COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OF ASSEMBLY WORK IN THE EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

The European automotive industry as a key industry of modern economies tries to be competetive with the help of changing work organisations. One of the main issues besides just in time concepts and outsourcing is the implementation of team work and the integration of supporting f unctions. The production system often limits opportunities for change. Improvements of ergonomical issues and work load have to precede succ essful team work. The survey tries to give answers to the questions as to which activities are taken over from management levels to the shop floor, how far the process of change has proceeded and which necessar y steps towards a human-oriented work organisation and product design have to be taken.