Toyota Motor was ramping back production at its Japan-based factories on Wednesday after a computer system processing orders for vehicle parts broke down on Tuesday, forcing the closure of 14 assembly plants.
The disruption shut down a system that is at the core of Toyota's lean manufacturing, a way of reducing inventory and maximising production efficiency that the Japanese automaker pioneered and its rivals have widely adopted. WHAT HAPPENED TO SHUT DOWN TOYOTA'S PRODUCTION IN JAPAN? It's not clear what caused the system outage, and Toyota has not provided details on what went wrong.
Toyota Motor was ramping back production at its Japan-based factories on Wednesday after a computer system processing orders for vehicle parts broke down
Toyota Production Halt: The disruption shut down a system that is at the core of Toyota s lean manufacturing, a way of reducing inventory and maximising production efficiency that the Japanese automaker pioneered and its rivals have widely adopted.