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Keeping Supplies on Hand at Toyota Motor Manufacturing

From Spacesaver Industrial

There are many advantages to consolidation, especially when a manufacturer can keep its plants at full capacity. To do just that, Toyota combined its Tacoma and Tundra operations at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMX) plant in San Antonio, Texas.

But it also created a challenge: How to effectively store spare parts for production machinery, as well other items, in its General Stores area and avoid a facility expansion. Tougher yet, storage space in General Stores was already maxed out. Plus, materials needed to be organized and extremely easy to access in keeping with Toyota's legendary passion for efficiency.

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