Introduction

▪ Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany

▪ Manufactures 8 different product types
▪ 3 manufacturing units
▪ New generation Anti Brake System
▪ Case Focus - Level of Automation
▪ Management favours a single highly automated process
▪ Less automation technology favoured for plants in US for greater flexibility

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▪ Increased maintenance cost due to old facility and warehouse
▪ Past service pension funding expense
▪ Manufacturing costs at Pontiac plant were high compared to other modernised
plants
▪ The product family is 20 in numbers increasing the costs of operations within the
plant