Comments on: Surprise: Obama Administration Telling General Motors How To Operate Plants

By: sayanything-5371

sayanything-5371 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

People who can’t figure out how to microwave popcorn telling others how to run a huge corporation. What a country.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings:

I spent my work life in the printing industry. Even though it’s a custom manufacturing industry as opposed to the mass manufacturing of the auto industry, two full shifts were always considered optimal primarily because it always allowed for supplemental overtime in the case of a demand surge. If you’re running three full shifts, there no access to additional capacity.

Overall, this anecdote sounds like a version of what happens when the owner’s progeny get out of college and come into the business. It’s kind of he went from son of the owner to vice president of operations in just one year.

By: RW

RW — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is great news!! GM must have a huge back log of orders. The auto industry is recovering, we just haven’t heard the news. I bet there waiting till next year so Obama can make the anouncement in a BIG prime time speach.

By: calriz

calriz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The basic reason they are bleeding is because: their heavily paid union workers make inferior cars that no one wants to buy. Now the governement steps in and says ‘let’s go out and make more of them’!! Sounds alot like “spending your way out of Bankruptcy”

By: sayanything-43

sayanything-43 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sure that Obama is putting forth all the skill that he exhibited when he brought the Olympics home to Chicago.

By: proof_positive

proof_positive — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Operate at 120% of capacity? That brings to mind the stories of people who didn’t want to buy a car made on a Friday afternoon or a Monday morning! Would “quality” still be “job one”? Oh, wait! That’s those other guys!

By: Dr. Rick

Dr. Rick — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They’ll be operating at a loss, but make it up in volume?

By: jimmypop

jimmypop — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

its not about work…….. its not about production worries if the plant shuts down because of a line repair…… its about paying three shifts of union people. period.

By: ghHorse

ghHorse — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Maybe they should put something in the death care bill that requires Americans to buy a Chevy. No one should buy anything from Government Motors.

By: The_Whistler_ofnd

The_Whistler_ofnd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Working at 120% capacity makes no sense. How do you hire two tenths of a
shift.

I suppose you could increase your labor costs 50% and require overtime.

That sure wouldn’t make you profitable.