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Capacity Assessment for GM's Current Operations

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How is GM's current operations equipment impacting their capacity planning, capacity flexibility, capacity requirement, and capacity utilization?

How does capacity influence the marketing of GM products?

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Reductions in vehicle assembly, stamping and power train facilities is helping GM to adjust its capacity as per its US industry volumes. GM is striving hard to attain its objectives of achieving manufacturing capacity utilization of 100 per cent, or greater, in countries with higher labor costs.

GM is improving its supply base and technological capacity in countries like India to cater to the growing local demand.

The company also announced that production will cease at ...

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