Changes of Mother Plant System and Overseas : The Case of Global Production Center of Toyota and Toyota Kiloskar Motor

Abstract

In this paper we examine changes of mother plant system through the case of Toyota. Mother plant system is used for transferring production system in many Japanese firms. Mother plant supports production of foreign plants. After 2000's, Toyota's production in overseas grew rapidly. With growth of production in overseas, numbers of foreign factories grew too. When Toyota increases its production volume in overseas, many problems have been occurred. Global Production Center (GPC) is established to solve problems of mother plant system. GPC decreases burdens of mother plant and make home country's knowledge easier to transfer.