After quake Japanese manufacturers face further delays in resuming production [manufacturingdata]

After quake Japanese manufacturers face further delays in resuming production [manufacturingdata]

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Toyota and Honda auto factories that had been shut down by the massive earthquake and tsunami won't reopen until this weekend because of disruption in their parts supply chains. Electronics and silicon wafer makers have also been idled.

The natural disasters that struck Japan's northeast continued to wreak havoc on the nation's economy on Tuesday, with two of the country's largest carmakers announcing further delays in resumption of production at their plants because of continued disruption in parts supplies.

Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., which were scheduled to resume production at their earthquake-affected Dell vostro 1510 battery plants early this week, said Tuesday that operations would not begin again until the weekend.

Toyota had suspended operations at four plants, Honda at three.

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Toyota said the new suspension would last until Saturday and Honda said its plants would resume operations Sunday.

For Toyota, the halt in output, which will affect about 140,000 units, marks a record suspension, Kyodo News Agency reported. The effects are likely to be felt domestically for the most part -- the companies' cars sold in the U.S. are largely manufactured in North America.

Electronics maker Sony Corp. also said Tuesday that while manufacturing had restarted at some of its sites, scheduled power outages and shortages of materials and components continued to hamper production at others.

Technophiles may also have reason for concern: Japan's earthquake and tsunami has halted production of a quarter of the world's supply of silicon wafers, used to make semiconductors, which are the crucial components in personal computers Dell vostro 1310 battery , mobile phones and digital music players, according to a report released by a California-based market research firm.

Production has been discontinued at two plants in areas affected by the earthquake and tsunami: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.'s Shirakawa facility and MEMC Electronic Materials' Utsunomiya plant, which together make up 25% of the world's supply, according to IHS iSuppli, headquartered in El Segundo.

The consequences of the disruption will probably be felt around the world because the two companies supplied manufacturers globally, the firm said in its report.

The interruption in production in Japan has the Chinese government concerned about how it will affect trade between the two dell xps m1330 battery nations.

A Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman told reporters Tuesday that the two economies were "closely connected," and a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry urged Japan to "release information to the public in a timely, comprehensive and precise manner, which we hope will help other countries make a right judgment of the situation," Kyodo reported.

More After quake Japanese manufacturers face further delays in resuming production Issues

Question by ramblin guy: Should the United States resume manufacturing goods instead of importing them from China? I know the labor is cheap. With all the recalls and issues with lead paint. You got to wonder if we should rethink our trade relations! Best answer for Should the United States resume manufacturing goods instead of importing them from China?:

Answer by Dee
Yes, I wish companies would stop damaging their own economy by outsourcing work, just because it's cheaper. On the other hand, the Chinese (who are in fact human beings) really need the work, so you have to decide what's better in the grand scheme of things.

Answer by J H
ummm Yeah !! course, will just ship them off to some other cheap manufacturing place that has standards that are far lower then the U.S.A. Like Mexico. or Hong Kong. Have to keep the stockholders and the executive boards of any company happy.

Answer by CJ
it would be a good idea, the best analogy i can come up with is you buying flour, sugar, and baking soda from your nieghbor, while he only buys some suger... he's getting 3x the amount of money from trades than you... if you keep buying like that you'll soon be unable to purchase more resources... however, that's a simple analogy, we can't back out easily because we are quite far into trading with china. prices on many low cost consumer items would skyrocket if purchased elseware, and the people would simply vote in politicians that would resume trade with china.. a main problem is the debt invloved, that's one sector i disagree with republicans... we're spending like a company that has no credit limit, yet we're several trillion into the red....

Answer by Ararat
The only case the US should start Chinese import substitution is when they find ways to produce things in a relatively cheaper way. And concerning the lead issue, I think it is only a matter of proper quality control.

Answer by Aww, too bad
Get rid of the unions that have far outlived their usefulness here and get rid of illegal immigrants that are forcing our wages back to those of slave labor days. If more Americans had jobs, we could more easily afford to buy products made in the USA if workers did not demand outrageous pay... As a business owner, would you be willing to loose revenue because you had to charge $ 500 per unit due to production costs ($ 30 per hour vs. $ 15 per hour labor to name one) vs. a competitor that charges $ 300 per unit? People go into business to make money not friends and happy fuzzy feelings. Americans need to be happy with a job EVEN if that means paying for a portion of your own medical (UAW MEMBERS READ THAT???). Stop forcing companies to shell out ridiculous hourly pay to sit around for 26 minutes per hour on break...

Answer by mikepruitt71
Well lets see, with all the dollars going to the middle East for oil and all the dollars going to China for stuff and all the dollars being spent in Iraq our U.S. dollars is not worth very much at all.

Answer by Sheerhose
Yes, We are always on the negative side when talking about imports vs exports. We buy more from other countries than we sell to others. That is why the value of the dollar is doing so poorly against other currency. With all the problems we have been having from China lately it is obvious that we are getting inferior products. Keep out money at home and improve our own economy. I also would like to say that I agree 100% with the comments made by Aww, too bad. I could not have said it better but since this question is not about Unions I will just leave it at "Good answer, Aww"

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