... a day because a Midwest ice storm prevented passage of parts necessary for production, Japan's largest automaker decided it should get better at tracking and responding to the weather and hired Weather Data Inc. to be its own private forecasting company. This exemplifies just one of the extreme steps automakers will take to maintain the delicate logistical balance necessary for modern assembly of ... it can't control the weather, it should at least get better at tracking it and responding to it. So this past December, Toyota hired a small company from Wichita, KS, Weather Data Inc., for...

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