Toyota production problems

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With acknowledgments to Autocar:

Toyota is set to cut global car production for the third time in November, but the firm will still expect to have its most productive November ever, Automotive News Europe reports. 

While the firm is still feeling the impacts of the shortage, the damage is not expected to be as severe as with the Japanese firm seeing signs of recovery. 

"I think we are over the worst period," Toyota global procurement manager Kazunari Kumakura said.

The firm hopes between 850,000 and 900,000 vehicles will be produced for worldwide distribution, which is a 15% cutback from Toyota’s targets to produce 1 million vehicles this November. Kumakura says Toyota would have hit the 1 million mark had supply issues not been as impactful. 

Output is also expected to recover from December onwards, though six of it’s 28 factory lines are expected to close in November, including four in Japan.

"We are now coordinating both internally and externally with our suppliers to see how much we can make a recovery in December and beyond," Kumakura said. "We target a high production level for December and beyond, so we will try our best to make as many vehicles as possible."

Toyota previously cut production by 40% in September because of the global semiconductor shortage and Covid-19 impacts in Asia. 

The shutdown, which impacted 14 Toyota factories in Japan and 27 out of 28 production lines, lasted a full month with major impacts in Japan, Europe, China and the US.

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