When suppliers have trouble with providing defect free parts, the orders start to increase in quantity and decrease in frequency. There are certain fundamental things (e.g., stability in material, personnel, machinery, and methods) that need to be in place before starting to reduce inventory. Not everything in Toyota operates according to the ideals. JIT and everything around "Lean manufacturing" and the "Toyota Production System (TPS)" are ideals to strive for. Or it means you buy in bulk and get 3 months supply at once. Or it means "kanban orders" where 1 week supply of parts is delivered on a Monday and a refresh the next Monday. An AM delivery where the last assembly is bolted to a car as the PM delivery arrives. JIT can be looked at as, "right part in the right quantity at the right time." That can mean "milk runs" where assemblies are delivered to the final assembly plant twice a day. Sorry, but I just can't feel sorry for them.> storying inventory based on the impact to assembly continuity? And when that risk burned them (as it eventually always does), they started whining that they can't get what they need, probably hoping that some government will bail them out for their lack of business sense. They chose to keep their inventory costs as low as possible, knowing that they were taking a huge risk in the name of short-term profitability. Tell them to make a lot fewer so that your projected inventory at the end of the quarter will be zero, knowing that the companies manufacturing the chips will retool those manufacturing lines to produce something else, and that you'll eventually end up with a *massive* shortage that you can't work around? Tell them to make slightly fewer and hope that you build up enough extra inventory in the short term to make up for that eventual shortfall, or Tell the manufacturer to build the same number as last quarter, and store up the ones you don't use for next quarter, reducing the next quarter's purchasing by only a fraction of the excess inventory, ensuring that you'll have some parts in reserve for the anticipated ramp-back-up time when you start needing more parts, You're scared that you might sell fewer units. Think about it this way: You're faced with a decision of how many parts to buy for next quarter. Now they have to live with the consequences of that decision. Live by the zero-inventory policy, die by the zero-inventory policy. Halewood makes the Range Rover, Evoque and the Land Rover Discovery Sport, and has about 4,000 workers. The Castle Bromwich factory makes the Jaguar XE, XF and F-Type models, and employs about 1,900 people. We are working closely with affected suppliers to resolve the issues and minimise the impact on customer orders wherever possible." Production at a third factory, at Solihull, will continue. Tata-owned JLR said in a statement: "We have adjusted production schedules for certain vehicles which means that our Castle Bromwich and Halewood manufacturing plants will be operating a limited period of non-production from Monday 26th April.
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A mixture of strong demand and Covid shutdowns at chipmakers has also hit phone, TV and video games companies. JLR said there would be a "limited period" of closure at its Halewood and Castle Bromwich sites from Monday. From a report: The difficulties at Britain's biggest carmaker echo similar problems at other manufacturers, including Ford, who have been hit by a global shortage of chips.
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is shutting its two main car factories temporarily due to a shortage of computer chips.
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