08/11/21 Orders Previewing

[NewBernWolf]

FoMoCo just like all the other manufacturers have tended to go towards JIT assembly lines. JIT == Just In Time, where the inventory needed for current production, a short period of time, is next to the line. Other parts are either in a staging area, quickly accessible to keep the line in productive mode(moving), or arriving at the loading dock. They likely do not keep 500 7-pin hitches next to the line, or maybe even in-house, but that's just one item.
Kanban or JIT requires the sub-assemblies to be readily available from suppliers. A seat manufacturer(forget the name) would actually co-ordinate with the plant to load the seats onto their truck in reverse order of the builds scheduled for that day. FILO, so the first out of the truck were the first needed when the line started moving. All other seats dribbled out of the trailer onto the conveyor/loader in the order needed to match the color of the vehicles in production. Engine/transmission assemblies are shipped in packaging, I've seen 12-packs, and so on, that fit onto a pallet/base that can be set and loaded directly. Do not know if they are 'synched' or one is just picked from the packing and placed onto the cradle.
Anyway, my take is there are problems in CVTe-2.5 land, something does not assemble well, or doesn't fit. I have not read of any problems in the transmission assembly plant, but figure the Hermosillo plant is not quite doing as well. Could be a training issue and they are doing the aseemble-grade-take-apart-repeat until they get it right the first time.
tom

How does your take fit in with the fact that about 40% of the vehicles currently scheduled are hybrids?

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[jcsan18]

I would like to know this too...I would be willing to drop my soft tonneau cover to get my Maverick sooner!

I told my dealer to drop my tonneau cover last Friday, and was told that it was dropped this week, before scheduling. It’s also cheaper to go outside of Ford for the tonneau.

 

[casanewt]

@Granger Ford Can you or any of the dealers confirm if you are seeing anything previewing for scheduling for today? Question based on another dealer comment I saw.

 

[Velo_Blue_Mav_in_NC]

I told my dealer to drop my tonneau cover last Friday, and was told that it was dropped this week, before scheduling. It’s also cheaper to go outside of Ford for the tonneau.

I'll just go see the crew at Wakefield ATV across from Crossroads Ford in WF, and get the tonneau cover. Highly recommend Chad and his crew for any after market accessories. They'd probably send it to him anyways if I had them do it.

 

[Granger Ford]

@Granger Ford Can you or any of the dealers confirm if you are seeing anything previewing for scheduling for today? Question based on another dealer comment I saw.

it is possible that some dealers may. All of our allocation for the month scheduled yesterday.

 

[Granger Ford]

Any constraints you're aware of on the tonneau covers? Thx in advance as always.

not that I know of.

 

[NotAnonymous]

it is possible that some dealers may. All of our allocation for the month scheduled yesterday.

Do you anticipate the next batch (November) emails to be a few weeks down the line?

 

[Packer Bill]

it is possible that some dealers may. All of our allocation for the month scheduled yesterday.

If I understand you correctly, you were allocated only 5 builds for the whole month of October? How many orders do you have that have not been scheduled?

 

[Granger Ford]

If I understand you correctly, you were allocated only 5 builds for the whole month of October? How many orders do you have that have not been scheduled?

Yes, we have 30+ left to be scheduled.

I think out of our zone of 40 dealers the second biggest allocation was 2. Most dealers didn't get any. A very thin allocation.

 

[Granger Ford]

Do you anticipate the next batch (November) emails to be a few weeks down the line?

Yes, probably 4 weeks for us.

 

[casanewt]

Yes, we have 30+ left to be scheduled.

I think out of our zone of 40 dealers the second biggest allocation was 2. Most dealers didn't get any. A very thin allocation.

I'm confused. Are you saying someone could place an order with a dealer and never get their vehicle because the dealer has no allocations?

 

[NotAnonymous]

Yes, probably 4 weeks for us.

Much appreciated for that info. Not great news for us in that 30+ group BUT patience is a virtue!

 

[grumpyunk]

How does your take fit in with the fact that about 40% of the vehicles currently scheduled are hybrids?

My take was based on the 139 quantity reported ordered for Hermosillo recently as reported by a poster whose spouse worked at the transmission plant.
I do not know all of FoMoCo ordering going on beyond what I read here and on the web. I cannot state that 40% of the scheduled are hybrids. I do not know that, not having seen that figure. My impression was less than that from all I have read.... so far. Things are sort of fluid right now, IMO.
tom

 

[ReddWulf]

I told my dealer to drop my tonneau cover last Friday, and was told that it was dropped this week, before scheduling. It’s also cheaper to go outside of Ford for the tonneau.

I did the same. Deleted the hard folding off of my build on 8/1 and am now scheduled for 10/11. Original Ford confirmation email 7/12. 2.0L AWD XLT Lux/360 FX4 in Alto Blue.

 

[TheShark]

I did the same. Deleted the hard folding off of my build on 8/1 and am now scheduled for 10/11. Original Ford confirmation email 7/12. 2.0L AWD XLT Lux/360 FX4 in Alto Blue.

I deleted the tri fold cover from my order on 8/12, lets see if it will help speed up scheduling.

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