So our trucks can cost as much as a clean one owner Ferrari? That will never happen. I go through a lot of auto and equipment manufacturers facilities from engineering to assembly. I can’t think of one that doesn’t outsource a lot of components. Of course certain parts are made in house but there’s a lot coming from outside.

They should have better quality control control standards and audits as well as dirversify vendors so they are not stuck when something happens to a vendor.

What he said. Without outsourcing I would hate to see the price of these trucks. It would probably take a few iterations of in-house production of a particular part before the quality is ironed out, and who wants to be a beta tester on stuff that’s supposed to already works correctly.

The number one reason they will never do this is the cost of paying human beings. Remember there Union, so they don’t have complete control over payroll costs. The idea of a union is great, but somewhere along the last 50 years the execution has gone south!

Unions reward the lowest productive employee the same rate the highest productive employee. Pay based on longevity and not merit is flawed. Unions have created the massive outsourcing that has/is happening in the US. Unions will never go merit based because it will lower the amount of employees. Lower employees, equals lower dues/revenue. Also, less votes!

Lets not forget the union is a business, with employees and overhead costs!

So no, Ford should not hire more employees and make there own parts.