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Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
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Article Excerpt
It's hard to believe that we're already in the third quarter of 2008. While many of us wish we could backpedal to avoid the struggles of this long year in the auto industry, we're also looking forward to 2009 planning and determining what can be done differently. With forecasters predicting increased losses and challenges in the coming year, automotive companies are scrambling to shift their focus. Factories that once produced trucks are being converted to support fuel-efficient vehicles, and unlike the New Domestics, the Detroit Three continue to struggle with flexibility and the cost of achieving this transition.

Take, for example, Honda and Toyota. Both operate with an extreme amount of flexibility in their manufacturing processes, allowing the daily system to seamlessly convert from one...

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