Thai flood to hit Toyota Japan output hard

Thai flood to hit Toyota Japan output hard

TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Toyota Motor Corp. will produce 30% fewer vehicles than initially planned at its domestic plants in November due to disrupted parts supplies caused by flooding in Thailand, Japanese national broadcaster NHK reported Monday.

The company has initially planned to produce 330,000 vehicles at its domestic plants in November, but has revised its monthly output volume to 230,000 vehicles, the report said.

Toyota has already started informing its suppliers about the revised output plan

source: marketwatch.com