Aid to Russia

[William S. Lear]

On Sun, September 6, 1998 at 14:12:06 (-0700) michael at ecst.csuchico.edu writes:
>
>Jim Hearfield wrote:
>> 
>> Greider  illustrates the point:
>> 
>> 'In 1979, Ford's average labour input for all of its North American cars
>> and trucks was just under 40 hours per vehicle. By 1993, it was down to
>> 25.4 hours. Chrysler reduced its average from 45 hours to 29.5 hours. GM
>> improved from 41 to 32.5 hours. The Japanese average still was lower,
>> about 20 hours per vehicle..' One World..p 110.
>> 
>
>Be careful.  The Japanese but more of the content from outside suppliers.
>If I buy almost 
>assembled cars, install the ashtray, and sell the car to a retail
>customer, I could produce a car 
>in a short time also -- unless the ash tray is too hard for me to install. 

If I remember correctly, Greider's illustration was with a Lexus
sedan, which took 11 or14 hours to produce.  Does Toyota get these
from outside suppliers?

Also, didn't the labor figures for Mercedes come in vastly higher?

Bill