Production at two Jaguar Land Rover factories is set to be reduced in response to fluctuating global demand for its cars.
The luxury car maker described the move as "minor changes" to its production schedules at its plants in Solihull and Castle Bromwich, north Birmingham.
Information from a staff briefing, seen by BusinessLive, suggests the changes will mean shutdowns for various individual half days and full days during the coming weeks rather than wholesale shutdowns for extended periods.
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A spokeswoman told BusinessLive the changes would affect Solihull between now and the end of March and Castle Bromwich between the end February and the end of March.
The Castle Bromwich plant makes only Jaguar cars while Solihull is responsible for Land Rover and Range Rover models and the Jaguar SUV.
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A statement from the company said: "Through its ongoing transformation programme, Jaguar Land Rover is taking action to optimise performance, enable sustainable growth and safeguard the long-term success of our business.
"The external environment remains challenging for our industry and the company is taking decisive actions to achieve the necessary operational efficiencies to safeguard long-term success.
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"We have confirmed that our Solihull and Castle Bromwich plants will make some minor changes to their production schedules to reflect fluctuating demand globally while still meeting customer needs.
"Jaguar Land Rover is continuing to invest heavily in its 海角视频 manufacturing operations with significant investment recently committed to Castle Bromwich for production of the new all electric Jaguar XJ and Solihull which will build the next generation of Range Rover."
On Monday, we reported that Jaguar Land Rover had posted a healthy set of results for the final three months of 2019.
It posted profit of £318 million for the three months to the end of 2019, attributed in part to a 24.3 per cent uplift in sales in China and strong demand for the new Range Rover Evoque.