FORD Detroit Running at 114%

[csv8]

http://autos.aol.com/article/ford-c-...ncid=webmail13

[FPV GTHO]

Perhaps they need to reclassify what their true capacity is

[Joe5619]

Great story...

Lets hope we are all reading a similar article about FoA in 2018/2020!!

[phillyc]

Bill Frykman, a Ford manager of business and product development, said the company saved 30 percent of operational costs at Michigan Assembly because the Focus and C-MAX shared the C-platform

.That's a big saving by having a common platform being produced at the one plant. If operational costs are say ~20% of vehicle cost then that's a 6% saving / profit margin.

[Franco Cozzo]

How can you be operating at 114% of your capacity?

100% is everything you got, so how can you have an extra 14% on top?

[1TUFFUTE]

think about what your saying. 100% is when at full NORMAL operating speeds. Now if they decide to run things like extra weekends,double shifts and contractors....then this is how you run at more then 100%.

Even tho you ask 100% from your car when you give 100% throttle...you can still set it up to go faster ....it has the ability

[FPV GTHO]

It seems that the regular capacity is calculated on each plant running twin shifts.

Understandable then with a growing number of plants on 3 shifts and a handful on single shifts or under renovation.

[Franco Cozzo]

I thought they would calculate it on how many cars their equipment and staff would be capable of churning out over a set period.

Fair enough.

[Franco Cozzo]

I thought they would calculate it on how many cars their equipment and staff would be capable of churning out over a set period.

Fair enough.

[FPV GTHO]

Well that would live up to the term capacity more accurately, but I guess there's different ways they spin it.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

How can you be operating at 114% of your capacity?

100% is everything you got, so how can you have an extra 14% on top?

100% = 2 x 8 hour shifts five days a week.

Some sources indicate this is how plants are running:

Michigan Assy Plant (new Focus side) at 3 shifts
Detroit Truck Plant at 3 shifts
Louisville Assy Plant at 3 shifts
Kentucky Assy Plant at 3 shifts
Chicago Assy Plant at 3 shifts

Kansas City Assy Plant (F150 side) is at least 2 shifts (though this is suppose to go to 3 I think)
Kansas City Assy Plant (Transit side) under renovations, will probably be at least 2 shifts at end summer

Oakville Assy Plant is on 3 shifts in body and 2 x 10 hr on final trim

[castellan]

Originally Posted by 1TUFFUTE

think about what your saying. 100% is when at full NORMAL operating speeds. Now if they decide to run things like extra weekends,double shifts and contractors....then this is how you run at more then 100%.

Even tho you ask 100% from your car when you give 100% throttle...you can still set it up to go faster ....it has the ability

Gobbly gook !
I despise people that say rubbish like i am working at 110% etc it's foolish in the extreme. and i would sack one on the spot for such gibberish.
100% is the limit there is no more.
14% over a set limit is what it is.

Driving a car with your foot flat to the floor is 100% end of story or it becomes a endless range of possibilities.

[1TUFFUTE]

Originally Posted by castellan

Gobbly gook !
I despise people that say rubbish like i am working at 110% etc it's foolish in the extreme. and i would sack one on the spot for such gibberish.
100% is the limit there is no more.
14% over a set limit is what it is.

Driving a car with your foot flat to the floor is 100% end of story or it becomes a endless range of possibilities.

way to look at it with an open mind The way your describing means that every car on the road runs at about 50%. because a Gt 335 ...without adding anything to the car...just tuning (or setting up the same product differently) can perform far and away better. Same as a ford plant. Its setup to run at full capacity with a certain amount of people and working hours. If they choose to bump up the amount of workers and make them do overtime which no doubt means the plant needs certain adjustments.....then guess what....your plant now performs at over 100%.

Another thing....if everything in this world ran at 100% of its capacity...then there would be a hell of alot more breakages and failures. Think about it.


100% does not mean ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE. Its an agreed amounnt.

[jpd80]

Originally Posted by castellan

Gobbly gook !
I despise people that say rubbish like i am working at 110% etc it's foolish

The analogy of a car is incorrect.

100% utilisation in a Ford US plant = 2 x 8 hour shifts on final trim and body shop.

At the moment, most body shops are doing 3 x 8 hour shifts, five days a week to feed
the off line assembly and final trim lines at 2 x 10 hour shifts, five days a week.

3 x 8 hour shifts starts to bring up maintenance issues due to insufficient time between changes of shift.