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Just-in-time supply lines could fall victim to financial crisis

One of the key improvements in automotive manufacturing efficiency over the past three decades may soon fall victim to America's current economic turmoil. Toyota made "just-in-time manufacturing" a common term and it has since been adopted by the entire industry. Unfortunately, in order for just-in-time to work, assembly plants need a stable supply base that can reliably deliver the right parts at the right time, every time. If a company's suppliers are in danger of shutting down due to lack of funds, they cannot reliably function without ... Read more →

Toyota to suppliers: don't sell to Hyundai

The Japanese island of Kyushu has become known as "Car Island" due to the influx of not only assembly plants, but also plants run by various car parts suppliers of the Japanese domestic ...

Supplier troubles sink Ford rating further

Fitch Ratings announced yesterday that it has cut its ratings on Ford even further into junk status. The ratings firm cites the obvious elephant in the room as justification: the potential for parts ...

Just-in-time supply lines could fall victim to financial crisis 11 months ago on Autoblog

One of the key improvements in automotive manufacturing efficiency over the past three decades may soon fall victim to America's current economic turmoil. Toyota made "just-in-time manufacturing" a common term and it has since been adopted by the entire industry. Unfortunately, in order for ...

Toyota to suppliers: don't sell to Hyundai 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Japanese island of Kyushu has become known as "Car Island" due to the influx of not only assembly plants, but also plants run by various car parts suppliers of the Japanese domestic manufacturers. In fact, 30 percent of all suppliers shacked up on Kyushu are affiliated with Toyota. Kyushu ...

Supplier troubles sink Ford rating further 3 years ago on Autoblog

Fitch Ratings announced yesterday that it has cut its ratings on Ford even further into junk status. The ratings firm cites the obvious elephant in the room as justification: the potential for parts suppliers to cause a disruption in manufacturing and the even larger threat of union strikes is ...








Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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