The graph below shows the average time spent by four car manufacturers to produce vehicles at their US factories.

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four distinct car-making companies used to produce automobiles at their manufacturing facilities in the United States between 1998 and 2005.

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, the average production

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generally reduced over the given period since all four companies witnessed similar downward trends. Looking at the graph from a more detailed perspective, it can be seen that General Motors was the best when it comes to minimizing manufacturing

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. The number of

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it took per vehicle in 1998 used to be 32, but in 2005

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was shortened to a stunning figure of 22

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. Moving on to Ford, the number started at 28

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per vehicle in 1998

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increased greatly to over 30 in 2001 before reaching under 22

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, which was slightly faster than General Motors. As for Toyota and Honda, there were similarities here and there. Especially when the production

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of these two companies for each car fluctuated between 20 and 24

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in the given period. By the end of 2005, both of these ended up at the astonishing figure of 20

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per automobile product.