[Keith Seymore]

Ok, enough with the sentimental stuff... back to the history!

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I think for the most part you have highly motivated and intelligent people who are saddled with the stupidity and inefficiencies of working for a major corporation....

...that, and the volume of product produced. At Flint Assembly we had two assembly lines producing 60 vehicles an hour, two shifts. If you multiply that out (60 per hour x 8 hours per day x 2 shifts x 2 lines x 280 days per year) you get 537600 vehicles per year. That's at one plant, minimum (ie, no overtime). A half a million vehicles...

Now I want you to image a huge parking lot, probably 10 acres, filled with vehicles that still require repair. These vehicles are constantly being shuttled back and forth, out back and then into the building, over to the railyard, through the shipping building, to the trucking yard, etc. The opportunities for error are tremendous...and that's before the vehicle even leaves the property.

Since posting this, I have found some pictures of the shipping lot of an assembly plant (Pontiac, in this case). I think this will better demonstrate what I was trying to convey way back in the beginning of this thread: