projects and to facilitate more flexible use of resources.

F. Vehicle Production Engineering & Manufacturing Group

The Plant Engineering Division will be renamed.

The division name will be changed to reflect the deeper search for environmental, energy, and CO2 reducing technologies.

After the above changes are implemented, the number of divisions will decrease to 222 from the current 227.