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[Rangie]

Seem to have been hit by the same problem that cost M&S millions a few months back, no vehicles produced for several days apparently & dealerships unable to register vehicles that are in stock.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yeh, not entirely true, the dealers can register cars (as that is done via the DVLA) and PDI the cars (Topix is all working) and some systems are down, but we are far from stopped.

[Rangie]

Still disruption for JLR , apparently affecting a lot of people financially, who on earth is behind all this ?

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Chinks, Ruskies ?

[STEMO]

Chinks, Ruskies ?

No. Three groups made up of UK and US teenagers who are having a right laugh.

[STEMO]

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+three+groups+who+have+targetted+jlr&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

[Varche]

So if JLR make about a 1000 cars a week, what support is there for supply companies having to lay off staff? Or do they just pay staff to do no or less work? I thought everything now is “ Just in time” supply?

[Doctor Gollum]

So if JLR make about a 1000 cars a week, what support is there for supply companies having to lay off staff? Or do they just pay staff to do no or less work? I thought everything now is “ Just in time” supply?

Easy. Hack in and cancel the entire order of something critical like the main body harness and production stops the second the last one on stock gets used. You can't fit anything to the shell untill that's done. Do similar to a piece of the inner structure and you can't even build the shell.

[STEMO]

So if JLR make about a 1000 cars a week, what support is there for supply companies having to lay off staff? Or do they just pay staff to do no or less work? I thought everything now is “ Just in time” supply?

Easy. Hack in and cancel the entire order of something critical like the main body harness and production stops the second the last one on stock gets used. You can't fit anything to the shell untill that's done. Do similar to a piece of the inner structure and you can't even build the shell.

A good answer, but not to that question 

[Rangie]

So if JLR make about a 1000 cars a week, what support is there for supply companies having to lay off staff? Or do they just pay staff to do no or less work? I thought everything now is “ Just in time” supply?

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Not completely sure but I think that government aid is being asked for due to the mounting financial hardship that's been forced upon workers related to the JLR situation.