01/24/2022 Build Week

[RalpL]

Doesn't bode well for upcoming Build Weeks 2/7 and further. Ford stock dropped almost 10% today hitting a three-month low.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-suspend-cut-output-8-005034264.html

Hopefully whatever chips they get will be put in the vehicles currently on hold.

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[stans2000]

Doesn't bode well for upcoming Build Weeks 2/7 and further. Ford stock dropped almost 10% today hitting a three-month low.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-suspend-cut-output-8-005034264.html

Hopefully whatever chips they get will be put in the vehicles currently on hold.

I'm a glass 1/2 full kind of guy. If Ford is only suspending builds for a week, maybe they are expecting a Chip shipment soon, but not next week.

 

[stans2000]

Just checked my window sticker and instead of 1/27/2022 which it has said for a week, it now says 2/3/2022.

 

[mrgoalie]

My window sticker just went from 1/28 to 2/4, no other changes to sticker and delivery date on tracker is still at 5/27 from 2/26.

 

[RalpL]

Just checked my window sticker and instead of 1/27/2022 which it has said for a week, it now says 2/3/2022.

After reading your post, I checked my window stickers. The cancelled Koons order now shows 2/4, as well as my Chapman order. No other info on the tracker has changed.

 

[blingiding]

My window sticker shows 2/4/22 also

 

[Leaf25]

My window sticker shows 2/4/22 also

Are these the blend dates you’re all looking at or the date on the bottom? And what does that date on the bottom refer to?

 

[stans2000]

After reading your post, I checked my window stickers. The cancelled Koons order now shows 2/4, as well as my Chapman order. No other info on the tracker has changed.

Now I'm curious to see if the date at the bottom of the window sticker updates every 7 days.

 

[RossRR]

Hmmm, I hadn't thought about this angle ? Could explode into a huge scandal if that were the case!

• The cuts come a day after Ford significantly missed Wall Street's earnings expectations due to supply chain issues, sending shares to tumble 9.7% on Friday.

After 40+ years as a product development engineer working closely with supply chain organizations in several large Fortune 500 corporations, management always knew well in advance if there were going to be significant supplier delivery issues against forecasts. I can't imagine Ford's management was unaware that they were not going to have parts one month into the new year.

 

[stans2000]

• The cuts come a day after Ford significantly missed Wall Street's earnings expectations due to supply chain issues, sending shares to tumble 9.7% on Friday.

After 40+ years as a product development engineer working closely with supply chain organizations in several large Fortune 500 corporations, management always knew well in advance if there were going to be significant supplier delivery issues against forecasts. I can't imagine Ford's management was unaware that they were not going to have parts one month into the new year.

Oh they knew!! It just figuring out how many they can build before the lots are full. Pulling supplies from other plants to finish as many vehicles as possible before shutting down.

 

[RalpL]

Are these the blend dates you’re all looking at or the date on the bottom? And what does that date on the bottom refer to?

Quite a few of us would like to think "something" is happening when the date at the very bottom changes. Here's an extract from another F-150 forum:

Window Sticker Update Date - This date is a bit of an unknown. It will may change many times throughout the cycle, with no indication that anything on the sticker or build process has changed. I feel safe ignoring this date completely.

 

[Andymcc]

Quite a few of us would like to think "something" is happening when the date at the very bottom changes. Here's an extract from another F-150 forum:

Window Sticker Update Date - This date is a bit of an unknown. It will may change many times throughout the cycle, with no indication that anything on the sticker or build process has changed. I feel safe ignoring this date completely.

I don’t pay much attention to it either, I think it just updates every 7 days.

 

[RalpL]

I don’t pay much attention to it either, I think it just updates every 7 days.

I've had three dates now - original was 1/19, then 1/28, and now 2/4. Since I printed each of them, I made a detailed comparison. Of course, I was hoping for a price drop (yeah right!), but was more concerned that no features or options fell off. Conclusion - absolutely no discernible difference.

 

[Steve13GT]

Mines on chip hold now, Ramp 51

 

[RalpL]

Mines on chip hold now,

Guess you're joining the rest of us, assuming that's why I'm also delayed. Does the Ford tracker show an updated Delivery ETA? Getting ready to update the spreadsheet and you're still showing 2/22.

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