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AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING PLANT DELPHI GENERATES $5.5 MILLION SCRAP REDUCTION COST SAVINGS IN 20 SHORT MONTHS THROUGH JOINT UAW-MANAGEMENT EFFORT DUE TO EXCELLENT CULTURES A United Auto Workers (UAW) automotive parts manufacturer put $5.5 million in cost savings on the bottom line, while simultaneously reducing grievances by 76%. Creating Excellence in Challenging Times Most of our clients engage in improving their high-performance businesses when times and business are good. It can be difficult to see possibilities in the middle of challenging times like these, or when your company is in crisis— and then to have the courage to follow through on your convictions. It’s far easier to give up and move on. A mid-size UAW workforce firm, based in Michigan, supplies component parts to car manufacturers. The automotive industry has been suffering heavy losses and that, naturally, impacts the company. What’s more, its parent company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006 and was required to restructure its entire hourly workforce. The result was devastating. In 2006, one of the firm’s manufacturing sites faced an unprecedented workforce turnover of more than 85% over a nine-month period. At Plant 6 specifically, the turnover topped 90%. In January 2007, the organization’s leadership contracted with Excellent Cultures to implement the research-based cultural transformation process our partnership provides. Results have been dramatic. A change in culture is easily witnessed when …