Comments on: Ford’s Most Advanced Assembly Plant (Rural Brazil) http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/fords-most-advanced-assembly-plant-operates-in-rural-brazil/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:10:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bdg123 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/fords-most-advanced-assembly-plant-operates-in-rural-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-127738 bdg123 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:59:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=10185#comment-127738 JIT is practiced in the US by American auto makers. And, the US auto makers equal the best of the Japanese in terms of hours to build a car. So, this is a little bit of propaganda that has such a marginal impact on the auto business that it's basically irrelevant. And, there is a rationale behind why it isn't done. Manufacturers aren't leaving the US for any reason cited. And, it is really upsetting when misinformation is passed around like this. JIT is practiced in the US by American auto makers. And, the US auto makers equal the best of the Japanese in terms of hours to build a car. So, this is a little bit of propaganda that has such a marginal impact on the auto business that it’s basically irrelevant. And, there is a rationale behind why it isn’t done. Manufacturers aren’t leaving the US for any reason cited. And, it is really upsetting when misinformation is passed around like this.

]]> By: mhm http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/fords-most-advanced-assembly-plant-operates-in-rural-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-127495 mhm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:44:49 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=10185#comment-127495 I've been to a modern VW plant and it has a similar level of automation. Very impressive when you see it live. The air is heavy with metallic fumes from the welding, and, to be honest, nobody should stay there working in shifts even if short ones. But the robot arms are moving at at least 2x the real speed. That is silly. I’ve been to a modern VW plant and it has a similar level of automation. Very impressive when you see it live. The air is heavy with metallic fumes from the welding, and, to be honest, nobody should stay there working in shifts even if short ones.

But the robot arms are moving at at least 2x the real speed. That is silly.

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