Gm’s Oshawa Plant Tops Productivity List Autocom cdp pro

The Toyota Motor Corp. Autocom cdp pro  led all North American automakers in manufacturing productivity last year, but Detroit's Big Three continued to close the productivity gap with their Japanese rivals, said The Harbour Report, a study watched closely by the auto industry. 
The annual report prepared by Troy, Mich.-based Harbour Consulting, compared labor productivity at six companies that have North American plants. The study covered the installation of auto equipment and integration of parts and accessories like the Autocom cdp pro . The General Motors Corp. had four of the top ten most productive vehicle assembly plants, including the most productive plant in the study - Oshawa No. 2 in Oshawa, Ont. It took Toyota 29.93 work hours to manufacture components and assemble each vehicle.

"Topping the Harbour Report is a great achievement at a time when productivity is a critical challenge facing Canada's economy," said Arturo Elias, the GM Canada president. "This really shows what can be accomplished with constant focus and it is a testament Autocom cdp pro  to our great employees at GM Canada."

Harbour Consulting president Ron Harbour said that the difference between the most and least productive companies last year was 5.17 hours, more than two hours better than the 7.33-hour gap in 2005. Yet the gap still is equal to about $300 per vehicle in favour of Toyota, the study said.

The productivity gain came because Toyota's performance declined while the Detroit Three continued to increase. Ford and GM became more productive by slashing thousands of workers through buyouts and early retirement offers, and all three continued to work with unions to negotiate away work rules that place them at a disadvantage J2543  to the Japanese companies, Harbour said.

The improvements came even though sales and production declined for all three Detroit automakers, he said. "I think it's a major point that Ford, Chrysler and GM all made improvements despite the fact that they all had some significant drops in volume," he said. "When you're losing production volume that fast
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