Description

Toyota Motor Europe has been in a key position in the European car industry for several decades. Toyota’s strategy for the European market has led to the creation of several production and assembling units, and units for logistic support.

At present, three logistic projects have been realised by Toyota: two vehicle yards and a warehouse for spare parts (Conversion & Accessory). This project sheet details the vehicle yard projects.

The realisation of two vehicle yards is required for the reception, distribution and re-shipping of cars received from several assembly plants by road and rail. In addition to a car-park and a well-developed circulation scheme, each vehicle yard also includes an administration building, fences, access control, camera-surveillance and suchlike. A filling station was also considered. A building for the final quality control and possible rework as well as for the installation in of Port-installed options is foreseen.

Product description (Valenciennes):

The vehicle yard in Valenciennes receives cars from Zeebrugge by truck and by rail, as well as cars that are rolling out of the adjacent factory. These cars circulate on the yard according to a well-defined circulation plan. The purpose of the yard is to check the cars and to install options before shipment to the dealer.

The site predominantly consists of parking spaces and loading/unloading lanes for trucks and rail. A workshop with offices for PDI (pre-delivery inspection, where the cars are checked prior to delivery), and PIO (port installed options, for the installation of options according to the customer’s wishes) is foreseen. In the carwash, the cars can be cleaned before shipment. A night inspection building allows the inspection of the cars during the night.