2024 Volume 2024 Issue 39 Pages 115-134
This paper reviews the evolution of sharing and distribution networks for guaranteed recycled parts supplied by Japanese vehicle recyclers from the 1990s to June 2023.
In addition to various types of scrap metal, automobile dismantlers also disassemble used automobile parts. However, used automobile parts cannot be produced systematically or sold quickly when orders are received from mechanics and others. They, therefore, tried to share their removed used parts via the internet network.
In the late 1980s, some networks were born, and in the 1990s, many parts distribution systems emerged. MITI attempted to unify these systems nationwide, but it failed.
This has resulted in the creation of nationwide used parts distribution network companies for parts dealers and mechanics and the wider use of networks outside the industry, such as Yahoo auctions, which can even cater for B to C.
Meanwhile, in the late 2010s, the attempt has begun again to make a national unification of distribution networks among vehicle recyclers.
As a result, Toyota Tsusho is trying to unify the system, but NGP, the largest association, has not yet joined. In addition, the number of foreign companies, particularly Muslim entrepreneurs, has grown in recent years, as well as third-party networks, such as Yahoo Auctions, which can be used more easily, are thriving in Japan.
