Chrysler Dealers - How many days from Order to Delivery?

[XDCX]

Chrysler Dealers - How many days from Order to Delivery?

In a recent post one of our members shared a comment he heard indicating the current time between the date a vehicle is ordered on DealerConnect and its arrival at the dealership is 93 days.

For a company that builds the majority of their vehicles in North America I think that's a shocking figure. How are the dealers expected to manage their inventory if it takes 93 days for a vehicle to arrive once it's been ordered?

Chrysler's promised to improve their performance by making changes to their allocation system. I'm not sure that's 100% of the problem.

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[crowe]

They need to get rid of the Jacklegs hauling the product & get a real freight carrier.
Our destination charges sure didn’t go down.
Maybe their margin initially went up.
But by the time they are hit w/ all the damage claims & the slowdown in sales they’ve saved a nickel & lost a dollar.

[ssdd]

My answer would be misleading, since the town was closed almost three weeks because of the tornado, but I have had some show up in 45 days and some way over 90...

[XDCX]

Originally Posted by crowe

They need to get rid of the Jacklegs hauling the product & get a real freight carrier.
Our destination charges sure didn’t go down.
Maybe their margin initially went up.
But by the time they are hit w/ all the damage claims & the slowdown in sales they’ve saved a nickel & lost a dollar.

That's a great point and one of the reasons I skeptical that a change back to the 30 day allocation system will make that much of a difference in reducing the time between order and delivery.

It seems like getting vehicles transported to the dealerships has been an issue for the Chrysler dealers for the past couple of years and it hasn't improved.

[jdemonto]

The last few wrangler I ordered were 5-6weeks! It seemed quick compared to the past!

Jason

[XDCX]

Originally Posted by jdemonto

The last few wrangler I ordered were 5-6weeks! It seemed quick compared to the past!

Jason

That's a big improvement - I wonder if Chrysler's managed to resolve some of the problems they were having with the railroad companies?

[jdemonto]

Originally Posted by XDCX

That's a big improvement - I wonder if Chrysler's managed to resolve some of the problems they were having with the railroad companies?

Dunno, last fall the sold orders changed priority above dealer orders which has sped the process up quite a bit!

Jason