America’s best-selling pickup, the Ford F-150, has a new production-related problem on its hands. After multiple fires at the Blue Oval’s aluminum supplier Novelis last year created major production disruptions and shortages, Ford has reportedly been forced to temporarily pause production at Dearborn again, halting assembly lines from last Thursday and keeping them offline through Friday and Saturday. Sunday may also have been affected, and with Memorial Day meaning today is a break, production could be paused for a full four days. And it’s all because one part broke. The pause may not sound like a big deal, but Ford’s factory has been operating with two 10-hour shifts per day, so a four-day production pause could mean a backlog of over 2,500 trucks. Worse still, Ford is approximately 60,000 units short on inventory compared …
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Author: Sebastian Cenizo
