Abstract
In the factory of Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SGM), Jinqiao District, Shanghai, the leading role in the car body welding production line was rows of yellow robots. They kept busy from day to night, following instructions in order strictly and carefully, their arms stretching out and drawing back freely. After welding, original car bodys were transferred to the end of the production line one after another, where two operators took the responsibility for checking the achievement made by the robots. Together With those robots, the operators supplied one car to the next technique production line every minute.
The case is co-written by Prof. Xiaoming Zhu, Qiong Zhu, casewriter and Yifan Ren, research assistant in China Europe International Business School. During the writing, they obtained cooperation and support from SHANGHAI GM. The case aims at providing the source material for the class seminar but not illustrating whether the management of the company mentioned in the case is effective or not.
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Zhu, X. (2018). Case III: SHANGHAI GM: The Way to Intelligent Manufacturing. In: China's Technology Innovators. Management for Professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5388-7_3
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