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Article: AUTO PLANT LOOKS AHEAD : SUPPLIERS STAFF ASSEMBLY LINE AT SITE IN BRAZIL.(BUSINESS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- November 24, 1996
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Byline: Diana Jean Schemo The New York Times
At first glance, the work force at Volkswagen's truck and bus factory here seems like any other, clad in unremarkable gray uniforms. But look at the pockets, and you will see the key to what Volkswagen executives call the factory of the future. The names stitched there are Rockwell, Cummins, Remon and MWM. What are conspicuously scarce are Volkswagen workers.
In this new factory some 100 miles northwest of Rio de Janeiro, Volkswagen employs a mere 200 of the 1,000 workers, those responsible only for overall quality control, marketing, and research and design. The assembly work - from counting spark plugs to ...