Capacity management in action at Toyota

Students learn in operations management that one way of increasing the production capacity of existing fixed assets is to add an extra shift to the working week. Here is a good example of this action in reverse…

A good article for production and operations in the Times.

In response to falling demand for new cars, Toyota is planning to reduce the number of daily shifts at its main UK plant in Burnaston (Derbyshire). There are no plans to make anyone redundant.

Toyota says it will adopt a similar shift-cutting strategy at its engine-making plant in Poland and has announced plans to cut back production in the US.