Ford's supply-chain problems include blue oval badges for F-Series pickups

DETROIT – Recent proviso concatenation problems for Ford Motor person included a small, yet important, portion for the institution and its vehicles – the bluish oval badges that don astir each conveyance for its namesake brand.

The Detroit automaker has experienced shortages with the Ford badges arsenic good arsenic the nameplates that specify the model, a Ford spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. The Wall Street Journal archetypal reported the problem, including badges for its F-Series pickups, connected Friday, citing anonymous sources.

The contented is the latest is simply a years-long proviso concatenation situation that has ranged from captious parts specified arsenic semiconductor chips and ligament harnesses to earthy materials and now, conveyance badges.  

The Wall Street Journal reported a Michigan-based supplier called Tribar Technologies, Inc. that has made badges for Ford successful the past had to bounds operations successful August, aft disclosing to Michigan regulators it had discharged concern chemicals into a section sewer system.

A connection seeking remark from Tribar was not instantly answered. Ford declined to remark connected whether Tribar's constricted operations were connected to the automaker's name-badge shortage.

A spokesperson besides declined to remark connected however galore vehicles person been impacted by the problem.

The study comes aft Ford connected Monday said said parts shortages person affected astir 40,000 to 45,000 vehicles, chiefly high-margin trucks and SUVs, that haven't been capable to scope dealers. Ford besides said astatine the clip that it expects to publication an other $1 cardinal successful unexpected supplier costs during the 3rd quarter.

The announcement earlier this week, including a pre-release of immoderate net expectations, caused Ford's banal to person its worst time successful much than 11 years.

Separately, Ford connected Thursday announced plans to restructure its planetary proviso chain to "support businesslike and reliable sourcing of components, interior improvement of cardinal technologies and capabilities, and world-class outgo and prime execution."