GM not adding Third shift to Delta Lansing Plant

not complaining about getting a car before it is premiered. the color or options i want/need are not ready anyway. however, i am concerned that they have a several thousand cars on backlog and the premier is near and the dealers allotments are part of the backlog. so, go figure. now, as a concerned consumer, i want to know when will the cars actually be ready, minus all the backlog, for consumer purchase. in keeping w/the topic here apparently, they do not have enough personel to keep up w/the orders and therefore some are asking why not add the 3rd shift to get quality cars out to the consumer? you can't continue to work 1 or 2 horses overtime and expect them to still put out quality. sooner or later they will give out thus hurting the quality of your product. face it, they need more man power.

as for your question about similar experiences w/japanese companies. all of us here are not american car loyalist and are in the midst of transfering from foreign to american. im not sure about others but i have not experienced this and then i have not followed a car so closely and these lambda's either. i think the excitement of the cars that many have been hoping for and i totally applaud gm for being the first to present them has just overwhelmed those of us lying in wait. its almost like expecting a little one, you are fine until it gets to the last weeks and it excitement builds so until you can hardly wait then the last few days just seem to drag on forever and ever. to some its like christmas, the last couple of days of waiting till the 25th just seems to be forever. although june 14th is around the corner for those of us who are extremely excited it seems to be foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Not enough demand for the Outlook, Acadia, and Enclave? Shutting down work? I am shocked. I wonder if this is the real story.

A few years ago I heard a story about a plant with a very high demand minivan. They had two 10 hour shifts cranking them out. Another plant across the street was in the last month of production of a dying line of out-of-date coupe/convertibles. The car company wanted the single shift across the street to come over and create a new third shift. The plant could keep from laying off workers -- and make more minivans with three 8-hour shifts. A win-win for everybody (the workers wouldn't be laid off, the company would make more profit, and ultimately the customers and dealers shorten waiting lists).

The union turned down the proposal. Speculation was the overtime pay for the two 10 hour shifts was too juicy to give up. The workers in the slower plant were laid off.