Build times for HD's will likely get longer

C/K Man · November 21

2 hours ago, 64BAwagon said:

The one I dont get is Mark Reuss.

He is a great product man. He is also a company man and goes with the program. Do you think he might be next in line?

revrnd · November 21

1 hour ago, C/K Man said:

He is a great product man. He is also a company man and goes with the program. Do you think he might be next in line?

What was Barra's background, in the legal or financial side?

bruceb58 · November 25

GM has done this many times in the past. Typically, it's because there are too many vehicles in inventory across the dealerships.

revrnd · November 25

14 minutes ago, bruceb58 said:

GM has done this many times in the past. Typically, it's because there are too many vehicles in inventory across the dealerships.

I'm sure @ regular selling rates, weekday production should cover it. No sense to increase the labour costs on vehicles that aren't needed.

Sometimes if there was major downtime thru a week, an unscheduled Sat' would make up production losses.

redwngr · Thursday at 06:03 PM

On 11/20/2024 at 9:05 PM, revrnd said:

What was Barra's background, in the legal or financial side?

Neither.

Mary Barra has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from GMI

Here first job as GM was as a co-op student.

Mary Barra - Wikipedia

Edited Thursday at 06:05 PM by redwngr

redwngr · Thursday at 06:08 PM

Took a long time, but many/most dealer lots are filled again.

Sales program/discounts are re-appearing -- in this area, especially on HD's.

No need for the continuous overtime.

Edited Thursday at 07:36 PM by redwngr

revrnd · Thursday at 06:38 PM

31 minutes ago, redwngr said:

Neither.

Mary Barra has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from GMI

Here first job as GM was as a co-op student.

Mary Barra - Wikipedia

I think that was the entry level job for salaried climbers. I remember Carlisle's resume when he was made the GM of Canada 'big cheese'. I had just retired (plant closure in 2009) & he moved to Canada. He started out as a GMI co-op student in the Truck Plant in the 80s when I was there after finishing my apprenticeship.