Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel is the Head of Supply Chain Management, FCA – North America With a 3.9% unemployment rate, an aging workforce soon to retire and a common misperception of plant jobs, our country is facing a talent crunch in the manufacturing industry. By 2030, U.S. manufacturing will experience a shortfall of 383,000 workers. From mechanics,
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Scissors, duct tape and cardboard. These three resources, combined with a GoPro digital camera, helped employees at Indiana Transmission Plant I (ITPI) develop a solution to improve the efficiency of nine-speed transmission production. Before we tell you more about the “duct, paper, scissors” move, let’s explain a bit about transmission manufacturing. Gears are a major
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The Jeep® Wrangler has been built in Toledo, Ohio, for nearly eight decades, spanning the simple yet durable World War II-era Willys to the all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler. The latest generation Wrangler, built in the Toledo North plant, offers cutting-edge technology and unmatched capability with a modern design that stays true to tradition. As these
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Drivers along I-75 in Toledo and fans of the Jeep® brand are likely familiar with the iconic Jeep sign located just outside of the Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio. The giant letters announce to the world that Toledo is the home of Jeep and, this weekend, fans of the legendary brand can bid on the
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Plenty of high school seniors are hearing they should aim high in their life ambitions as they receive diplomas over the next few weeks. Nineteen graduates in central Indiana are already well along that road, setting their sights on high-tech careers in advanced manufacturing with a head start from the hands-on Integrated Technology Education Program
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For the past nine months, the record-breaking 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has come to life on the line at the Brampton Assembly Plant in Brampton, Ontario. So there wasn’t anything obviously different about the black Challenger SRT Demon, mixed among the Dodge Challengers, Chargers and Chrysler 300s on the line, that made its way
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When a white 2018 Jeep® Wrangler Rubicon four-door arrived at end of the assembly line at the FCA US Toledo Assembly Complex, it marked the end of one era and the start of a new one. For the past 12 years, employees at the plant have been producing the Jeep Wrangler JK model for the
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