A Joint Industry-Labor-University Cost Saving Venture

J. Barry Mason, Joseph M. Mellichamp, David M. Miller, Thomas P. Gilligan and Grady Cook
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J. Barry Mason: The University of Alabama, University, Alabama 35486
Joseph M. Mellichamp: The University of Alabama, University, Alabama 35486
David M. Miller: The University of Alabama, University, Alabama 35486
Thomas P. Gilligan: Rochester Products Division of General Motors, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Grady Cook: United Auto Workers Union, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401

Interfaces, 1984, vol. 14, issue 6, 70-79

Abstract: A unique partnership involving General Motors management, UAW personnel, and faculty and students at the University of Alabama was initiated to apply management science and engineering methods to manufacturing operations in a GM carburetor assembly plant in order to effect cost savings needed to make the operation profitable. GM executives expect that the research conducted in achieving the cost savings will give rise to designs for “the factory of the future” that would have application throughout General Motors. This kind of industry-university partnership could play a major role in the rejuvenation of American industry.

Keywords: production/scheduling; professional: MS/OR application; industries: transportation equipment; labor: unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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