Chrysler Blog - World Class Manufacturing: What it Means for The Chrysler Group, 2011 Jeep® Grand Cherokee

World Class Manufacturing: What it Means for The Chrysler Group, 2011 Jeep® Grand Cherokee

by Scott Anderson

21 de Maio de 2010 12:12

Nearly every component in the 2011 Jeep® Grand Cherokee has been rethought, every design assumption challenged and no detail, no matter how small, left unexamined. It’s fitting that the same is true for the plant that makes it: the Jefferson North (Detroit) Assembly Plant.

The nearly 3-million-square-foot assembly plant that’s been building the Jeep Grand Cherokee since it was first introduced in 1992 is among the first Chrysler Group LLC manufacturing facility to undergo a significant transformation through the World Class Manufacturing process. WCM isn’t a window-dressing acronym masking minor changes to assembling vehicles. It’s a bottom-up rethink of how the plant is organized and how its employees approach their jobs with an eye toward maximizing productivity and minimizing waste.

“WCM is designed to make our plants flexible and competitive with the best in the world,” said Sergio Marchionne, CEO, Chrysler Group LLC. “At the same time, WCM also is intended to put dignity into the work place, and this is not an inconsequential thing.”

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