AUBURN HILLS, MI—Chrysler Group improved its overall manufacturing efficiency by 8.3% in 2002 compared to 2001, according to the Harbour Report North America 2003. The results are the best year-over-year improvement in the company’s history and the second-best of any auto manufacturer since the report’s inception in 1981.
“The breadth of Chrysler’s improvement shows the consistency of their approach, and that they have the foundation for greater achievements down the road,” says Ron Harbour, president of Harbour and Associates Inc.