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All Toyota factories in Japan had to temporarily shut down due to a server failure. The system is back up and all production centers now operate in normal conditions.
All the 28 assembly lines at Toyota's 14 car plants were shut down last week. The car giant blames the shutdown on a system malfunction caused by insufficient disk space.
The glitch showed up on August 28, during the first shift of the day, at all the 14 Toyota car plants that are on the territory of Japan. The servers that are used to process orders for vehicle parts broke down right after a regular maintenance procedure that experts carried out on the system the previous day.
The Toyota representatives explain that, during the maintenance operation, data that had accumulated in the database was deleted and organized. An error occurred due to insufficient disk space and caused the system to shut down. The company was forced to shut down operations all over Japan in orde to fix the issue.
The world’s top-selling automaker apologized for the incident that affected customers, suppliers, and related parties. They also stressed that it was not a cyberattack and promised to try to avoid such errors to happen by reviewing the maintenance procedures.
The data was soon transferred to a server with bigger storage capacity and the system was restored. Production resumed at all plants the following day, August 29.
The glitch caused a serious breakdown in Toyota's production network. The 14 factories in Japan account for a third of the carmaker's global production.
Toyota follows the 'just-in-time' production strategy, providing only small deliveries of necessary parts at various stages of the assembly process. It is a system that minimizes costs and improves efficiency and that are carmakers are trying to implement as well. This strategy is also a subject at business schools around the world.
The last time all of the Toyota factories in Japan were shut down was February last year. Back then, a supplier said that one of its file servers had been infected with a virus. In order to protect the entire system, operations had to be halted.
It has been a busy time for Toyota. The Japanese carmaker unveiled the Century SUV at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich, as a rival for the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. The model is going to roll off the assembly line in Tahara, Japan.
Only 30 examples of the luxury SUV per month are to be made for the local market only, for the moment. The SUV starts at 25,000,000 yen, which translates into $170,000 at the current exchange rates. It is by far the brand’s most expensive model. That is exactly why Toyota is not counting on volume production and sales.
The glitch showed up on August 28, during the first shift of the day, at all the 14 Toyota car plants that are on the territory of Japan. The servers that are used to process orders for vehicle parts broke down right after a regular maintenance procedure that experts carried out on the system the previous day.
The Toyota representatives explain that, during the maintenance operation, data that had accumulated in the database was deleted and organized. An error occurred due to insufficient disk space and caused the system to shut down. The company was forced to shut down operations all over Japan in orde to fix the issue.
The world’s top-selling automaker apologized for the incident that affected customers, suppliers, and related parties. They also stressed that it was not a cyberattack and promised to try to avoid such errors to happen by reviewing the maintenance procedures.
The data was soon transferred to a server with bigger storage capacity and the system was restored. Production resumed at all plants the following day, August 29.
The glitch caused a serious breakdown in Toyota's production network. The 14 factories in Japan account for a third of the carmaker's global production.
Toyota follows the 'just-in-time' production strategy, providing only small deliveries of necessary parts at various stages of the assembly process. It is a system that minimizes costs and improves efficiency and that are carmakers are trying to implement as well. This strategy is also a subject at business schools around the world.
The last time all of the Toyota factories in Japan were shut down was February last year. Back then, a supplier said that one of its file servers had been infected with a virus. In order to protect the entire system, operations had to be halted.
It has been a busy time for Toyota. The Japanese carmaker unveiled the Century SUV at the IAA Mobility Show in Munich, as a rival for the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. The model is going to roll off the assembly line in Tahara, Japan.
Only 30 examples of the luxury SUV per month are to be made for the local market only, for the moment. The SUV starts at 25,000,000 yen, which translates into $170,000 at the current exchange rates. It is by far the brand’s most expensive model. That is exactly why Toyota is not counting on volume production and sales.
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