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 "How
many vans do you build?"
This is a common question.
Inside our facility we typically have six units
in process each week and have existing additional space to expand our
production up to 15 units on any given day. At the current growth
rate we are anticipating yet another mobile production expansion in 2008
that will require us to move production into the second half of the
facility. The picture to the left is an early example of our production
layout. If you visit our facility, you will actually see the "in
process units" separated into groups of two throughout this half of our
facility to help us accommodate our addition of new builders to our
construction teams in an effort to shortening our delivery times.
The picture below is a snap
shot of SOLD mobiles waiting in line to be built. Some mobile
builders store stock or unsold units on their lot but currently due to the volume of
our sales we require our van dealer to keep all unsold units on their lot
for insurance purposes. We really don't want to see this many units
sitting in our fence. Now, sold units are delivered to us as their
production begins.
"a snap shot of SOLD mobiles waiting
in line to be built."
On the day this picture was taken we had even
more mobiles inside. We had two vans in spray-up, two vans in primary
build and one trailer and one van being "roughed in" inside the building
and two trailers waiting to be processed and one mini school bus
conversion in progress (visible outside). You will also notice
that the 20-22 mpg Sprinter is the most common choice of grooming van. The
fresh new design and the simple fact that it is a real, long life, low
maintenance, tough Mercedes van hiding behind Dodge Ram badges is one
reason.
Our pricing structure is part of the reason we have such a long line
of clients waiting to move into production. Hey, it's a Mercedes
that cost about the same as a nice FORD SUV but is soooo much more.
One thing
for sure, we are the
world's most experienced inverter power based specialty Sprinter builder
in the world. Everyone else is still learning.
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