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Purchasing Dept. No.1
Purchasing in Japan  Main Purchasing Items Substance
Press Group
- Pressed panel parts
- Screw parts (bolts, nuts, pins)
- Suppliers with construction and technical strengths capable of furnishing press parts to the Kyushu region (Saga Prefecture) at low cost

Seats Group

- Outer materials for automotive seats(urethane parts, felt parts)
- Assembly of small products for automotive seats
- Suppliers with construction and technical strengths capable of furnishing auto parts to the Tohoku region (Iwate Prefecture) and Kyushu region (Saga Prefecture) at low cost
Purchasing Dept. No.2

Purchasing in Japan

Main Purchasing Items Substance

Interior 1 Group
(resin parts)

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Automobile interior trim parts

(resin parts, molded non-woven cloth parts, etc.)
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Electronic parts for automotive interior

(room lamp, illumination )
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Wire harness for seats

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General electronic parts

- Suppliers capable of furnishing resin parts (more than 250t)  at low cost and certainly keep the quality and delivery date
- Suppliers capable of proposing and evaluating new materials and manufacturing methods for automotive interior trim
- Suppliers capable of furnishing room lamp, illumination, and wire harness at low cost, and capable of proposing and evaluating new materials and manufacturing methods

Interior 2 Group
(general automobile
interior parts,・
electronic parts)

Purchasing Dept. No.3
Purchasing in Japan  Main Purchasing Items Substance

Facility Group

- Various tools, machine and equipment, mold tool
- Suppliers capable of ensuring reliable quality and delivery management
- Suppliers capable of furnishing products at lower cost and with higher quality than those the company is currently purchasing
- Suppliers capable of furnishing press parts, rubber and resign parts at low cost, ensuring reliable quality and delivery management
- Suppliers capable of proposing and evaluating new materials and manufacturing methods about engine functional components

Materials Group

- Consumables, miscellaneous goods
- Industrial chemicals, oils and fats, fuels, etc.
- Resign, urethene, steel materials
- Epidermis materials such as Fabrics, carpets, ceilings

Prototype
Production Group

- Parts for prototype

FPT *1 Group

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Parts for air cleaners and oil cleaners

(press parts, rubber, resin parts, ducts, etc.)
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Materials for air cleaners and oil cleaners

(filter materials, resin, urethane, etc.)
Global Purchasing Planning Dept.
  Main Activities Substance

Global Purchasing

Planning Group
- Support for activities to improve profits of integrated projects with global organizations
- Support for purchasing functions and basic strengthening of purchasing centered on the Regional Management & Collaboration Hubs(Four global bases)
- Plan and implement the conference on purchasing
- Suppliers capable of proposing the "most suitable purchasing and manufacturing" for the oversers organizations
Purchasing in Japan General Group
- Management of purchasing planning and suppliers
- Construction of purchasing system and its support
 
Global SPTT & Quality Dept.
  Main Activities Substance

Global Purchasing

SPTT *2 Group
- Establishment of a "system enabling timely supplies of outsourced parts with quality, quantity, and cost advantages" through promotion of global SPTT activities
- Suppliers with systems enabling timely supplies of parts with quality, quantity, and cost advantages

Purchasing in Japan

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Establishment of a "system enabling timely supplies of outsourced parts with quality, quantity, and cost advantages" through promotion of SPTT activities in Japan

- Suppliers with systems enabling timely supplies of parts with quality, quantity, and cost advantages

Quality Control Group

- Activities to achieve "zero defects in deliveries" through promotion of activities to improve the quality of products from suppliers under the "mass" production control system
- Suppliers capable of ensuring reliable quality and delivery management
- Suppliers capable of satisfying requested quality characteristic of Toyota Boshoku and establishing daily quality control responsive to 4M fluctuations
*1 FPT: abbreviation for Filtration and Power Train Components
*2 SPTT: abbreviation for Supplier Parts Tracking Team
(team activities to manage production preparations for outsourced parts)
   
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