Known for its pursuit of improvement and efficiency in auto production, Toyota Motor Corp. is using knowledge accumulated over years of being the top Japanese automaker to inject momentum into the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
At a vaccination center in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, where the automaker is headquartered, the flow of people is being constantly checked and necessary adjustments are made to the layout of the facility and vaccine delivery to make sure crowds don't form, and more importantly that nothing is wasted.
"I got a shot much faster than I'd expected," an 81-year-old man said at the venue.