Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants
The results presented in this paper are preliminary. Please do not cite or quote. All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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| author | Whitney, Daniel Peschard, Guillermo |
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| description | The results presented in this paper are preliminary. Please do not cite or quote.
All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/16092019-04-12T08:09:20Z Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants Whitney, Daniel Peschard, Guillermo manufacturing performance Engine Plant Study automotive The results presented in this paper are preliminary. Please do not cite or quote. All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. In 1994, the International Motor Vehicle Program launched the Engine Plant Study with the goal of analyzing the drivers of performance in engine manufacturing. We have collected data from 18 plants worldwide and have found that there is a very large variation in performance across plants. Half of the variation seems to be attributable to factors that do not fall under the direct control of the plant such as the characteristics of the engine, the level of product variety, or the level of capacity utilization. Moreover, we found some statistically significant relations among workers, investment, and efficiency, which reinforces the idea that automotive companies should not put so much emphasis on labor productivity, and that these tradeoffs should be taken into account when making decisions about plant design. 2002-09-03T19:49:57Z 2002-09-03T19:49:57Z 2002-09-03T19:49:58Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1609 en_US 61448 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | manufacturing performance Engine Plant Study automotive Whitney, Daniel Peschard, Guillermo Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title | Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title_full | Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title_fullStr | Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title_short | Manufacturing Performance in Automotive Engine Plants |
| title_sort | manufacturing performance in automotive engine plants |
| topic | manufacturing performance Engine Plant Study automotive |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1609 |
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