I'm trying to understand some details in the SB shutdown.
If the SB factory shutdown happened without notice to the rank and file employees, there were cars in process on the assembly line, some of which were customer ordered vs dealer stock. Logically, there were also parts in process for several more weeks and/or months of future production.
Now the questions:
1. Were all the in-process cars sent to Hamilton for completion?
2. Assuming #1 was NO, then which models were completed in SB?
3. Was there a priority for customer ordered cars?
4. Was there any other SB facility used for component assembly to be shipped to Hamilton?
5. I understand engines for the '64 MY were built in SB, so what else continued to be processed in SB?
6. Roughly, what percentage of SB assembly line workers were retained to do other tasks when their primary jobs ceased?
7. Other than workers engaged in supplying parts and assemblies for shipment to Hamilton, were others sent to Hamilton?
8. Since no Avanti's or GT's were built in Hamilton, did the production line for them stop well before Dec 20th?
9. Were the partially completed cars that were completed in Hamilton, serialized as being SB or Hamilton cars.
While one of my manufacturing businesses was building products under a contract, I knew the date the contract was scheduled to end and could plan accordingly. Because I only had 24 employees, I announced the shutdown to employees and offered severance pay as an incentive to keep them until their specific job was finished. The shutdown took more than two weeks to complete and I retained the two guys in the shipping area to do cleanup and machinery moving after the last products were shipped.
I was just wondering how shutting down an operation as large as Studebaker was accomplished.
If the SB factory shutdown happened without notice to the rank and file employees, there were cars in process on the assembly line, some of which were customer ordered vs dealer stock. Logically, there were also parts in process for several more weeks and/or months of future production.
Now the questions:
1. Were all the in-process cars sent to Hamilton for completion?
2. Assuming #1 was NO, then which models were completed in SB?
3. Was there a priority for customer ordered cars?
4. Was there any other SB facility used for component assembly to be shipped to Hamilton?
5. I understand engines for the '64 MY were built in SB, so what else continued to be processed in SB?
6. Roughly, what percentage of SB assembly line workers were retained to do other tasks when their primary jobs ceased?
7. Other than workers engaged in supplying parts and assemblies for shipment to Hamilton, were others sent to Hamilton?
8. Since no Avanti's or GT's were built in Hamilton, did the production line for them stop well before Dec 20th?
9. Were the partially completed cars that were completed in Hamilton, serialized as being SB or Hamilton cars.
While one of my manufacturing businesses was building products under a contract, I knew the date the contract was scheduled to end and could plan accordingly. Because I only had 24 employees, I announced the shutdown to employees and offered severance pay as an incentive to keep them until their specific job was finished. The shutdown took more than two weeks to complete and I retained the two guys in the shipping area to do cleanup and machinery moving after the last products were shipped.
I was just wondering how shutting down an operation as large as Studebaker was accomplished.
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