外刊速览

• 作 者: 陈锐
• 出 处: 董事会
• 发表日期: 2005年07期
• 关键词: 通用汽车公司 通用 计划成本 医疗保健 瓦格纳 外刊速览 成品质量 流水线 生产能力 管理层

The Economist 2005年6月8日通用汽车最近有点烦通用汽车(GM)的心脏出问题了——蓝领工人巨额的医疗保健计划,成为通用汽车和美国汽车工人联盟对立的战场。通用汽车也许得决定双方摊牌的时间了。通用汽车公司的主席兼CEO理查德·瓦格纳在6月7日召开的年会上,宣布了扭转GM暗淡前景的四点计划:销售量和市场份额的下降却伴随着成本的上升,两点改进方法的成功——增进成品质量和开拓新市场——紧紧掌握在GM的管理层手中。但是,另外两点——削减巨额医疗保健计划成本和关闭过剩的生产能力和流水线——还需要和势力强大的美国汽车工人联盟协调解决。

The Economist June 8, 2005 GM recently got in trouble at the heart of General Motors (GM) - the massive blue-collar health-care plan that became the battleground between General Motors and the U.S. Auto Workers Union. GM may have to decide on the time both showdown. General Motors chairman and CEO Richard Wagner announced at the annual meeting on June 7 a four-point plan to reverse GM’s dimming prospects: falling sales and market share accompanied by rising costs, with two points Improve the success of the method - to improve the quality of finished products and open up new markets - firmly in the hands of GM’s management. However, two other points - cutting the cost of huge healthcare plans and shutting down excess capacity and pipeline - also need to be coordinated with the powerful coalition of U.S. auto workers.