When does production start again?

[nerubi]

BINGO!
JACKPOT!
YAHTZEE!

...estimated. I've seen Jeeps sit in J-Status (Built but not OK'd) for um... months.

You gotta quit scaring these people with talk like that.
Been working three days, any Wranglers roll out the door yet?

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[nerubi]

Fingers crossed Mexico doesn't close again:

"The U.S. car assembly plants have some inventory but not enough to last more than two weeks," said Patrick Penfield, a supply chain management professor who teaches at Syracuse University in New York.

"The biggest issue U.S. car assembly plants face in the next two weeks is that the coronavirus infection rate is starting to surge in Mexico," he said. "If the Mexican government changes their decision on restarting manufacturing on June 1 and continues their factory closures, U.S. car assembly plants will also shut down due to a lack of components."

Statements from government officials in Mexico have been inconsistent, suggesting as recently as late Thursday that the industry would be shuttered until June 1. Then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a directive Friday that seemed to green-light Detroit automakers' plan to restart production Monday.

"Suppliers to the assembly plants and their suppliers are telling us that they are not getting good direction from electronic systems regarding parts that will be required and when they will be required," he said.

Auto companies are counting on a buffer created by inventory already in the supply chain when it shut down, and the slow ramp-up of the vehicle assembly plants.

Meanwhile, a Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that reopened April 27 after being closed five weeks in response to the coronavirus is suspending production due to a shortage of parts supplied from Mexico, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Report from 5/13

 

[Mike_1]

Fingers crossed Mexico doesn't close again:

"The U.S. car assembly plants have some inventory but not enough to last more than two weeks," said Patrick Penfield, a supply chain management professor who teaches at Syracuse University in New York.

"The biggest issue U.S. car assembly plants face in the next two weeks is that the coronavirus infection rate is starting to surge in Mexico," he said. "If the Mexican government changes their decision on restarting manufacturing on June 1 and continues their factory closures, U.S. car assembly plants will also shut down due to a lack of components."

Statements from government officials in Mexico have been inconsistent, suggesting as recently as late Thursday that the industry would be shuttered until June 1. Then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a directive Friday that seemed to green-light Detroit automakers' plan to restart production Monday.

"Suppliers to the assembly plants and their suppliers are telling us that they are not getting good direction from electronic systems regarding parts that will be required and when they will be required," he said.

Auto companies are counting on a buffer created by inventory already in the supply chain when it shut down, and the slow ramp-up of the vehicle assembly plants.

Meanwhile, a Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that reopened April 27 after being closed five weeks in response to the coronavirus is suspending production due to a shortage of parts supplied from Mexico, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Report from 5/13

Crazy times we’re in right now.

 

[Dkretden]

Fingers crossed Mexico doesn't close again:

"The U.S. car assembly plants have some inventory but not enough to last more than two weeks," said Patrick Penfield, a supply chain management professor who teaches at Syracuse University in New York.

"The biggest issue U.S. car assembly plants face in the next two weeks is that the coronavirus infection rate is starting to surge in Mexico," he said. "If the Mexican government changes their decision on restarting manufacturing on June 1 and continues their factory closures, U.S. car assembly plants will also shut down due to a lack of components."

Statements from government officials in Mexico have been inconsistent, suggesting as recently as late Thursday that the industry would be shuttered until June 1. Then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a directive Friday that seemed to green-light Detroit automakers' plan to restart production Monday.

"Suppliers to the assembly plants and their suppliers are telling us that they are not getting good direction from electronic systems regarding parts that will be required and when they will be required," he said.

Auto companies are counting on a buffer created by inventory already in the supply chain when it shut down, and the slow ramp-up of the vehicle assembly plants.

Meanwhile, a Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that reopened April 27 after being closed five weeks in response to the coronavirus is suspending production due to a shortage of parts supplied from Mexico, Bloomberg reported Friday.

Report from 5/13

This is exactly why it will be very hard to restart anything....... every company has suppliers..... those suppliers have (state or national) government COVID requirements to comply with. A tangled web. hopefully it won’t be 1933........ but it will take enormous effort to make ensure that it isn’t.

 

[Marlon_JB2]

@nerubi Customer orders don't apply to my horror stories.

 

[ShariJeep]

@nerubi Customer orders don't apply to my horror stories.

Curious - Did any vehicles actually roll off the line completed this week?
Oh, and glad to see that you survived what had to be a very interesting week!

 

[Marlon_JB2]

Yes, but I'm not sure if anything actually shipped. I wasn't on my actual job, didn't have a computer, etc. I was just helping out to make sure things ran as smooth as possible.

 

[ShariJeep]

Yes, but I'm not sure if anything actually shipped. I wasn't on my actual job, didn't have a computer, etc. I was just helping out to make sure things ran as smooth as possible.

Thanks for answering! I am just glad they were able to move some through. I know it’s been a big adjustment for everyone working. Have a great weekend @Marlon_JB2!

 

[JeepJohn]

I got you beat. Ordered 2/15 and still waiting. I am pretty sure I have seen some posts of people who ordered before me and still haven't received theirs.

Did you order a diesel or a manuel?

 

[JeepJohn]

Oh God I'm sore.

The first few hours were a bit slow, everyone was getting in the groove of things.

But believe me, you guys WILL get your Jeeps in a timely manner.

Thank you for what you do Sir!

 

[JeepJohn]

I ordered mine this past Thursday, the 14th. Got the VON, POC and the VIN today. Shows est. ship date as June 2nd. Can only hope.

What did you order?

 

[JeepJohn]

GREAT to hear that it went well today! Stay safe and in doing so, help America recover!

 

[Quadjeeper]

What did you order?

Sarge Green Rubicon 3.6 auto Unlimited black HT. Was really wanting a 3.0 diesel but have read way too many serious issues at very low miles, <1k , so went with tried and true.

 

[JeepJohn]

Sarge Green Rubicon 3.6 auto Unlimited black HT. Was really wanting a 3.0 diesel but have read way too many serious issues at very low miles, <1k , so went with tried and true.

Nice!

 

[rba89]

Did you order a diesel or a manuel?

I ordered on 2/15, too. My order was delayed because of the manual transmission issue.

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