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The car market is not really in the best shape, that’s a fact. Sales were the lowest in two years and the industry is struggling to recover, in particular due to semiconductor shortages caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. But luckily things are slowly starting to improve as new car sales rose very slightly last month. But be careful because the numbers are still very low. Factories are operating at full capacity to compensate for production delays caused by shutdowns during various restrictions. But it is not without questions from some logistical problems.

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Full parking lots

This is especially true Stellantis and especially for its factory in Sochaux, in Doux. Indeed, and this may seem rather paradoxical, but the site is producing more cars than it can ship, and the pace is very high right now. As a result, parking lots where vehicles are stored ready for departure are completely overcrowded. Several thousand cars have been put on hold, while sources suggest production of up to 1,100 cars in a single day. These include the Peugeot 3008 and 5008. But how does this happen? The management of the plant explains that this situation is caused by ” congestion of ports and instability of railway transport“. However, the ports are also overcrowded and many cars are waiting to be shipped to other markets. Therefore, the entire chain is blocked.

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What solutions?

But then what can be applied to solve this problem, which can ultimately lead to employees Partial unemployment ? This is how management explainsin Sochaux, in addition to daily monitoring of truck and wagon chartering, we launched a collection service directly from dealers“. This therefore allows concessionaires to come directly to collect their cars, thus reducing the logistics of Stellantis. But the historic site is not the only one affected by this saturation, even if the situation there is actually more important due to the high level of production.

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