Chapter 671 of the main text, a new car factory on the outskirts of Kenosha

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After difficult consideration, Bard and others decided to accept Lin Johnson's proposal, because this time AMC had already made up its mind to close the Kenosha Automobile Factory, and after the factory closed, more than 3,000 workers would lose their jobs and their lives would be severely affected.

If Lin Qiangsheng can invest in the establishment of several new factories as promised, then these thousands of workers will have new jobs, they will not have to live without a livelihood, they can continue to maintain family relations in harmony, their children can continue to go to school, the workers' loans can continue to be repaid, their credit will not be lowered, there are jobs waiting for them, and they will not have to worry about bankruptcy!

The union representatives, led by Bard, stabilized the feelings of the workers and finally succeeded in persuading the workers to sign the waiver agreement.

This also meant that the first phase of layoffs for American auto companies was completed smoothly, and it was unexpectedly smooth for AMC, and the headquarters immediately launched a second round of layoffs.

Chairman Pierre called Lin Johnson, although he was not in his position, but he still expressed concern about the boss's handling of the situation, Pierre said on the phone: "Sir, you can't solve such a problem every time, it seems that AMC can only successfully tide over the difficulties under your leadership, you should trust us, if every layoff is up to you to arrange jobs for the unemployed, isn't this the left hand to the right hand, always leave the trouble on yourself!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng came up with some new methods during his visit to Wèn Kenosha, and he said to Pierre: "Pierre, you don't have to worry about my way of dealing with it at all, you are the manager of the company I chose, as long as we cooperate properly to make AMC rise again, and then the outside world will naturally affirm our approach!" ”

"I fully understand your concern, you are afraid that the outside world will have the impression that the new AMC management is incompetent, in fact, you don't have to have such concerns, I work for these unemployed workers, I see that there are still resources available locally, and I can use them to make the company profitable. In a different environment, they are useful people, but AMC can't do it now, so you don't have to worry about the outside world, just lead the AMC. In the end, they may see a completely different way to solve the problem of unemployed workers, or maybe we are still the pioneers! ”

Pierre could not influence Lin Johnson's decision-making, he could only continue to work firmly in the position of chairman of the AMC, if he did not do it now, he would never be able to take off the hat of incompetence, although he was disgusted by the boss's self-seeking way of solving unemployed workers. But the problem was solved smoothly, and one of them also made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Mr. Lin pledged to invest US$200 million in Kenosha, and the agreement was reached in a brief ceremony in front of the Kenosha county government, which was attended by many local residents.

A few simple American farmers stood on the side, a few ordinary citizens and middle-class people stood behind the two, these people represented the supporters, Lin Johnson and Derek laughed and shook hands, and together left a happy group photo.

Of the $200 million investment, Lexus alone has a budget of $150 million, which is to build the world's most advanced automated production lines and factories.

The location of the factory was chosen between Kenosha and another small town, Racine. It is close to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a medium-sized public institution with about 5,000 students, and the factory is only one kilometer away from the shores of Lake Michigan.

Since the realization of CNC automation in the automobile production line, it has developed to three generations, and Lexus's workshop automation process is more demanding, and the automation process of the entire factory has reached 72%, and fewer workers are required.

The intervention of more advanced machinery can make the assembly work more accurate. In other words, machinery can maintain design standards from start to finish.

Although experienced operators can challenge machinery with experience in some cases, the machine can achieve a level of accuracy that cannot be done by humans, and it can work longer while maintaining accuracy. On the contrary, people will be tired and tired, and the machine will not get sick or be in a bad state, and it will be more stable than the manual one.

Of course, in some links that require human intervention. Having a lot of experience will reduce the error rate, and the experienced veteran employee passing on his feelings to the new employee can help them settle into the job faster and reduce the error rate.

In the luxury car market, if you want to defeat strong opponents, it is not enough to rely on design and rich configuration, how to create a sense of luxury is a very important topic, Lin Johnson set up this research group in the LS Automobile Research Institute, which is to study how to make the car high-end and luxurious, and not fancy, not abrupt, not so that people have the feeling of being a monkey!

In addition to the selection of materials, ensuring the accuracy of assembly and improving the quality is the most important link!

The opponent of the LS400 is the Mercedes-Benz S-class, as well as the BMW 7 Series, whether Lin Qiangsheng is willing to face them directly or not, as long as he develops luxury cars, then his opponents are these two obstacles.

To this end, Lin Johnson asked Kodinan to come to Kenosha to personally sit in the town, establish a quality control management organization here, and let the Italians personally supervise and study the quality control management, which is a difficult task!

Smooth appearance design and rich configuration is the killer feature of LS400, while excellent assembly and manufacturing technology and more attractive price than competitors, so that it has obtained good market expectations, how to achieve good market feedback after the listing in September This is the biggest difficulty after the establishment of Lexus, the car must not only be developed well, but also produced and publicized well, find the right way, otherwise even if the car performance and selling point are prominent, it can only be like the German Volkswagen, Europeans desperately applaud, It's a pity that the Americans didn't buy it!

The Kenosha Automobile Plant was closed, and workers watched with varying emotions as the 40-year-old factory came to an end.

The factory here was closed, because Lin Qiangsheng really couldn't think of what such a large place could do, and Americans didn't want to live in the city, so there was no market for residential development, and there was no value for commercial investment in a town of less than 100,000 people.

The management of Lexus, led by Kodinan, quickly held a project preparation meeting, and then announced the investment plan, and at the same time, the winning bidder of the automobile production line, the company led by Ernst & Young Qì people, successively sent working groups.

After several turns, the headquarters of EY was finally established in Pittsburgh, a city that was once known as a steel city. But after the U.S. steel industry, Pittsburgh was in a slump, but the local government had the foresight to abandon the glory of the steel industry and begin a difficult transformation.

Led by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, a number of high-tech enterprises engaged in the research, development and production of computer software, computer software, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and biomedicine have developed.

Dr. Ernst & Young, President of Ernst & Young, has obtained a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, which is the first institution in the world to offer a Ph.D. degree in the field of machine and human resources. Due to the strong support of Lin Johnson, his Ernst & Young company also has a great reputation in the local area, and has been promoted to the backbone of the domestic machine industry in the United States, and the top force will always be the national real room of Lawrence.

Lexus's suburban factory in Kenosha will use a lot of advanced equipment in the world, such as the seven-axis handling machine of Swiss ABB, the German KUKA welding machine, the arc welding machine, the Nimak welding tong, etc., which will have the highest automatic stamping line, a welding line composed of 180 machines, and the world's most advanced inspection system.

Ernst & Young will be responsible for the overall preparation of this project, and also provide welding machines and arc welding machines, Ernst & Young also told Lin Qiangsheng that the company is confident to develop higher-level processing equipment and challenge the world's traditional manufacturing equipment powerhouses! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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