GM Pausing Full-Size Truck Plant to 'Maintain Optimal Inventory Levels'

• GM scheduled a two-week work stoppage at its Fort Wayne, Indiana truck assembly facility in an attempt to maintain optimal dealership inventory levels.

• According to a GM representative, production is up over the past month, while demand remains fairly consistent, leading to an increase in inventory.

• The Fort Wayne plant produces the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500. GM's full-size truck plants in Michigan, Canada, and Mexico will continue with operations through the two-week stoppage in Indiana.

General Motors is preparing for a two-week shutdown at its Fort Wayne, Indiana truck manufacturing facility. The Fort Wayne plant that produces roughly 1300 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks each day will be shut down to "to maintain optimal inventory levels with our dealerships," according to a statement shared by a GM spokesperson.

The shutdown is scheduled to begin Monday, March 27, and is reportedly in accordance with provisions of both the national and local UAW bargaining agreements.