> What has made the auto industry particularly vulnerable is its reliance on just-in-time delivery, where parts are brought in when needed, rather than being st

> What has made the auto industry particularly vulnerable is its reliance on just-in-time delivery, where parts are brought in when needed, rather than being stockpiled. In another version of my life I was a truck-driver bringing parts to Ford/Chrysler/GM/Honda/Toyota on a daily basis. I've done this for many trucking companies, and the warning/threat that you get at 'orientation' (aka training for 15 minutes) is the same for all of them: GM Charges us $24,000/hour if we are late for our window by more then 15 minutes. I'm sure the other automakers had similar threats, but I only ever heard it about GM.