Jun 6th, 2006, 07:56 PM
...where´s the any-key?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Joogle
We have to assume that the country block number allocations were not fixed, eg the UK did not get 0001 to 0444. Its all on a first come first served basis. So say 0002 goes to Germany, 0003 America, 0004 Australia etc, etc The number thread supports this because of the spread of numbers within each target country.
They are not going to build different cars to different regional spec on an individual basis. The production management and logistics would be a nightmare. They will build in batches, eg right hand drive UK spec then right hand drive Australian spec etc
The delivery/release date will also play a part in the production planning. If 0002 is going to be delivered at the same time as 0003 but they are going to different coutries they will need different delivery lead times. So going by my previous number allocation 0002 is going to Germany 0003 is going to America. 0003 needs to be built before 0002 so it meets its delivery target date. (Transport time - customs requirements etc)
Mini are not going to build individual cars and dispatch them out as they finish them - based purely on the roof number order. It will be in manageable blocks controlled by a number of production management factors.
From a customers viewpoint its all pants, but from a production standpoint it makes sense.
Allocating say.........1 to 444 to the UK would have made more sense. But I get what you're saying.
