JusBringIt
06-22-2009, 11:42 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Union_Flag.jpg Some senior Chrysler managers have departed, some have been promoted and three Fiat staffers reporting directly to Mr Marchionne have been brought in from Turin. (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/579f6b86-5ec4-11de-91ad-00144feabdc0.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/marchionne.jpgBernard Simon in Toronto and John Reed in London - FT (http://www.ft.com) - Jun 22, 2009
Maybe something Chrysler needs? Internal competition is usually very good at stimulating employees...with rewards of course --Ed.
Fiat is moving aggressively to put its stamp on Chrysler's assembly plants even before they restart production following a two-month shutdown.
Rick Laporte, president of a Canadian Auto Workers union branch at Chrysler's minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario, told members last week that Fiat, which now owns 20 per cent of Chrysler, was following the previous management in implementing a Toyota-style "world-class manufacturing system".
The difference, according to Mr Laporte, "is the intensity in which Fiat is launching it . . . You will see it and feel it the first day back to work".
Chrysler closed its plants during its court-supervised restructuring to bring down inventories and adjust to the departure of thousands of workers in the latest round of buy-outs.
Seven assembly plants are due to restart production next week, although they will shut again in July for the industry's normal two-week summer break.
Sergio Marchionne, Fiat's chief executive, who also took the reins at Chrysler as soon as the Detroit carmaker emerged from a court-supervised restructuring this month, has made a mantra of "world-class manufacturing".
He has described the system, under which plants compete against one another, as "probably one of the highest examples of integrity that I can find . . . Not only do I support it, but I want it. In no unmistakable terms, I want it."
Underlining Mr Marchionne's sense of urgency, Mr Laporte said: "Fiat has stressed with us that they will remove the barriers in their way, including members of... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/579f6b86-5ec4-11de-91ad-00144feabdc0.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/marchionne.jpgBernard Simon in Toronto and John Reed in London - FT (http://www.ft.com) - Jun 22, 2009
Maybe something Chrysler needs? Internal competition is usually very good at stimulating employees...with rewards of course --Ed.
Fiat is moving aggressively to put its stamp on Chrysler's assembly plants even before they restart production following a two-month shutdown.
Rick Laporte, president of a Canadian Auto Workers union branch at Chrysler's minivan plant in Windsor, Ontario, told members last week that Fiat, which now owns 20 per cent of Chrysler, was following the previous management in implementing a Toyota-style "world-class manufacturing system".
The difference, according to Mr Laporte, "is the intensity in which Fiat is launching it . . . You will see it and feel it the first day back to work".
Chrysler closed its plants during its court-supervised restructuring to bring down inventories and adjust to the departure of thousands of workers in the latest round of buy-outs.
Seven assembly plants are due to restart production next week, although they will shut again in July for the industry's normal two-week summer break.
Sergio Marchionne, Fiat's chief executive, who also took the reins at Chrysler as soon as the Detroit carmaker emerged from a court-supervised restructuring this month, has made a mantra of "world-class manufacturing".
He has described the system, under which plants compete against one another, as "probably one of the highest examples of integrity that I can find . . . Not only do I support it, but I want it. In no unmistakable terms, I want it."
Underlining Mr Marchionne's sense of urgency, Mr Laporte said: "Fiat has stressed with us that they will remove the barriers in their way, including members of... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/579f6b86-5ec4-11de-91ad-00144feabdc0.html