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You are correct. At it's peak, Ford produced 297,208 Focus's for US & Canada in 2012 at MAP. After that Focus sales started to drop. MAP at the time had the capacity to build 400k per year.If I’m not mistaken, MAP could do 300,000 back when it built Focus.
The plant currently has 2.8 million square feet of floor space and a capacity of 5,300 units per week. So, theoretically they could get 275,000 out a year now.
There are many factors that affect production numbers. Line speed, number of shifts. days per week, etc. Unfortunately, Ford can't just go 24/7 producing vehicles. The UAW has a lot of influence. From Ford's perspective, it is cheaper to work overtime on 2 shifts than add a third shift. The UAW wants the opposite. With a 3 shift operation, they get more workers hired. This has always been the case. I know first hand, I used to work there.
To ease everybody's minds, if the the parts are available, the plant can crank out a lot more vehicles than they currently have orders for.
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