Toshiba will implement a series of functional
reorganizations of its Digital Products business facilities
in Japan that will enhance operating efficiency and the performance of its Digital Products businesses, including the LCD TV business.
Outside Japan, Toshiba will accelerate the establishment of
a global-level development and production system positioned
to take full advantage of business opportunities in
emerging economies and other high-growth markets on a
worldwide scale.
Within the year, the LCD TV design and development function
at Fukaya Complex, in Saitama Prefecture, will be
transferred to Ome Complex in western Tokyo, Toshiba's
development hub for PC and tablets. This integration will
allow product developers to draw on TV, PC and tablet
technologies and accelerate development of fusion products
for the global market that meet regional needs and trends,
and value-added services. The number of models of digital
products and product platforms will be reviewed to bring
greater efficiency to design and development and to
optimize use of R&D resources.
Part of technical service operations for LCD TVs in Japan,
until now split between Fukaya Complex and Toshiba
Multimedia Devices., Co., Ltd., a group subsidiary in
Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, will be concentrated
at the Aomori site within the year.
Quality and production control functions for Digital
Products businesses will be decentralized and localized at
facilities outside Japan, a shift away from currently
concentrated operations at Japan's Ome Complex. Toshiba
will also continue to reinforce its LCD TV manufacturing
facilities and their capabilities in Indonesia, Egypt and
other countries and make effective use of ODM production in
other countries, as steps toward establishing a
highly-competitive, global production system.
Employees in Digital Products businesses affected by the
reorganization in Japan will in principle be reassigned
within Toshiba Group. This will include transfers to
divisions involved in emerging economies and value-added
services.
Toshiba's Digital Products business operates in a global
environment that has recently seen significant demand
decline in the Japanese TV market, rapid price erosion,
significant demand growth in emerging economies and a
diversification of devices with the growing popularity of
new devices such as tablets. Toshiba monitors these trends
and promotes proactive business transformations that allow
it to respond effectively to change.