According to Reuters, American car manufacturer Ford executives on Monday announced, Ford in emerging markets to build more factories to the companies in the global market of automobile production increased by 1/3, production method and the car carefully, ensure that the vast majority of factories to achieve maximum productivity in before 2017.
Statistical data shows, as the United States of America's big second automakers, Ford cars in the next ten years will be the global auto output to 8000000 units this year, more than 6000000 cars and trucks.
These initiatives is Ford
Toberas DLLA140S1003 CEO Mulally implementation of the "One Ford" strategy system based on, aims to help Ford by unified car manufacturing strategy to cut costs, improve automobile production purposes. The strategy is the core content of Mulally Ford in the restructuring of the past 7 years.
Ford's global manufacturing and Labor Affairs Executive Vice President John Fleming in a Ford in Michigan automobile assembly plant to accept the media interview said: "as we implement the restructuring of Ford, and continue to push us to ensure production and demand to match the strategy, now we are in the global market, make full use of the existing plant capacity, the realization of the absolute maximum capacity.
It is understood, to 2017, when a number of Ford Motor factory will reach 80, Ford plans to make all of its cars and trucks are produced at the 9 platforms, lower than the 15 platforms at present. At that time, Ford the average factory can create four different models, more than three now.
In 2017, when Ford global factories, 90% factories will be implemented in three shifts, which will help the Ford global automobile production capacity increased by 30%. Today, only 65% of the Ford plant implemented a three shifts.
Not only that, as part of a global expansion plan Ford started in 2011, the company will also build 14 new car factory in countries such as China and India.
Ford hopes to take the high-tech technology to further enhance its automobile manufacturing flexibility and efficiency. Ford's "Ford
Cabeza Distribuidor free surface machining technology" (Ford Freeform Fabrication Technology, F3T) will make the prototype molds can be produced in three days, compared to 6 months now greatly reduced.
For the application of this technology will help save many Ford executive vice president of officer and research innovation cost Ford chief technology Paul Mascarenas would not be disclosed, but said, the scale is huge cost savings. Paul Mascarenas also added, Ford will be awarded the F3T technology in the necessary licence.
