Many Japanese enterprises stop cutting production and bear broken chain pressure in multinational manufacturing industry

Earthquake tsunami caused many Japanese enterprises to stop production, to other countries related industries brought about by the impact of the industry "broken chain" pressure of the daily Japanese reporter Lemon Daily in the United States reporter Ma Xiaoning, a journalist in Thailand and the Japanese Honda automobile company said March 26, due to the shortage of parts, The company's car production arrangements in North America could be disrupted since April 1. Honda's car factories in three states in Canada, Mexico and the United States will be affected.　　Analysts believe that the earthquake tsunami disaster caused many Japanese enterprises to stop production, because Japanese companies in the global manufacturing industry chain key position, many rely on Japanese parts supply foreign manufacturers face growing "broken chain" pressure. A day earlier, Honda and Mazda motor companies said they had stopped accepting U.S. car orders. Honda halted orders for the main small car fit and hybrid car insight, etc., from May onwards to the U.S. market no longer shipments. Stores are available in stock and cars manufactured in the United States are sold as usual. Mazda's object of stopping orders may include sport-utility vehicles CX-7 and CX-9. Although the main Mazda plant was not directly affected, the stagnation of spare parts supply led to a disruption of production.　　Although the plant at Hiroshima Company headquarters has resumed production since 22nd with the use of spare parts, it has not yet reached the level of full resumption. US--increasing supply tensions several big auto companies, such as Ford and GM, have announced plans for future production and sales forecasts, a few months ahead of previous years.　　Analysts believe this is because the Japanese earthquake has exacerbated the shortage of spare parts in the U.S. auto industry, forcing US carmakers to temporarily put aside the concerns of competition, and give spare parts suppliers more time to prepare by releasing plans ahead of schedule. The U.S. auto industry and the electronics industry rely heavily on electronic chips exported from Japan and batteries for electric vehicles. Semiconductors in Japan make up 20% of global production, with flash memory, which is widely used in smartphones and PCs, accounting for 40% of total global output. In the aftermath of the quake, state instrumentation, one of America's two biggest chipmakers, said sales in the first two quarters of the year would be affected by disruptions to factory production in Japan.　　Analysts say concerns over supply shortages could push up prices for parts such as electronics, including cars, PCs and mobile phones. But the root cause of the severe shortage of spare parts in the US auto industry is that U.S. auto parts suppliers have not recovered from the financial crisis. Since last year, U.S. car sales have increased, but because of difficulties in obtaining credit to expand production, the relevant manufacturers of spare parts supply capacity has not been followed. Japan's earthquake and tsunami caused by the difficulties in spare parts supply significantly exacerbated the tension. But analysts in the US auto industry say the impact is sporadic and lasts only a few months. The temporary shutdown of some models and the shortage of spare parts may affect the total number of car production in the United States, but for automobile manufacturers and supplyBusiness profits will not cause much impact. Southeast Asia--leading to a chain reaction Southeast Asian countries in the automotive, household appliances, electronic products, etc. have been around a number of Japanese multinationals to form a more mature and timely supply chain.　　Due to the impact of the earthquake and tsunami on the production of some Japanese local enterprises, the supply of spare parts and semi-finished products appeared "broken chain" phenomenon, especially in the automobile manufacturing industry. According to the Singapore Lianhe Zaobao 26th reported that the Japanese car industry in the past two weeks to cut production 30多万辆, it will take several months to return to normal production levels.　　There are now more than 30,000 parts required for a car, of which 70% to 80% are provided by hundreds of parts manufacturers, and the entire production line of the car factory will have to stop and trigger a chain of ripple effects as long as any of the parts are missing. Auto industry analysts believe that the car assembly is usually due to lack of spare parts and "broken chain", to two or three months after the inventory will not appear.　　But because some of Japan's local production of important parts and components of the suspension of production, they are worried about the future of South-East Asia's vehicle assembly will be hit. Thailand is the largest auto market and production base in the ASEAN countries, and the auto industry accounts for 15% of its gross domestic product. Japan's leading auto manufacturing companies have factories in Thailand, and Toyota and Isuzu are currently the largest Japanese carmakers to invest in Thailand. After Japan's great earthquake and tsunami, Thailand's car production soon appeared "broken chain" phenomenon.　　The Thai company has stopped working overtime since 14th, according to the Bangkok Post, Thailand, which has been unable to meet its components due to steel and forged products from Japan. Canon Vietnam, which occupies the largest export share in Vietnam's manufacturing sector, has only a week to spare parts inventory for its main product-inkjet printers.　　It is reported that the company has begun to study the possibility of importing parts from outside Japan. U.S. consultancy Accenture has reported that most large U.S. manufacturing companies are considering moving some factories from low-cost Asian countries to the United States or Latin America because of rising logistics and transport costs.　　The earthquake and tsunami in Japan have damaged the global supply chain, highlighting the extreme passivity of multinational manufacturing companies if they lack key components, which could hasten the shift. (Daily, Tokyo, Washington, Bangkok, March 27)