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> JIT made sense for Toyota and they took steps to ensure their suppliers were beholden to them (that is they shipped whenever Toyota needed it). Did that stil
by Forgeties79 4y ago
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JIT made sense for Toyota and they took steps to ensure their suppliers were beholden to them (that is they shipped whenever Toyota needed it).
Did that still hold true during the pandemic? I mean if you can't get stuff on the ships (huge part of the chain) they can't go out. It's not always a choice for suppliers as we saw.
- rawgabbit 4y agoSorry I don’t follow your question. The pandemic resulted in both closed factories and ships not leaving port. A double whammy for JIT.
- Forgeties79 4y agoYeah that's what I mean - due to "the double whammy" they couldn't guarantee their deals with Toyota so it's all sort of moot, right?
- gavanm 4y agoToyota had identified the strategic risk of chip supply some years earlier, and made sure they had access to large buffers of them, reducing the impact. I’m not sure about the impact of shipping though. See: https://www.autoblog.com/2021/03/09/toyota-how-it-avoided-semiconductor-shortage/ https://www.autoblog.com/2021/03/09/toyota-how-it-avoided-se...