Toyota converts former Melbourne plant into mega PDI facility
Toyota has invested $150m in changing its former meeting plant in Altona, close to Melbourne, Australia, right into a large-scale, pre-delivery inspection (PDI) centre for imported automobiles.
The previous plant is now additionally residence to Toyota’s greatest service elements warehouse within the nation, outsizing the one in Kemps Creek, New South Wales. Toyota can be finishing up remaining equipment meeting of the Toyota HiLux Rogue and upcoming Toyota HiLux GR Sport in a devoted facility on the positioning.
Toyota stopped making vehicles in Australia in 2017, a part of a wider exodus of carmakers from the nation. The appreciation of the Australian greenback and its affect on exports, excessive manufacturing and labour prices, and low economies of scale had been variously cited as causes for the mass departure of carmakers round that point.
The 25,550-sq.m PDI facility is sited in what was the previous the Toyota Camry physique store.
Known as Toyota Centralised Providers, the power gives a variety of PDI companies that had been beforehand carried out by the dealerships, together with elements and equipment fitment and remaining trim choices. Toyota stated the power has the capability to deal with 67,000 models yearly and is ramping as much as 220 models a day (55,000 pa) to satisfy present demand. These automobiles are distributed to the seller community in Victoria and Tasmania.
The ability has an 80,000 sq.m storage lot capable of park 4,400 automobiles awaiting companies and onward distribution. Hail nets present cowl for 3,950 of these automobiles.
Operatives scan a digital QR code at every accent fitment station, which provides notifies them of required elements and car location, after which notifies the system when the fitment is full.
Two strains of AGVs ship one automobile each two minutes for inspection. That features a full underbody test, car initialization, together with seats, home windows, moonroof (the place fitted) and tyre strain. Operatives additionally test the car electrics and perform a computerised car well being test and general high quality inspection.
The Melbourne website can be now Toyota’s greatest elements warehouse in Australia, distributing 26,000 elements a day from a 50,000 sq.m constructing.
