The graph below shows the average time spent by four car manufacturers to produce vehicles at their US factories
The graph shows how long
time
four particular manufacturers spend producing a single car in their factories located in the US. Overall
, compared with 1998, all factories spent less time
in 2005 producing one
vehicle.
At the start of the period, General Motors (GM) used the most time
producing a single motor, with over 32 hours
, at the same period, Toyota and Honda
needed 10 hours
less, at about 22 hours
for these two Japanese brands to build one
vehicle. With regard to Ford, it cost 28 hours
in 1998.
Thereafter
, Toyota and Honda
kept at a low time
-consuming rate, while
Honda
reached the lowest point of 20 hours
in 1999, which is the fastest record to produce a single auto even in 2005. In contrast, Ford spent 31 hours
in 2001, 3 hours
more than in 1998, whereas
GM kept a declining trend throughout these years.
At the end
of the period, GM had gotten a great improvement, as it only needed 22 hours
for one
car, compared with 1998, saving 10 hours
. Besides
, Ford needed almost 21 hours
, 1 hour more than Toyota and Honda
, which kept in a low time
consuming for one
car, both ending around 20 hours
in 2005.Submitted by careyche on
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