GM Visit: Today was one of the best customer visits Curtis and I have been on, in the 3 years of participating on this trip. It was great to see a production assembly plant. The engine assembly was very fascinating in that they produce 70 engines an hour! They are much smaller than the typical US engine, but again, gasoline is around $6.30 a gallon here!
We went on to the car assembly, where the only robot we saw was one to install the glass windshields. We walked from start to finish, and saw them drive off the line! The defect rate was quite high at 20%. Mostly gap issues, etc. Plenty of run to improve, but Six Sigma hasn't spread here yet. Overall a great visit!
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