Sounds like they got popped with ransomware and are trying not to say it…
Nah, every single bolt failed.
Simultaneously.
At all possible locations.
This is why we need self-sealing stem-bolts.
Have to agree. A single plant. Sure. Could be anything. All of them…
JIT logistics are a bitch when they don’t arrive just in time.
Toyota was looking into the cause of the problem, a spokesperson said, adding it was “likely not due to a cyberattack”. The malfunction has meant it has not been able to order components, the spokesperson added.
Oooh my time to shine.
I have caused this exact issue to a manufacturing plant once.
The ordering system we used to order manufacturing parts and also non manufacturing things was my system. Orders were loaded in and processed with multiple sign-offs to ensure legal ok and everything is above board. The system was from the 80s, but still worked.
One day, I got a call about an error when someone was making a critical order. It was failing and crashing the system. Panic was beginning to set in after we couldn’t figure it out for a couple of hours.
Well it turned out there was an “amendment” limit. Someone was trying to order toilet paper (from a supplier across the road from the plant), and had amended the order 999 times, and it was failing on the 1000th because they were being lazy, and had done this same thing for many years.
A new order after deleting the old one fixed it.
We had two hours of TP left, if it had run out, the plant would have closed.
Could you not have just put rags and buckets of water in all the restrooms?
intentional acts by internal IT dont get classed as “cyber attacks” though. this is an excellent example of why you never test in the Production environment. dev/uat only. jeez
This is the best summary I could come up with:
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) suspended operations at a dozen assembly plants in Japan on Tuesday due to a malfunction with its production system, the automaker said, likely bringing to a halt almost all of its domestic output.
All together, its 14 plants in Japan account for around a third of Toyota’s global production, according to Reuters calculations.
Operations were suspended from Tuesday morning and it was unclear whether they could be resumed from the afternoon shift, the spokesperson said.
Toyota’s operations ground to a halt last year when one of its suppliers was hit by a cyberattack.
The automaker is a pioneer of the just-in-time inventory management, which keeps down costs but also means that a snarl in the logistics chain can put production at risk.
Some Japanese businesses and government offices have reported a flood of harassing phone calls in recent days, which the government has said were likely from China, following the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific.
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Should’ve got the paint sealant, it pays for itself.
Sounds like someone pulled the Andon Cord. Must be a big issue but this is an intentional part of the manufacturing system that Toyota invented - if there’s an issue you still production until it’s fixed.
