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Originally Posted by nates89
This right here. I also work in the industry in the Detroit area and it is a massively complex issue and operation.
The company I work for ships parts into almost every GM facility in North America. I cant imagine being at the OEM right now trying to deal with this hand to mouth situation and scheduling suppliers and parts to make JIT manufacturing work.
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Precisely. You understand exactly what I'm getting at.
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Originally Posted by 90503
I would say that with customers patiently waiting for their ordered cars, the "on paper" scenario involving these chips is exactly how it should be done.
They aren't waiting for some custom miscellaneous ordered item for completion, it's a chip that every car made needs to have.
It's first come, first served. Nobody really cares about how the sausage is made, but no chip available as the excuse for someone's car not being delivered makes seeing others show up seem pretty hen-house...
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I don't disagree with your sentiment. I think the top brass believes they can both balance production along with addressing the constantly multiplying cars being stored for microchips. I've listened to several first hand accounts on how this is going.
There are several hurdles along with completing a car awaiting microchips. You get chips to complete a list of vehicles. You set off to look specific vehicles - you find the vehicles are not where they are supposed to be. Whether its not in the right spot, or even in the correct lot. You do find the correct vehicle, and find the battery is dead. You carry a charge box or wait for a tow truck to come jump the vehicle. If you manage to complete vehicles, then it's up to logistics to dig cars out of the the lot to get it moving along. Depending on the circumstances, and one person may only get to complete 2 or 3 vehicles per day.
It's a mess around here, or around any plant storing vehicles due to the chip shortage.