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Toyota blames 'insuffient disk space' for shutdown

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The logo of Toyota at the Big 2023 Motor Sale, an automotive trade event in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 August 2023. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT/FILE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/08/29/logo-toyota-08292023.jpg"/><figcaption>The logo of Toyota at the Big 2023 Motor Sale, an automotive trade event in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 August 2023. <em>EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT/FILE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>TOKYO - Car giant Toyota on Wednesday blamed a shutdown of all its factories in Japan last month on a system malfunction caused by &quot;insufficient disk space&quot;.</p><p>The world&#x27;s top-selling automaker said the one-day stoppage on August 29 at all 14 of its domestic plants happened after servers that process parts orders broke down following a maintenance procedure.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/30/23/toyota-set-to-restart-all-plants-in-japan-after-system-failure">Toyota set to restart all plants in Japan after system failure</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/08/29/23/toyota-factories-in-japan-hit-by-massive-glitch">Toyota factories in Japan hit by massive glitch</a></li></ul><p>During this operation &quot;data that had accumulated in the database was deleted and organised, and an error occurred due to insufficient disk space, causing the system to stop&quot;, Toyota said in a statement.</p><p>The firm also confirmed its earlier preliminary finding that the incident was &quot;not caused by a cyberattack&quot;.</p><p>Toyota is famous for its &quot;just-in-time&quot; production system of providing only small deliveries of necessary parts and other items at various steps of the assembly process.</p><p>This practice minimises costs while improving efficiency and is studied by other manufacturers and at business schools around the world, but also comes with risks.</p><p>stu/dan</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Car giant Toyota on Wednesday blamed a shutdown of all its factories in Japan last month on a system malfunction caused by 'insufficient disk space'.