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Category Archives: Manufacturing
GM COVID-19 Production Ramp Up
General Motors Co.’s ambitious plans to ramp up production of its high-profit pickup trucks is bumping up against supply-chain reality. The auto maker is facing a shortage of parts from Mexico because of separate timelines for reopening U.S. and Mexican … Continue reading
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Harley Plans for Fewer Models, Simpler Factories After Shutdown – The Wall Street Journal.
5/21/2020 WSJ Excerpts from article written by Bob Tita Motorcycle maker is turning away from plans for a wider range of new models to revive sales A showroom motorcycle got a sanitizing wipe-down at Gatto Harley-Davidson in Tarentum, Pa., last … Continue reading
Food-Plant Workers, Owners Clash on Safety – The Wall Street Journal.
Workers fear contracting the virus or spreading it to family, while companies try to maintain vital supply chain By Kris Maher, Jacob Bunge and Alexandra Berzon, The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2020 1:03 pm ET The following are excepts from … Continue reading
COVID-19 -Trump Orders Meat Plants to Operate
By Andrew Restuccia in Washington and Jacob Bunge in Chicago April 28, 2020 10:23 pm ET The following are excerpts from the article… President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday paving the way for meat-processing plants to remain open during … Continue reading
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COVID-19 Virus is expected to reduce meat selection and raise prices
David Pitt, 4/27/2020 Associated PressExcerpts from the original article are included here… DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Meat is not going to disappear from supermarkets because of outbreaks of the coronavirus among workers at U.S. slaughterhouses. But as the meat … Continue reading
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Tesla Cybertruck U.S. Factory Location Criteria
Info from WSJ – March 10, 2020 Elon Musk announced it is looking to locate a new factory to build the company’s pickup truck and the Model Y compact sport-utility vehicle. Musk indicated that local incentives (such as tax breaks, … Continue reading
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Tesla Appears to be Preparing to Build a Plant in China
According to a WSJ article published on Oct 17, 2018 (Tesla Advances in China, Buying Land for a Factory), Tesla has agreed to by a 210-acre site near Shanghai for $140 million. Tesla said it was “accelerating the construction of … Continue reading
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Tesla Model 3 Learning Curve Analysis
by F. Robert Jacobs This study is a Learning Curve[i] analysis of Tesla Model 3 production using data provided by the company[ii]. Using Model 3 production data from 2017-Q3 through 2018-Q3, the Wright learning curve function was fitted. The squared … Continue reading
Tesla–A different mix of employees compared to other car companies.
Elon Musk, the savvy CEO of Tesla Motor, has recently posted on Twitter his need for “hard-core software engineers” to work at his company. His electric-car company is looking to add thousands of employees in coming years. The company is … Continue reading
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Operations and Supply Chain Management 