Plant build time discussion

[Scubaz66]

I’m sure limited mega cab be right there too. Starting to see trucks all around me being built and I know I’m not a order that was in May or June but still don’t make it easy. And then seeing how many laramies showing up at dealers they are definitely being built for dealer inventory

I've heard RAM is building Customer's orders ahead of Dealer Inventory, but RAM also knows where their Bread is Buttered. I've watched several videos of RAM Truck Assembly Line and it only takes about 93 minutes from start to finish once all parts have been sourced. It's amazing what technology and a group of dedicated workers can accomplish now-a-days. I would think they would do a production runs once they had enough customers ordering the same type truck, i.e Tradesman, Big Horn, Laramie, etc as well as cab/bed type. Then, along with the Customer's Trucks, a few hundred more ready to be shipped to dealer lots. It would be time consuming to change the line daily just to satisfy customers.

 

[ACEd]

I've heard RAM is building Customer's orders ahead of Dealer Inventory, but RAM also knows where their Bread is Buttered. I've watched several videos of RAM Truck Assembly Line and it only takes about 93 minutes from start to finish once all parts have been sourced. It's amazing what technology and a group of dedicated workers can accomplish now-a-days. I would think they would do a production runs once they had enough customers ordering the same type truck, i.e Tradesman, Big Horn, Laramie, etc as well as cab/bed type. Then, along with the Customer's Trucks, a few hundred more ready to be shipped to dealer lots. It would be time consuming to change the line daily just to satisfy customers.

Since each truck is pre-configured as a Dealer stock order or a Customer order each trucks configuration is unique - its not like they are making all the same "dealer configuration" and mixing in custom sold orders slows things down - I can see some benefit to doing all gassers on a shift or all HO diesels or all DRW but there are enough Sold orders to fit into each configuration so that there is no real excuse why all the Sold orders from May are not completed other than Parts availability - and we have seen a lot of those Parts on trucks in Dealer Stock.

 

[Myfast70]

I've watched several videos of RAM Truck Assembly Line and it only takes about 93 minutes from start to finish once all parts have been sourced. It's amazing what technology and a group of dedicated workers can accomplish now-a-days.

Wrong, 8hrs start to finish, confirmed by insider BRV10 that posted that time in another thread

 

[DeepH20Driller]

Wrong, 8hrs start to finish, confirmed by insider BRV10 that posted that time in another thread

Yeah, I don’t think I’d want a truck that was built in an hour and a half!!


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[Myfast70]

Yeah, I don’t think I’d want a truck that was built in an hour and a half!!


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Right! I'm sure manufacturers would love 90 min build times, hell we all would actually and most of would actually have our trucks by now

 

[Scubaz66]

Wrong, 8hrs start to finish, confirmed by insider BRV10 that posted that time in another thread

OK Myfast70 I'm not going to argue this point with you as you seem to know a lot about production. Maybe BRV10 knows what he/she is talking about. So! That means 1 truck per 8 hour shift or 3 trucks in a 24 hour shift day off the assembly line. So during the 2022 model year a total of only 1,095 can possible go across the assembly line from start to finish. 365 days x 3 per day = 1,095. Even if you account for all the separate assembly locations you still can't build enough trucks to supply all the dealers in California alone. My 93 minutes may not be spot on, but...... Now! If you account for all the back prep work, building engines, dashes, transmissions, axles , ect. then it is very much possible there is a total of 8 hours involve in all the back work to make compoentants and the actual assembly of the actual truck on the line. Reread my post, 93 minutes to go through the assembly line and out the door.

 

[Surf2snow1]

OK Myfast70 I'm not going to argue this point with you as you seem to know a lot about production. Maybe BRV10 knows what he/she is talking about. So! That means 1 truck per 8 hour shift or 3 trucks in a 24 hour shift day off the assembly line. So during the 2022 model year a total of only 1,095 can possible go across the assembly line from start to finish. 365 days x 3 per day = 1,095. Even if you account for all the separate assembly locations you still can't build enough trucks to supply all the dealers in California alone. My 93 minutes may not be spot on, but...... Now! If you account for all the back prep work, building engines, dashes, transmissions, axles , ect. then it is very much possible there is a total of 8 hours involve in all the back work to make compoentants and the actual assembly of the actual truck on the line. Reread my post, 93 minutes to go through the assembly line and out the door.

Lol no. Start to finish is 8 hours, not 93 min. The assembly line doesn’t mean 1 truck is being worked on at a time.

If we assume 750 per day, 24 hours per day… that’s 31 are being turned out per hour. So during a truck’s 8 hour build time, there will be approx 250 other trucks being worked on.

 

[DeepH20Driller]

Wow, I think a nerve was struck!


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[DeepH20Driller]

OK Myfast70 I'm not going to argue this point with you as you seem to know a lot about production. Maybe BRV10 knows what he/she is talking about. So! That means 1 truck per 8 hour shift or 3 trucks in a 24 hour shift day off the assembly line. So during the 2022 model year a total of only 1,095 can possible go across the assembly line from start to finish. 365 days x 3 per day = 1,095. Even if you account for all the separate assembly locations you still can't build enough trucks to supply all the dealers in California alone. My 93 minutes may not be spot on, but...... Now! If you account for all the back prep work, building engines, dashes, transmissions, axles , ect. then it is very much possible there is a total of 8 hours involve in all the back work to make compoentants and the actual assembly of the actual truck on the line. Reread my post, 93 minutes to go through the assembly line and out the door.

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[Myfast70]

OK Myfast70 I'm not going to argue this point with you as you seem to know a lot about production. Maybe BRV10 knows what he/she is talking about. So! That means 1 truck per 8 hour shift or 3 trucks in a 24 hour shift day off the assembly line. So during the 2022 model year a total of only 1,095 can possible go across the assembly line from start to finish. 365 days x 3 per day = 1,095. Even if you account for all the separate assembly locations you still can't build enough trucks to supply all the dealers in California alone. My 93 minutes may not be spot on, but...... Now! If you account for all the back prep work, building engines, dashes, transmissions, axles , ect. then it is very much possible there is a total of 8 hours involve in all the back work to make compoentants and the actual assembly of the actual truck on the line. Reread my post, 93 minutes to go through the assembly line and out the door.

I'm not being a smart ass, I just read the info the is presented to me and everyone else on this site, especially from people that work inside the plant, like @brv10. Search his posts and you will see that your information is incorrect. He said they complete and average of 47 trucks per hour, 3) 8hr shifts per day (1128/day), 5 days a week and 1) 8hr shift on Saturday (376/ 8hrs) for an average of 6010 trucks per week. This is just an average so that number moves around a bit.

 

[Scubaz66]

Lol no. Start to finish is 8 hours, not 93 min. The assembly line doesn’t mean 1 truck is being worked on at a time.

If we assume 750 per day, 24 hours per day… that’s 31 are being turned out per hour. So during a truck’s 8 hour build time, there will be approx 250 other trucks being worked on.

Yes Sir I understand there are more than 1 truck on the assembly line at one time. Not sure how many can be on the assembly line at once from Frame to End, but in an 8 hour period more than one is leaving the assembly line. Your figure of 750 per day makes more sense.

 

[b307a1]

I'm not being a smart ass, I just read the info the is presented to me and everyone else on this site, especially from people that work inside the plant, like @brv10. Search his posts and you will see that your information is incorrect. He said they complete and average of 47 trucks per hour, 3) 8hr shifts per day, 5 days a week and 1) 8hr shift on Saturday for an average of 6010 trucks per week. This is just an average so that number moves around a bit.

Inside the plant? You might want to ask him where he works and what exactly what he does.

 

[Myfast70]

Wow, I think a nerve was struck!


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You didn't strike a nerve with me, I am in agreement with you! I wouldn't want a truck slammed together in 93 min either unless it was like three assemblies that take 93min to put together, lol. But if they did build them that quick you, myself and lots of others here would already be driving them, which would be nice, haha

 

[Myfast70]

Inside the plant? You might want to ask him where he works and what exactly what he does.

He works in prototyping but has lots of credible knowledge of how long things take and if he doesn't know the answers he finds other people in the "plant" that do.

Man some of you people are uber sensitive, glad I don't know you in real life, you'd be highly offended by me then, which I'm totally ok with too

 

[b307a1]

He works in prototyping but has lots of credible knowledge of how long things take and if he doesn't know the answers he finds other people in the "plant" that do.

Man some of you people are uber sensitive, glad I don't know you in real life, you'd be highly offended by me then, which I'm totally ok with too

Ok , so what exactly does he do?

 

[Scubaz66]

I'm not being a smart ass, I just read the info the is presented to me and everyone else on this site, especially from people that work inside the plant, like @brv10. Search his posts and you will see that your information is incorrect. He said they complete and average of 47 trucks per hour, 3) 8hr shifts per day, 5 days a week and 1) 8hr shift on Saturday for an average of 6010 trucks per week. This is just an average so that number moves around a bit.

Not trying to identify you as a smart ass sir. I believe we are mixing apples with oranges. I believe USER (Surf2Snow1) understands where I'm coming from. His figure of 750 per day I believe is very realistic. That's 750 off the line in a 24 hour period, not 3 units. Only the factory knows how many units can be on the line at one time. USER (13086) comment of 47 trucks per hour is also very realistic.. It's all about understanding the written word. If 47 trucks per hour leave the line, that equates to 70.5 trucks leaving the line in 1.5 hours or 90 minutes. So on AVERAGE wouldn't that be about 93 minutes per unit from Frame to End of Line?

 

[RAM_Dad]

Ok , so what exactly does he do?

More than any of us does for FCA? Point is he has more knowledge than any of us about how things operate within FCA. Even if it’s just a little more, it’s still more.

 

[Myfast70]

Ok , so what exactly does he do?

Well, one with a reasonable IQ would typically deduce that if someone works in the prototyping dept that said individual would do prototype type of work, meaning they build prototype trucks before they are ever even built on the assembly line. And one can further deduce that said prototyping individual would have an intimate knowledge of what goes on in the factories and assembly lines... Once again, click @brv10 user name, click on the postings tabs and do some reading and further educate yourself on some of the processes that the trucks go thru

 

[Brutal_HO]

Keep it civil guys and please refrain from personal insults.

The childish bickering is bad enough, but if the insults continue, the posts will get deleted and may come with warning points. Stick to the facts if you want to have a spirited discussion.

That said, some of this is getting off topic for the thread and contributes nothing to it.

 

[b307a1]

Well, one with a reasonable IQ would typically deduce that if someone works in the prototyping dept that said individual would do prototype type of work, meaning they build prototype trucks before they are ever even built on the assembly line. And one can further deduce that said prototyping individual would have an intimate knowledge of what goes on in the factories and assembly lines... Once again, click @brv10 user name, click on the postings tabs and do some reading and further educate yourself on some of the processes that the trucks go thru

Ok professor, once again what exactly does he do and where does he work?