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AUTOS' WORLD NEWS - Ford & GM factory efficiency and VW...?
* Efficient auto factories aren't spared the ax
* Ford's Atlanta plant and three GM facilities will be shuttered despite excellent productivity
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Josee Valcourt -2 Jun 2006: -- Here's an ironic twist: Four of the 10 most productive automotive assembly plants in North America are slated to be shuttered or idled in the next few years...
* Big Three closer to rivals in efficiency
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Bryce G. Hoffman-2 Jun 2006: -- Aggressive efforts to improve factory efficiency are paying off for Detroit automakers as they continued to narrow the productivity gap with their Asian rivals last year, according to an annual study released Thursday... The Harbour Report North America 2006 found that 7.33 labor hours per vehicle separated the best performing Japanese automaker in North America from the worst performing U.S. automaker, down from 9.08 hours in 2004 and less than half the cavernous 16.56-hour gap that existed in 1998... While Japan's Nissan Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. still are the most productive automakers in North America, Toyota and Honda saw their factory efficiency drop last year...
* Troubled VW's profit targets and restructuring plan stretch credulity
It's losing big money in the U.S.; bloated European workforce won't be easy to slash; could successful upscale Audi be sacrificed?
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News, by Neil Winton -2 Jun 2006: -- Volkswagen of Germany is Europe's biggest car manufacturer, and its sales are accelerating. In 2005, VW's West European market share was nearly 19 percent, putting it way ahead of second place Peugeot of France's 13.7 percent... And yet VW is in big trouble. Its profitability is chronically poor. There is no secret about VW's problems. It has too many workers not working productively enough and being paid too much money...
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