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 Five Toyota factories in Japan to close in early 2022

A total of five Toyota factories in Japan are planned to be closed starting in early 2022.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)'s decision is due to the semiconductor chip crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic of the Omicron variant. It's terrible, then will this closure spread to Toyota factories in Indonesia?

Bob Azam, Director of Corporate and External Affairs of PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) answered the question.

According to Bob, the semiconductor chip crisis did disrupt TMMIN's production, but it didn't mean that it had to close the factory. virtual,(21/12/21).

He also explained that semiconductor chips are mostly used in premium segment cars.

Meanwhile, TMMIN's products, which are mostly in the middle segment, were relatively less affected by the crisis.

"So the more premium, the more use of semiconductors. But for the mid and low segments, the use of semiconductors is also less," he said.

In conclusion, Toyota's factory in Indonesia is still relatively safe and can continue production. Toyota's Production Dims Due to Covid-19, Bad Impacts are felt by the Supply Chain, PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) involves many other companies (suppliers) so that a supply chain is formed. in the production process.

This supply chain is the foundation to meet the manufacturing needs carried out by TMMIN in producing cars and spare parts.

However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the world, including Indonesia, market demand has decreased and has affected the supply chain at TMMIN.

"In April-May 2020, demand will drop, operations will be disrupted. It has an impact not only on TMMIN but also on the supply chain," said Warih Andang Tjahjono, as President Director of TMMIN in a video conference (23/7/2020). As an illustration, Warih explained that the tier one supply chain consists of 140 companies that supply components directly to TMMIN.

"Of the 140 companies they have another supply chain called tier two companies, the number can reach 300 companies," he added.

"Then this tier two company also has a supply chain consisting of 400 to 500 companies," he continued.

He further explained, the declining demand due to the Corona virus outbreak will certainly have a series of effects, including the supply chain. Meanwhile, Toyota's Sales Target for this Year is Guaranteed to be Achieved, This is the Number, Toyota's sales target for this year is certain to be achieved, maybe even exceeded. Not only because of the release of the Toyota All New Avanza and Toyota All New Veloz.

However, this is also due to the government's policy regarding PPnBM which continues to apply and has an impact on Toyota products. This was conveyed by Anton Jimmy Suwandi, Marketing Director of PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) in the Media Gathering event (21/12/2021).

"The implementation of PPnBM by the government encourages sales to continue to increase and improve,"

"This also makes the economy stretch better than before," "Our sales until November 2021, have reached around 798 thousand units,"

"So, for the remaining days of this year, we are very optimistic that we can exceed the sales of 800 thousand units," said the man who graduated from Gajah Mada University (UGM).A year's service for the new Toyota Avanza is calculated at this point

It's free, but if you do the calculations, the cost of servicing the Toyota Avanza for the first year is only this much.

Please note, when buying the latest Toyota Avanza, consumers will get a free service and spare part program for 50,000 kilometers or 4 years.

So there are no service fees incurred during the Toyota Avanza periodic service period.

But how much does the latest Toyota Avanza service cost for a year?

From the service data for the official Astrido Toyota Pondok Indah repair shop in South Jakarta, the first year there were three regular service intervals.

"The initial 1,000 kilometers is a general check after the car is sent to consumers," said Son Ashari, Service Manager of the official workshop of Astrido Toyota Pondok Indah, South Jakarta.

"Regular service starts in the first year starting at 10,000 kilometers and 20,000 kilometers," he continued. In 10,000 kilometers there is a 4 liter engine oil change of Rp. 634,000, oil filter of Rp. 28,000, oil plug gasket of Rp. 11,000, and tin balancing of Rp. 100,000.

With a total spare part price of Rp. 773,000.

While at 20,000 kilometers there is an additional cabin filter of Rp. 70,000, so the total price of spare parts is Rp. 843,000.

In total, the service fee for a year that is free is Rp. 1,616,000.

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PART 10,000 KM

(Rp) 20,000 KM

(Rp)

Engine Oil 634,000- 634,000

Oil Filter 28.000- 28.000

Gasket Plug 11,000 -11,000

Balancing 100,000 -100,000

TOTAL 773,000= 843,000