[Keith Seymore]

My first "real" job after graduating from GMI was as a production supervisor, Flint Line #1 (pickup) Fender Set area, second shift.

I had about 36 hourly employees to perform around 25 or so production and repair operations

My area started immediately after body drop. We would:
* Fix any body bolts that were loose or cross threaded from the previous area
* Tighten the pickup box down
* Install the spare tire
* Sub assemble floor mounted manual trans shift levers, and install to vehicle, add SPID label to glovebox
* Install LH front fender
* Install LH battery tray and battery
* Install RH front fender
* Perform a number of underhood wiring and hose connections
* LH repair station
* RH repair station
* Pit repair station

Then on to hood set.

Line rate was 60 jobs/hour, or one complete vehicle off the end of the line per minute. That was fast enough that if you were standing on the flat track when the line started up it would throw you off balance.

I did that for a little more than a year before moving into engineering in the Engineering/Assembly Liaison and new product launch team positions. All according to the "career plan" I had mapped out in my head.

K