Toyota Revamps North American Management to Boost Regional Unity
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Toyota Motor Corp.’s plan to promote its North American manufacturing chief to lead all operations in the region is part of a push by Japan’s largest carmaker to tighten coordination in the company’s biggest market.
Shigeki Terashi, president of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing America, will also become president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor North America, effective April 1 and lead a regional management committee, the company said yesterday in a statement on its website. He succeeds Yoshimi Inaba, who will continue as chairman of Toyota’s U.S. sales unit.