GM tries 'front loading' to speed new products: Key elements: Early decisions, fewer layers of approval

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DETROIT - It's the sort of late-in-the-game fiddling that for years has bogged down vehicle-development programs at General Motors: A designer repositions the headlamps. An engineer tweaks the deck lid. A product planner lobbies for another cupholder. No more - or at least that's the idea behind a process installed by GM product chief Mary Barras aimed at quickening the pace of vehicle development and eliminating costly tinkering and delays.