Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that starting in February, it has shortened the maximum operating hours of its domestic vehicle factories by an average of 30 minutes per day. The aim is to create surplus capacity at production sites and strengthen human resource development and training, as well as to improve quality in response to a series of fraud cases at group companies.
Toyota's domestic finished car plants normally operate two shifts a day, each with a working time of around 8 hours, but overtime is required at locations that produce popular models, and an upper limit has been set on the working hours including this. .
According to Toyota, this upper limit of operating hours has been reduced by about 30 minutes per day on average at all domestic car factories since February.
At Toyota, the production volume has increased as the semiconductor shortage has been resolved, and the burden on production sites has increased, but the company hopes to create surplus capacity and strengthen human resource development and training by shortening time.
The company also says that this initiative aims to improve quality, as there have been a number of issues related to fraud in the acquisition of certification at group companies such as Daihatsu Motor and Toyota Industries.
Toyota says, ``The number of production cars and projects has been increasing, so we would like to take a pause and solidify our footing.''