Toyota has production facilities on every continent and is insistently increasing their
number and capabilities. This is in line with Toyota’s policy of global balance and local
adaptation, which is also reflected in sales: a third of global sales are each from Japan,
North America and Europe and other regions, respectively. The first years of this century
have already seen several significant steps towards further globalisation, particularly on
the production front. In this section, we will present two ground-breaking steps in
Toyota’s global production expansion and its way of strategically leveraging and creating