(March 18, 2011) DETROIT — General Motors has suspended production at Shreveport Assembly in Louisiana for the week of March 21 due to a parts shortage resulting from the crisis in Japan. GM said it would resume production at Shreveport as soon as possible.

At this point, GM said, it has sufficient vehicles to meet customer demand. GM assembles midsize Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks at the Shreveport plant. It produced nearly 50,000 vehicles there last year, running on one shift since September 2008.

GM did not identify the parts or the supplier.

All other plants in North America will continue to run normal operations, GM said.

"Like all global automakers, we will continue to follow the events in Japan closely to determine the business impact, working across the organization to maximize flexibility, supply the most critical operations, and effectively manage cost," GM said in a press release.