Explain how the functional areas describes cooperate with each other at toyota UK Burnaston

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Explain how the functional areas describes in 2F cooperate with each other. Help the business to achieve its aims and objectives.

For Toyota to meet its objective and become No1 car producer by making the best cars and ensuring total quality the functional areas at Burnaston seek to cooperate in the following ways.

In terms of day to day manufacturing of cars at the plant the

“Pull system” demands coordination of marketing and sales, administration, production and finance.

Marketing & sales

Marketing have a very important role to play in selling the cars that Burnaston manufacture because without this element then the customers wouldn’t know the cars existed therefore resulting in no sales. They present the cars to the public by advertising which is funded from the finance department & also checked by the admin department. The types of advertising vary according the specific market Toyota are trying to access & the product they are selling. When the advertising from the marketing & sales results in a sale from either there website or Showrooms, the order is passed on to the Admin department from which it will be processed to the production line. Marketing and sales are closely coordinated with production due to the fact that no car is made until it is ordered therefore enabling the customers to have what they won’t.

Administration

Administration is the part of the factory that processes everything; it is really the heart of the factory where everything is run from. When an order is received from marketing & sales, the way in which Toyota Burnaston processes this order is very high tech. Each order is assigned with a special Identification number, which contains the cars specification & customer’s details that is sent to the production line to start production through a sophisticated I.T system that Burnaston have installed. This illuminates any human error which can case inaccurate results & also increases efficiently in the time that orders can get processed which makes this system very effective. The admin department also orders the raw materials needed for the next shift using the pull system which is dependent on the finance section to provide the funds for these raw materials as well as the finance to pay for all the wages & salaries that the admin department also deploys.

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They are also in charge of “keeping the books” and recording information such as profits & cars manufactured which the information could be used for future development of the factory. The link between the 2 departments is critical to ensuring that everything is in place to make cars effectively.

Production

When the order is received from the admin section it contains the identification tag which stays on the car all the way through to the finishing stages ensuring that the car is built with the correct components & also the correct specification. This ensures total quality whilst ...

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