The European Chamber of Commerce in China, South China Chapter is delighted to invite members to join visit of the GAC Toyota Motor plant in Guangzhou. With a guided tour, visitors can see how parts are welded and assembled to form a complete vehicle.
About GAC Toyota Motor
GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (GTMC) was incorporated on September 1st, 2004, as a joint-venture vehicle project, established and operated by Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd and Toyota Motor Corporation.
Toyota Motor Corporation's vehicle production system is a way of "making things" that is sometimes referred to as a "lean manufacturing system" or a "Just-in-Time (JIT) system," and has come to be well known and studied worldwide.
This production control system has been established based on many years of continuous improvements, with the objective of "making the vehicles ordered by customers in the quickest and most efficient way, in order to deliver the vehicles as quickly as possible."
The Toyota Production System (TPS) was established based on two concepts: The first is called "Jidoka" (which can be loosely translated as "automation with a human touch") which means that when a problem occurs, the equipment stops immediately, preventing defective products from being produced; The second is the concept of "Just-in-Time," in which each process produces only what is needed by the next process in a continuous flow. Based on the basic philosophies of Jidoka and Just-in-Time, the TPS can efficiently and quickly produce vehicles of sound quality, one at a time, that fully satisfy customer requirements. During this visit to the plant, Toyota will deliver an exciting presentation to our members on the Toyota Production System, an important pillar of Lean Production System.
Agenda of the Toyota plant visit
10:00-10:10 introduction of Toyota plant model (in English language)
10:10-10:40 guided visit at Toyota assembly workshop (in English language)
10:40-11:10 presentation of lean manufacturing by representative of Toyota Training Centre (in Chinese language with interpretation)
Shuttle bus information
Shuttle bus will be arranged from European Chamber Guangzhou office to the GAC Toyota Motor plant.
Leave European Chamber Guangzhou office at 08:45 to GAC Toyota Motor plant.
Leave GAC Toyota Motor plant at 11:10 to European Chamber Guangzhou office
European Chamber Guangzhou office Address: (Tower A, China Shine Plaza, Tianhe District, Guangzhou广州市天河区林和西路9号耀中广场A座)
Additional bus fee is RMB 50.
Please note that the deadline for registering for the plant visit is Oct. 23rd, 6 pm. Limited seats - Members-first.
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