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General Motors Comments on the Harbour Report 2002 General Motors Comments on Harbour Report 2003
General Motors Corp. continues to close the productivity
gap with the automotive industry leaders with a 7.4 percent overall
improvement in manufacturing productivity, according to "The Harbour
Report North America 2003". GM remains the domestic leader in
manufacturing productivity. Nissan Comments on Harbour Report 2003
Nissan North America’s sprawling manufacturing facility
in Smyrna, Tenn., once again topped all other car and truck
manufacturing plants in automotive manufacturing efficiency in the
highly respected Harbour Report North America 2003.
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Nissan: Comments to Harbour Report 2003
“This honor is a direct result of our employees’ tenacity for continuous improvement,” said Emil Hassan, senior vice president for North American Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality and Logistics for Nissan North America. “Those skills, honed over the years by employees who routinely look at all we do and ask how can we do it better, has truly made a difference for us. It is helping us not only build quality products that consumers like, but ensure long-term, profitable growth for Nissan, as well.” Among the findings of the Harbour Report North America 2003 were:
The annual award did not include the company’s Canton, Miss., plant, which began production of the all-new 2004 Nissan Quest minivan on May 27, the first of five vehicles to be launched in Canton during the next 12 months. In addition to the Quest, vehicles produced at the Canton facility will include the Nissan Pathfinder Armada full-size sport-utility vehicle, the Nissan Titan full-size pickup truck, an all-new Infiniti full-size sport-utility vehicle and additional production for the Nissan Altima. At full capacity, the Canton plant will produce 400,000 vehicles a year, boosting Nissan’s U.S. vehicle manufacturing capacity to 900,000 cars and trucks annually. Engines for each of those vehicles – as well as all those produced at the Smyrna facility -- will be supplied by Nissan’s powertrain plant in Decherd, Tenn. “We anticipate a healthy ‘intramural competition’ between Smyrna and Canton when both plants are up and running at full capacity,” Hassan said. “Maintaining a high level of efficiency contributes significantly to achieving enduring, profitable growth – the primary aim of the NISSAN 180 business plan.”
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