Lansing GM Workers Recognized as Being ‘Most Efficient’

The Harbour Report, which tracks the amount of time it takes to make vehicles at North American plants, recognized workers at General Motors Corp.'s Lansing Grand River plant as being among the most efficient in the country.

According to excerpts from the article:

Ron Harbour, a partner in the automotive consulting firm Oliver Wyman whose father began producing the annual report in 1994, said the data are important to consumers, too, because improved productivity frees money that can be plowed back into vehicle development and improved value.

Productivity improvements also usually correlate to improvements in quality because automakers can cut back on overtime and time spent repairing mistakes when vehicle quality is better.

Locally, it took workers at the Lansing Grand River plant 27.08 hours to make a 2007 CTS entry-level sedan, the Harbour Report said. That earned it second-place in the compact premium conventional category behind the Lincoln MKZ, which took 20.78 hours to build.

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