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I understand that everyone is upset b/c BMW substituted non-touchscreens for a period of time and though it may appear to be over, I'm not sure that it is.
For argument's sake, let's call it a week and that there isn't any future constraints. What are your proposed alternative(s)?
1. Shutdown the plant for 1 week until touch screen become available?
2. Retrofit?
3. ?
Let's pretend this graphic is current and up to date. This means that
1. Spartanburg, would layoff 11,000 employees for 1 week and 7,500 vehicles would not be produced and all customer would have their deliveries pushed back by 1 week forever. This is then multiplied by all the other affected models and plants. Probably a big number.
2. If they only produce 1,500 vehicles / day for 5 days that's 7,500 vehicles * the number of affected models and plants. Perhaps a manageable number of vehicles? BMW should probably then ship and hold all vehicles at the VPCs around the world provided there is space, if not rent additional space and retrofit screens when they become available. Probably also a big number with similar delays.
Are these the options you would present to your management?
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