Just-in-time manufacturing allowed the car industry to run incredibly lean, giving much improved efficiencies and cutting swathes from storage costs. The business model allowed for parts to be shipped from all over the world in precise time slots, just when the main factory needed them.
But the events of the past two years have turned all that on its head. First, the semiconductor crisis and more latterly the war in Ukraine have forced companies to reassess their complex supply chains.
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It was always a flawed business model, relying on unstable (cheap) countries to deliver through political turmoil.
You reap what you sow!