Produksi BMW MINI Tergendala Kerana Kekurangan Cip

Kekurangan cip memaksa penutupan kilang Mini Oxford selama tiga hari.

Kekurangan cip komputer di seluruh dunia telah membuka mata banyak pengeluar kereta mengenai keperluan untuk melindungi pembelian cip mereka kerana mereka mempunyai lebih banyak teknologi yang dipasang ke dalam kereta baharu mereka.

Enam bulan kebelakangan ini, kami menyaksikan puluhan pengeluar kereta terpaksa menghentikan pengeluaran di pelbagai kilang kerana kekurangan komponen global yang sangat penting ini.

Pengeluar kenderaan sederhana sekali pun, Proton telah melengkapkan model baharu mereka dengan hiburan kabin generasi akan datang dan ini memerlukan cip komputer canggih.

Banyak pengeluar kereta seperti Audi dan Ford yang terjejas oleh kekurangan ini telah berusaha mengatasi, namun BMW Group secara senyap-senyap berjaya memastikan pengeluaran mereka berjalan tanpa berhenti produksi, kita hanya dapat menganggap, perancangan bekalan cip mereka sangat baik, sehingga sekarang.

Berita pada akhir minggu lalu bahawa BMW Group mengalah kepada kekurangan semikonduktor global setelah berbulan-bulan mengurus mengekalkan output dalam petunjuk terbaru bahawa masalah rantaian bekalan industri automotif semakin buruk.

BMW MINI MEDIA RELEASE: The German car manufacturer who also owns Mini and Rolls Royce will pause production of Mini cars at its Oxford, England, factory for three days starting April 30, according to a spokeswoman. It’s also reducing shifts at its BMW plant in Regensburg, Germany, from this week.

BMW was one of the last remaining major automakers unscathed by a shortage of chips expected to cost the industry tens of billions of revenue this year.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week called the issue a “huge problem.” NXP Semiconductors said it’s expecting supply to be tight all year and warned constraints for the auto industry could extend into 2022.

Automakers from Volkswagen to Ford have been forced to idle factories as surging demand for phones, laptops and electronics during the pandemic overwhelmed suppliers.

Although BMW side-stepped the turmoil for months, it acknowledged challenges to securing enough parts for all its plants.

The Oxford plant produced around 222,340 Mini vehicles in 2019, equivalent to around 870 vehicles per working day. Around 80 percent of the vehicles produced in Britain are exported.

The Regensburg factory builds the X1 and X2 as well as the 1 Series and 2-Series Gran Tourer. It produced around 200,000 vehicles last year or about 790 cars per working day.

Other BMW plants continue to operate as normal, according to the company.