The Harbour Report, an influential gauge of productivity and profitability that is closely watched in the auto industry,
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 01:40:33PM -0700, Jim Devine wrote: > On the US NPR news, I heard that Toyota is the most efficient of the > major auto producers (partly or mainly because so much of the > production is integrated, i.e., not contracted out). But I think the > most efficient auto factory in North America was a GM (or D-C?) one in > Ontario, also because it was so integrated. > > does anyone have the reference for the study that came to these results? > > On 6/3/05, Michael Perelman wrote: > > Peters, Jeremy W. 2005. "U.S. Car Makers Still Trailing Japanese." (3 > > June): p. C 3. > > General Motors loses $2,331 on each vehicle. > > > -- > Jim Devine > "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way > and let people talk.) -- Karl M., paraphrasing Dante A. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
