"Monozukuri is Hitozukuri" ("Making things is to nurture people") Front line capabilities are forged by people supporting Monozukuri

Staff Development to support mixed-flow production lines (Motomachi Plant)

• The Motomachi Plant produces various powertrains (BEV, FCEV, HEV, ICE) and different shapes/silhouettes (sedan, minivan, SUV) of cars that support Toyota's multi-pathway approach and address customer needs on the same line.
• Each car requires a different working posture and work variation, which places a greater burden on workers than usual. Here, too, wisdom and ingenuity based on the TPS principle of "making someone else's job easier" are reflected in every part of the line, supporting car manufacturing for mass production on ever-changing lines.
  See this Toyota Times article for more information.
• Up to now, we have promoted human resource development through steady improvement activities, quality education, leader training, and the development of multi-skilled workers. The results of these efforts support our mixed-flow production lines.

Passing on Takumi skills through digital technology (Teiho Plant)

• Passing on the skills of craftspeople is a common challenge for many companies in the manufacturing field. Since many of those skills are practical (or tacit) knowledge, it is difficult to acquire the techniques by simply conveying them in words.
• Toyota is using digital technology to visualize those practical skills, developing tools to pass on the skills in an easy-to-understand and simple manner to the next generation, and using these tools for staff training. By digitally analyzing the skills of craftspeople, we are also looking into the possibility of automating these skills in the future.

SDGs goals that this project makes particular contribution to