Automakers Do More with Less: New Technology Boosts GM Production
Engineers at General Motors Corp. (Detroit) have developed innovative technology that is enabling the automaker to reduce changeover costs, improve quality and respond quickly to customers' changing needs.
"We are driving innovation into our manufacturing operations with highly flexible technologies that can perform multiple functions and identify opportunities to improve quality," says Larry Burns, vice president of research, development and planning. "These manufacturing tools and systems will enable [us] to save millions of dollars in our body assembly and machining operations."