TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. is mulling sourcing parts supplies from Japan for automobile production in Thailand, after severe flooding caused a supply chain disruption, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
The Japanese automaker has already decided to halt operations at its automobile and cub motorcycle plants in Thailand until Friday.
As Honda and its subcontractors are providing parts not only to Honda in Thailand but also to India, Honda is considering shifting sourcing of parts for production in India to imports from Japan and other countries, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said the company is still looking into the impact that the Thai flooding has had on production and the status of part inventories for production in India, although it doesn't expect any immediate negative impact.
The spokesman said Honda's local content in India stands at 80%-90%, so that automotive parts shipped from Thailand are only a portion of the 10%-20% of parts used in vehicles it is manufacturing in India. But he said the company would face an inability to roll out vehicles even if only one part is not available.
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