Box-Swap Process Helps GM-Fort Wayne Keep on Truckin'

摘要

Shortly after General Motors emerged from bankruptcy reorganization in summer 2009, employees at GM's Fort Wayne (Ind.) Assembly Plant not only learned that the plant would be staying open, but also that they'd be getting more work—and soon.As part of its restructuring, GM had decided to shutter its truck and bus assembly plant in Pontiac, Mich., and move production of heavy-duty pickup trucks from Pontiac to Fort Wayne. In September 2009, GM announced that it was adding a third shift to GM-Fort Wayne, and in early 2010 the plant beefed up for the extra shift by bringing in 900 employees from 35 GM sites in 25 states.