Toyota fully resumed output in Japan on Thursday with its remaining production line at a plant in Gifu Prefecture brought back into operation, ending 10 days of disruption caused by an explosion at a parts supplier's factory.
The world's largest automaker by volume has been gradually restarting operations as parts supply recovers, after halting 13 production lines at eight factories at one point.
The explosion occurred on Oct. 16 at a factory belonging to Chuo Spring — which makes suspension springs — in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture.
The blast, which occurred in the factory's drying furnace that cools hot steel, damaged production equipment and left the supplier unable to manufacture parts.
Toyota halted production at some of its 14 assembly factories across Japan immediately after the explosion. The affected lines included those assembling its popular Land Cruiser and RAV4 sport utility vehicles.
The assembly factories under the Toyota group produce around 14,000 cars per day.
Chuo Spring partially resumed output with the help of Toyota on Saturday.
Toyota is known for its just-in-time manufacturing by which it aims to produces the right amount of vehicles to meet demand without excess or deficiency at all times.
Such a system is highly cost-effective but leaves the automaker susceptible to output halts when emergencies occur, as it only has a limited number of parts on hand at any given time.
The stoppage was the latest in a series of production problems experienced by Toyota in recent years.
Production at all 14 of its factories in Japan was halted in March last year when one of its suppliers was hit by a cyberattack. Domestic production stopped again in August this year due to a glitch in its parts ordering system.