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News of June 19, 2002

Harbour: GM Outpaces Competition With 4.5 % Overall Gain

Oshawa 1 Car Plant Best in Assembly Productivity GM's Engine, Transmission Operations Lead Domestic Automakers in Productivity Stamping Plants Post Significant Gains in Throughput

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. outpaced all manufacturers with an overall productivity improvement of 4.5 percent, and the Oshawa 1 car plant in Ontario, Canada, led all North American assembly plants in productivity, according to "The Harbour Report North America 2002."

GM's assembly operations were the most improved among multi-plant automakers with a 6.8 percent improvement between 2000 and 2001. GM's engine and transmission operations maintained leadership among the domestic automakers with respective productivity improvements of 3.9 percent and 1.3 percent. GM's stamping operations boosted throughput - pieces per hour - by 4.3 percent.

GM's gains allowed it to widen its lead in productivity over its domestic rivals and narrow the gap with foreign automakers, according to the annual productivity study.

Some of the improvements posted by GM included:

At 39.34 total (assembly, engine, transmission and stamping) hours per vehicle, GM led its domestic rivals and narrowed the gap with the industry benchmark. GM's Oshawa 1, Ontario, car plant, which makes the Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, was the most productive assembly plant in North America at 16.79 hours per vehicle.

GM plants led in six of 13 assembly plant segments:

Oshawa 1 (Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo) was best midsize car plant at 16.79 hours per vehicle.

Lansing C, Mich., (Pontiac Grand Am and Oldsmobile Alero) was best compact car plant at 20.11 hours per vehicle.

Arlington, Texas, (Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Yukon XL, and Cadillac Escalade) was best full-size SUV plant at 25.99 hours per vehicle.

Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich., (Buick LeSabre and Cadillac DeVille and Seville) was best luxury car plant at 29.47 hours per vehicle.

Oshawa Truck, Ontario, (Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra) was best full-size truck plant at 20.95 hours per vehicle.

Doraville, Ga., (Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Montana and Oldsmobile Silhouette) was best minivan plant at 25 hours per vehicle.

GM's Toledo, Ohio, facility was the best rear-wheel drive transmission plant at 3.43 hours per transmission . GM's Romulus, Mich., facility was the most productive 8-cylinder engine plant at 3.77 hours per engine. GM's stamping operations reduced the die changeover time to 28 minutes, the best of the domestic automakers.

GM's efforts were recognized in the recent J.D. Power and Associates 2002 Initial Quality Study. GM posted an 11 percent improvement in initial quality, making GM the first domestic automaker to place among the top three multi-division companies in the study.

(June 13, 2002)

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