Toyota Motors Information System

Submitted by

Amita Makkar

Neha Sutar

Rahul Katoch

Rashmi Batra

Rohit Tharwani
 Acknowelegment
We are very thankful to our Faculty Prof Ritu Khanna who have given us such an opportunity to
work on this project of Management Information system .
Index
1. Introduction of Company

2. Introduction About Warehouseing Management System

3. Features of WMS

4. Benefits of WMS

5. WMS in Toyota
Introduction of Company

Toyota Motor Corporation (Japanese: トヨタ自動車株式会社?) Toyota

Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha (TYO: 7203), commonly known simply as Toyota, is a
multinational corporation headquartered in Japan and the world's largest automaker by
sales. Toyota employs approximately 320,808 people worldwide.

The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a spinoff from his

father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934,
while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A
engine, and, in 1936, its first passenger car, the Toyota AA. Toyota also owns and
operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake
in Daihatsu and Hino Motors, and minority shareholdings in Fuji Heavy Industries, Isuzu
Motors, Yamaha Motors, and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. The company includes
522 subsidiaries

Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi and in Tokyo. In addition to manufacturing

automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its divisionToyota Financial
Services and also builds robots. Toyota Motor Corporation (including Toyota Financial
Services) and Toyota Industries form the bulk of theToyota Group, one of the largest
conglomerates in the world.
Introduction About Warehouseing System
A warehouse management system, or WMS, is a key part of the supply chain and primarily
aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and process the
associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, put away and picking. The systems also
direct and optimize stock put away based on real-time information about the status of bin
utilization.

Warehouse management systems often utilize Auto ID Data Capture (AIDC) technology, such

as barcode scanners, mobile computers, wireless LANs and potentially Radio-frequency
identification (RFID) to efficiently monitor the flow of products. Once data has been collected,
there is either a batch synchronization with, or a real-time wireless transmission to a central
database. The database can then provide useful reports about the status of goods in the
warehouse.

The objective of a warehouse management system is to provide a set of computerized

procedures to handle the receipt of stock and returns into a warehouse facility, model and
manage the logical representation of the physical storage facilities (e.g. racking etc), manage
the stock within the facility and enable a seamless link to order processing and logistics
management in order to pick, pack and ship product out of the facility.

Warehouse management systems can be stand alone systems, or modules of an ERP system

or supply chain execution suite

In its simplest form, the WMS can data track products during the production process and act as
an interpreter and message buffer between existing ERP and WMS systems. Warehouse
Management is not just managing within the boundaries of a warehouse today, it is much wider
and goes beyond the physical boundaries. Inventory management, inventory planning, cost
management, IT applications & communication technology to be used are all related to
warehouse management.

Warehouse management deals with receipt, storage and movement of goods, normally finished
goods, to intermediate storage locations or to final customer. In the multi-echelon model for
distribution, there are levels of warehouses, starting with the Central Warehouse(s), regional
warehouses services by the central warehouses and retail warehouses at the third level
services by the regional warehouses and so on. The objective of warehousing management is
to help in optimal cost of timely order fulfillment by managing the resources economically.
Warehouse Management = "Management of storage of products and services rendered on the
products within the four wall of a warehouse".

 Essential Features to Look for in a WMS

1. Integration with advanced radio-frequency and bar coding technologies.

2. Complete back-office integration with Order Entry, Inventory Control, and Purchase
Orders modules

3.Scalability to accommodate future business growth.

4. Real-time inventory updates.

5. Hand-held interface.

6. Advanced reporting capability

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7. Support for multiple picking methods.

8. Compliance labeling and ASNs.

9. Automated inventory receipt and assisted put away.

Benefits of Warehouseing Management System

1. Increase customer satisfaction

Register goods as they arrive at the warehouse, so that they

are visible throughout the system before they have been
placed in inventory. You can reserve items for customers,
including items from a specific location or batch, while
entering a sales order. This reservation is recognized by
all functions in Microsoft Dynamics™ AX, such as inventory
counts, planning of production and others, to help ensure
that customer demands are satisfied

2. Get complete overview of Inventory

In order to track items internally and throughout the supply

chain, you can automatically have inventory stamped with
a number linked to shipments and deliveries. For improved
traceability, Warehouse Management system lets you create as
many serial or batch numbers for the automatic numbering
of items as you require.
Determine the exact location of a specific item in your warehouse with inventory
dimensions, which can include
information regarding warehouse batch number, location,
pallet ID and serial number. Inventory dimensions are also a
powerful tool to track serial and batch numbers and can be
used to get a clear overview of items in your warehouse .

3. Reduction in inventory paperwork

Implementation of a real time WMS can significantly reduce the paperwork traditionally
associated with warehouse operations, as well as ensure timely and accurate flow of
inventory and information. Receiving reports, pick tickets, move tickets, packing lists,
etc., which are typically maintained as hard copies, can all be maintained electronically.

4. Improved cycle counting

 Companies can use WMS to capture relevant data (e.g., frequency of movement,
specific locations, etc.) to systematically schedule personnel for cycle counts. Such
cycle counts not only can improve the accuracy of inventory records for planning.
purposes, but also can eliminate or reduce the need for complete, costly physical
inventories.
5. Reduced dependency on warehouse personnel

Implementing a comprehensive WMS facilitates standardization of inventory

movements, picking methods, and inventory locations. This standardization helps to
minimize reliance on informal practices, resulting in reduced training costs and lower
error rates.

6. Enhanced customer service.

By streamlining processes from order to delivery, companies can more accurately

determine product availability and realistic delivery dates. A WMS can automatically
identify and release back-ordered inventory and also can reduce returns as a result of
increased shipment accuracy.

7. Improved labor productivity.

A WMS helps optimize material flow, typically by incorporating several inventory picks
into one or by "cross docking". Cross docking is a process that routes incoming
shipments to the location closest to the outbound shipping dock, thereby reducing
warehouse handling.

Why Companies (WMS)

Not every warehouse needs a WMS.  Certainly any warehouse could benefit from some
of the functionality but is the benefit great enough to justify the initial and ongoing costs
associated with WMS?  Warehouse Management Systems are big, complex, data
intensive, applications.  They tend to require a lot of initial setup, a lot of system
resources to run, and a lot of ongoing data management to continue to run.  That’s right,
you need to "manage" your warehouse "management" system.  Often times, large
operations will end up creating a new IS department with the sole responsibility of
managing the WMS.
The Reality:

The implementation of a WMS along with automated data collection will likely
give you increases in accuracy, reduction in labor costs (provided the labor
required to maintain the system is less than the labor saved on the warehouse
floor), and a greater ability to service the customer by reducing cycle
times.  Expectations of inventory reduction and increased storage capacity are
less likely.  While increased accuracy and efficiencies in the receiving process
may reduce the level of safety required, the impact of this reduction will likely be
negligible in comparison to overall inventory levels. The predominant factors that
control inventory levels are lotsizeing ,lead times, and demand variability.  It is
unlikely that a WMS will have a significant impact on any of these factors. And
while a WMS certainly provides the tools for more organized storage which may
result in increased storage capacity, this improvement will be relative to just how
sloppy your pre-WMS processes were. Beyond labor efficiencies, the
determining factors in deciding to implement a WMS tend to be more often
associated with the need to do something to service your customers that your
current system does not support (or does not support well) such as first-in-first-
out, cross-docking, automated pick replenishment, wave picking, lot tracking,
yard management, automated data collection, automated material handling
equipment, etc.
Key Features Description
WarehouseingSystems Reduce costs through effective Warehouse processes:

 Directed pick and put away

 Picking items can be performed in different ways: per order, to stage
 Putting items away either into the Warehouse or cross-dock to shipping
 Replenishment of bins based on predefined maximum or minimum bin
quantities

Internal Pick/Put-away
 Take items from or place items in inventory without selling or purchasing
them
 Pick or put away items without using a source document.

ADCS – Automated Data Capture Systems Achieve cost savings by streamlining your inventory management processes:

 Collect and use accurate, real-time inventory data.

 Simplify and speed up your data capture system using radio frequency
technology.
 Increase the visibility of accurate inventory data throughout your
company.

Cycle Counting
 Maintain and increase inventory accuracy by verifying inventory record
data.
 Differentiate the counting frequency per item or stock keeping unit.

Additional Application Areas of Microsoft

Navision  Financial Management
 Manufacturing
 Distribution
 Marketing and Sales
 Service
 User Portal
 Commerce Gateway
 Commerce Portal
 Toyota Company Use WMS
Toyota Industries is developing and manufacturing information systems, such as the
Warehouse Management System (WMS), and the stocking management system for
automatic warehouses. When combined with the logistics equipment of TOYOTA
Material Handling Company, we are able to provide our customers with optimized
logistics solutions at their worksite. 

Toyota Comprehensive Warehouse

Management System (Toyota WMS)
The “T-WINS LS” provides comprehensive management for warehouses and
logistics centers of the entire process from the time goods are received, to are
managed, muri, mura, and muda (waste, unevenness, overburden) are
eliminated, and daily improvements are supported
 Conclusion
With we came to an conclusion that Management information system is an Important
part of any organization with implementing of these kind of software company can
increase there efficiency of work and can do work more accurately.