Innovation through collaboration

摘要

If you were given the responsibility to decide where to locate the world's most efficient and low-cost manufacturer of automotive transmissions, would you consider the United States? The fact is that the most efficient and lowest cost automotive transmission facility in the world is located in the United States. This is not because it has the lowest possible price on its MROP supplies or labor costs. The plant produces the highest quality parts at the lowest cost because it has creatively leveraged the company's external resources to become the most efficient transmission manufacturing operation in the world. The company has inves-ted in the latest manufacturing technology and has engaged its supplier partners and its labor union (yes, it's unionized!) to find ways to drive productivity and efficiency.