All;
-What's scary about this whole thing is, unless you have the actual
work-orders to match to the Production Plan/Records(in my example, the
"official" changeover on the 260 badge was car # 2400)you'll never
know if there was an actual deviation from the BOM's/ship schedule.
I happen to be right now trying to reconcile this kind of discrepancy.
Us "production-types" don't really care-we got it shipped-but the Cost
Acctng. folks have actual-cost variances for machine-ships that don't
match the "breakpoints".Hence, it's hell trying to figure out your
COGS & profit margins if you have these variances for 1 product over a
month's shipments.
-Multiply this problem by # of products mfg. and all the DIFFERENT
p/n's "breakpointing" at different spots....makes one want to consider
a career change to something less-stressful.
Phil
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Subject: Re: Re[2]: Apocryphal?
Author: marrone@wco.com (Frank Marrone) at ~INTERNET
Date: 7/25/96 11:55 AM
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> -Most cost effective is to exhaust-stock, if at all feasible. Say the
> "260" badge was slated to run out at vehicle ..2400. Because of a
> mis-count in stores, they had enough to last to vehicle ...2550.
> Sounds like Chrysler was watching the $...everywhere I've worked when
> this happened, the workorders all had to be red-lined to exhaust
> stock, as the BOM's already had clicked-off at the numeric breakpoint
> in the computer.
As you say it had to be! Ford did lots of it. I'm sure we could learn a
lot about our cars if accurate records could be found.
Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116
marrone@wco.com 1966 LTD
Series I Alpine (2.3L powered by Ford)
Yamaha Seca 900
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