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Newspapers reported "Toyota Motor Corp. said Sunday, Apr 17 it will shut down vehicle assembly in Japan
over the course of this week because of parts shortages stemming from the two
strong earthquakes in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan.
The world’s biggest automaker
posted the announcement on its website Sunday, Apr 17.
"The shutdown will begin on
Monday, Apr 18 at a factory in Kumamoto and progress to other plants through
Friday, Apr 22."
Toyota said Continuity of
operations would depend on the availability of parts.
Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc. has
already suspended output at three vehicle assembly plants in Fukuoka Prefecture
since Thursday, after a magnitude-6.5 quake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture.
On Tuesday or later, operations will be halted at Toyota’s four flagship plants in Aichi Prefecture and at Toyota Auto Body Co. and Toyota Motor East Japan Inc. Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., both Toyota units, also suspended many of the production lines for Toyota vehicles.”
Among other automakers, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. suspended its production lines in Okayama Prefecture from Monday night to Tuesday.
Many other firms were forced
to suspend operations and evacuate workers.
Aisin Seiki Co. has stopped production at two plants in the city of Kumamoto that make engine parts, while microchip maker Renesas Electronics Corp., also in the city, has suspended production of semiconductors for vehicles and sees no prospect of resuming operations anytime soon because of continuing aftershocks.
Officials at Honda Motor Co.’s motorcycle plant in the town of Ozu in Kumamoto Prefecture are having difficulty assessing damage at its facilities, a company source said.
Operations were partially restored at a Panasonic Corp. plant in the town of Nagomi in Kumamoto Prefecture after Thursday’s temblor, but were suspended again after the stronger quake early Saturday.
A Sony Corp. semiconductor plant in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, was partially shut after the Saturday quake, and employees who were working the overnight shift evacuated.
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said production was suspended at its semiconductor and engineering plants, both in Kumamoto.
.....Apparently their BCP (I assume they have BCP in place) don't work well....
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Genpact, the global BPO company I am
working for, has 70 operation centers in 19 countries. For the customers who need service
in English, there would be enough back-up when any of them got suspended by earthquake or any other disasters. For customers who needs service in Japanese, we have 4 operation centers in China. They also would be back-up each
other. Overall there would be enough facilities to ensure Business Continuity in Genpact. But as observed above, we need to check if we put practical BCP in place which will work well in the real situation.
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