...and implement machine and assembly process improvements focused on continuously improving safety, quality, manufacturing efficiency, and reliability. RESPONSIBILITIES: Design and improve controls, fixtures, processes, layouts...
DETROIT -- DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group made the biggest gain in North American manufacturing efficiency last year, passing Ford Motor Co. for the first time in a closely watched study of automotive productivity. Chrysler, the smallest...
...the leading maker of networking equipment has dramatically cut costs, slashing its work force, improving manufacturing efficiencies and asking suppliers for lower component prices. At Kimberly-Clark, earnings rose 10 percent in the fourth...
...to strengthen its core business. The merger is expected to result in a $425 million savings as a result of manufacturing efficiencies, the company said. The paper industry has fared well in recent years. First-quarter results for most paper...
...communications papers business. The merger is expected to result in a $425 million savings as a result of manufacturing efficiencies. Atlanta-based paper manufacturer Georgia-Paper, which is holding its annual meeting in Augusta next...
...vision never would have guessed that the odd computer markings could lead to better consumer choices and greater manufacturing efficiency and contribute to the longest period of economic prosperity in American history. "I think it's benefited...
...SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. said Monday it will cut 6,700 more jobs than expected due to reduced overtime and other manufacturing efficiencies in its commercial airplane division. The additional cuts mean that total job reductions by the end of the...
...on the New York Stock Exchange. "This company is just the yardstick by which others need to be measured for manufacturing efficiency and costs," said Philip Fricke, senior auto analyst for Prudential Securities Inc. The results were a sharp...
...seven months of this year. The trip was a chance for LaSorda to emphasize the company's efforts to improve manufacturing efficiency. LaSorda has made lean manufacturing a priority in his five years at the company. He is taking over for Chrysler...
...Textron closed its Cushman industrial vehicle plant in Lincoln, Neb., and moved production to Augusta, where manufacturing efficiencies allowed it to take on the new line without a brick-and-mortar expansion. Even more production could be...
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