Toyota Motor Corporation is putting up three logistics concepts which cope with problems such as those stated
above.
The first concept is ‘flexible logistics’ that can cope with demand fluctuation. As mentioned above, a mixed mass
production system based on the TPS has been established,
and it is necessary to pursue JIT transportation to
maintain this. It is also necessary to have a safe logistics system (against transportation damages, wrong item
delivery and stock-outs) that put importance not just on speed but also on transportation quality.