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Ensuring business continuity in the event of a large-scale earthquake

As part of JATCO’s BCM initiatives, we organize disaster countermeasures activities with regards to a large-scale earthquake (seismic intensity of 6 Upper or greater) that is feared to occur in the near future. These activities are aimed first towards saving lives, preventing secondary disasters, and a prompt and effective recovery to aid in the recovery of our business. Our BCM formulations are being reviewed and strengthened through our experience from such disasters as the Niigata Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in July 2007, the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, and the earthquake in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture in March 2011, which resulted in significant damage to one of our plants. The disasters that we prepare for are not limited to just earthquakes. They cover a wide range that includes novel strains of coronavirus, IT failures, and supply chain stoppages. We also apply the experience that we have gained in developing BCM in Japan to the risks facing our overseas locations, including Mexico, China, and Thailand to extend our BCM practices globally across the entire JATCO Group. In order to promote activities focused on our supply chain in light of our experience during past disasters, we have made efforts to strengthen our overall supply chain by performing diagnoses of the BCM systems of each Group company. JATCO’s highly effective BCM is driven by the repeated use of training. We have been conducting BCM simulation training every year since FY2008, through which we confirm our initial disaster response and recovery system for business continuity. This training is based on expected levels of damage and involves the relevant departments and company bases working together to solve problems related to business recovery. These problems include how to respond to automobile manufacturers, business partners, local communities, and the media. Through the repeated use of this training, we aim to provide a speedy response in the event of a disaster. This emphasis on simulation training with a focus on cooperation between bases has already yielded results at our Fujinomiya Plant, when during the earthquake in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, the plant was able to easily receive assistance from our other bases and make a rapid recovery.

BCM promotion organization

Ensuring the safety of employees and the local community

Earthquake measures for buildings and facilities in Japan

In order to prevent damage to buildings and facilities and harm to employees in the event of a large-scale earthquake, as well as to achieve early recovery of production plant functions, we have taken a wide range of earthquake countermeasures that include securing production equipment at and strengthening the earthquake resistance of our main production bases in Japan, and taking measures to prevent objects from falling from ceilings or cranes. As a member of the supply chain, we are constantly coming up with countermeasures to minimize our impact on the production activities of our customers.

Earthquake countermeasures at overseas bases

JATCO operates globally and has implemented BCM activities at our overseas bases similar to those at our domestic bases to prepare them for earthquakes or other large-scale disasters.
At JATCO (Thailand) Co., Ltd., which commenced operations in July 2013, we have drawn lessons from the major floods that occurred in 2011, and raised the foundation filling of the building by 50 cm compared to the initial plans, in preparation for tsunami and floods.

Ensuring the safety of employees

In order to ensure the safety of employees in the event of a largescale earthquake, JATCO has established detailed procedures with regard to evacuation actions and evacuation shelters.
In order to ensure that employees have a good grasp of this information, regular drills are conducted based on a variety of day and night emergency situations that we expect could occur. Given the possibility of having employees at each facility who are unable to return home during an emergency, we have prepared supplies such as water, food, helmets, blankets, sleeping bags, and portable toilets at each facility.

Securing safety and peace of mind for local residents

JATCO is a company that stands together with local residents.
Hence, we cooperate actively to secure safety and peace of mind for local residents. We are working to be included on municipal emergency shelter lists and to establish a system that allows us to provide company facilities as emergency shelters for local residents who have nowhere to evacuate to in the event of a largescale disaster.