Re: How'd they do it?

Posted by Tim Cole On 2014/3/23 18:21:45

Before 1940 they were building two lines of cars. The Senior line was reorganized to take up less space with the 120, but building cars by hand takes a lot of space.

With the collapse of the luxury market the 120 was really just using up vacant space in the factory. They probably got a good costing job from Briggs to out source that work.

I don't really understand why a multifloor building is supposed to be so bad. What's the difference if the body comes down from above or is moved from a half a mile away? I only know the heating costs and property taxes are higher.
The biggest hindrace with the Packard plant is lack of railroad access.

Today's plants are in bad shape and the only infrastructure investments are being made in places like Mexico. I'm confident that within 30 years they will all be gone, including Ford which avoided bankruptcy only by screwing it's creditors.

Imagine facilities with roofs caving in, toilets overflowing, broken down furnaces, collapsed sewer pipes, poor lighting and worn out electric service. The Masters at Being Xssholes (MBA's) think that shrewd behavior is to blame everything on the help. What they don't understand is that the Mexicans are going to launch their own brands one day. Goodbye American cars.