Manufacturing Industry
Here's your chance to predict the future.(Back talk)
Manufacturing Business Technology, November, 2005 by Hill, Sidney, Jr.
It's no secret that the U.S. auto industry is in the midst of a major transition. It's also difficult to tell sometimes whether it's actually on the road to recovery or merely delaying an inevitable fall into a bottomless pit. To understand my point, consider two recent developments: * The Ford Motor Company unveiled its second gas-electric hybrid vehicle, a Mercury Mariner SUV.
This means Ford now has the same number of hybrids on the market as Honda and Toyota, the Japanese automakers credited with pioneering hybrid technology. * General Motors announced an agreement with the United Autoworkers (UAW) that calls for large cuts in retiree health-care benefits, which have long been cited as a major reason why U.S. automakers have been unable to...
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