The company is one of the biggest in Japan, and its production activities have an outsized impact on the country's economy.
File photo: The automaker doesn’t believe the problem was caused by a cyberattack but the cause is still under investigation. Photo: AFP
The company said the glitch prevented its system from processing orders for parts, resulting in a production suspension on Tuesday morning. Toyota is famous for its"just-in-time" production system of providing only small deliveries of necessary parts and other items at various steps of the assembly process.
Major automakers are enjoying a robust surge of global demand after the Covid-19 pandemic slowed manufacturing activities.
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