Toyota Motor Vietnam receives medals in Toyota Asia Pacific Skill Contest 2015

September 11, 2015 | 15:38

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Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) received one gold medal and one silver medal in Maintenance test and five bronze medals in welding, assembly, painting and inspection in the final round of the Toyota Asia Pacific Skill Contest 2015 (AP Skill contest 2015) held in Thailand.

This result brought TMV to the 5th place among Toyota’s 12 plants in Asia Pacific and for the first time the Vietnamese plant received The Most Improved Award. It shows TMV’s continuous effort in training its human resource to bring the best products and services to customers.

This year, TMV joined the skill contest with seven tests namely press, welding, painting, assembly, inspection, logistic and maintenance, competing against plants in other countries such as Thailand, India and the Philippines.

From the first time it participated in the Toyota Asia Pacific Skill Contest in 2007 up to now, TMV has achieved four gold medals, 13 silver medals and 17 bronze medals. For a plant with just 20 years of operation, production volume at 40,000 units per year, this result not only shows the effort from the contest team members but also the commitment from TMV’s top management to sustainable development in Vietnam. As a result, TMV received “The Best quality plant in Asia Pacific” in 2014.

Toyota Asia Pacific Skill Contest is a skill contest for technicians from Toyota plants in the region, held annually from 2005 with the participation of 12 Toyota plants from nine countries in Asia Pacific - Thailand, India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Pakistan and Vietnam, with tests in press, welding, painting, assembly, inspection, logistic, maintenance and casting.

Developing the human resource and increasing the quality of products are important in the development strategy of Toyota in Vietnam. TMV’s employee training programs aim to enhance the knowledge and skills for TMV’s staff so they can respond to the increasing demands of customers.

By By Khanh Tran

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