JAPAN: Toyota working on quake-proof supply chain
Author: Tony Lewis | 7 September 2011
Toyota is 80% of the way towards having a supply chain that could recover within two weeks of an earthquake like the one in March that is still affecting supplies six months later - but it will take about five years to finalise a more robust chain.
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