Maruti Suzuki halts production and dispatch amid global IT outage

Maruti halts production: Auto major Maruti Suzuki India on Friday said it was partly affected by the global outage of Microsoft systems and production and dispatch operations halted briefly. The company, however, said it has been able to resume operations. "A global IT issue affected several companies across several countries today. This problem was encountered in our company also," Maruti Suzuki India said in a regulatory filing.

The car market leader further said it immediately initiated precautionary and remedial measures "and production/dispatch operations were briefly halted".

"The company has been able to resume its operations now," Maruti Suzuki said, adding, that it does not anticipate any material impact of this incident on its performance.

Microsoft users globally, including several in India, have reported massive outages in services, with outage tracking website Downdetector showing users flagging disruptions across various services.

There have been reports of disruptions in the functioning of several airlines, banks, and media outlets worldwide.