Plant to shut down
08-25-2022, 07:16 PM
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I do not pay for online news like that, but the first free paragraph sums it up. Not something I blame GM for, but it does suck. Could you imagine if your car was towards the end of the line, That would really suck.
08-25-2022, 07:49 PM
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The full article - General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Corvette plant will idle next week because of a temporary parts supply issues, the Detroit automaker said on Thursday.
Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky won't run production the week of Aug. 29 on either of its two shifts employing more than 1,400 people. The assembly line will resume on Sept. 6 after Labor Day
"Our supply chain, manufacturing and engineering teams are working closely with our supply base to mitigate any further impact on production," spokesman David Barnas said in a statement.
The statement added that the automaker's production in North American has been stable compared to recent months as supply chains have hit bumps since 2020's COVID-19 shutdowns.
"Short-term supply chain disruptions continue to occur," Barnas added, "which has led us to make this scheduling adjustment."
Bowling Green Assembly in Kentucky won't run production the week of Aug. 29 on either of its two shifts employing more than 1,400 people. The assembly line will resume on Sept. 6 after Labor Day
"Our supply chain, manufacturing and engineering teams are working closely with our supply base to mitigate any further impact on production," spokesman David Barnas said in a statement.
The statement added that the automaker's production in North American has been stable compared to recent months as supply chains have hit bumps since 2020's COVID-19 shutdowns.
"Short-term supply chain disruptions continue to occur," Barnas added, "which has led us to make this scheduling adjustment."
08-26-2022, 09:48 AM
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"Our supply chain, manufacturing and engineering teams are working closely with our supply base to mitigate any further impact on production," spokesman David Barnas said in a statement.
Why the hell do they even bother saying that every time when they know damn well it's going to happen again??!!
Why the hell do they even bother saying that every time when they know damn well it's going to happen again??!!
08-26-2022, 11:40 AM
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GM, just go bankrupt & go away. What a joke
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08-26-2022, 12:02 PM
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That would mean another taxpayer bailout that we never got paid back for the last time.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-...xpayer-bailout
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/business/02gret.html
"the money G.M. used to repay its bailout loan had come from a taxpayer-financed escrow account held for the automaker at the Treasury."
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-...xpayer-bailout
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/business/02gret.html
"the money G.M. used to repay its bailout loan had come from a taxpayer-financed escrow account held for the automaker at the Treasury."
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08-26-2022, 12:37 PM
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That would mean another taxpayer bailout that we never got paid back for the last time.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-...xpayer-bailout
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/business/02gret.html
"the money G.M. used to repay its bailout loan had come from a taxpayer-financed escrow account held for the automaker at the Treasury."
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-...xpayer-bailout
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/business/02gret.html
"the money G.M. used to repay its bailout loan had come from a taxpayer-financed escrow account held for the automaker at the Treasury."
08-26-2022, 01:45 PM
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Really your being to hard on GM...the production line is probably exhausted from the high manufacturing cadence that is outputting huge volume of base models and Z06. They need some downtime to recoup.
08-26-2022, 01:46 PM
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08-26-2022, 02:10 PM
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08-27-2022, 11:13 AM
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So does this shift the 9/12 Z06 production week that was attached to the first allocations? If yes, will it be moved by the exact number of days or something different? You would think they knew this when they put out the 9/12 date?
08-27-2022, 11:33 AM
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08-27-2022, 11:42 AM
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Sigh……. Don’t ya’ll think that GM’s suppliers POWERFULlY want to stay in business, keep their contracts, keep skilled employees? Qualifying subs, the subs make the fixtures, molds, processes, etc WANT to supply parts to keep the contract. And, pulling sub contracts from reliable subs, qualifying new subs is a HUGE schedule/financial impact. BUT….. BUT…. IF the Corvette line subs or ANY subs or ANY military contractor CAN’T get raw materials to make parts what do you do?!?!?
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
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08-28-2022, 11:40 AM
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Sigh……. Don’t ya’ll think that GM’s suppliers POWERFULlY want to stay in business, keep their contracts, keep skilled employees? Qualifying subs, the subs make the fixtures, molds, processes, etc WANT to supply parts to keep the contract. And, pulling sub contracts from reliable subs, qualifying new subs is a HUGE schedule/financial impact. BUT….. BUT…. IF the Corvette line subs or ANY subs or ANY military contractor CAN’T get raw materials to make parts what do you do?!?!?
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
08-28-2022, 12:00 PM
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When it boils down to it if the issues chip related the supplier does not matter They use the same crap in their products. It is like computers. All the computers use the same chips inside. The real fix is getting more control over chip production and the government has not helped a lot here. Even slowing an Intel plant in Ohio.
08-28-2022, 01:30 PM
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I worked at the VW mfg plant in New Stanton, PA back in the early 80’s. We often shut downs because of supplier issues. Spent much of my life working in the manufacturing sector and down time due to supplier issues is part of the business. Seems much worse now due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control (e.g. pandemic).
08-28-2022, 02:13 PM
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Sigh……. Don’t ya’ll think that GM’s suppliers POWERFULlY want to stay in business, keep their contracts, keep skilled employees? Qualifying subs, the subs make the fixtures, molds, processes, etc WANT to supply parts to keep the contract. And, pulling sub contracts from reliable subs, qualifying new subs is a HUGE schedule/financial impact. BUT….. BUT…. IF the Corvette line subs or ANY subs or ANY military contractor CAN’T get raw materials to make parts what do you do?!?!?
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
I’m continuously astonished how few people have any sense of the challenges of just MAKING STUFF…. any stuff, particularly electronic STUFF in this day and age! There is certainly always at least a 5% plain old incompetency factor, but mostly it’s getting raw materials including Chips. Rant over.
Certainly GM doesn't WANT to make a bunch of cars that will probably have an average MSRP of $145K+
08-29-2022, 09:52 AM
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I spoke to Tadge and found out some of the parts needed to build the Z06 came or comes out of Russia and Ukraine