Interview With Dieter Zetsche

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com January 3, 2006 

According to a recent interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel,  
Dieter Zetsche, the new CEO of DaimlerChrysler AG, said he wanted to  
make simpler and faster decision making at the world's fifth biggest  
automaker.

He further elaborated that he wanted to make sure decisions were not  
made twice, once at the corporate level and again at the brand level,  
and added that Mercedes could learn from Chrysler how to be more  
efficient at production.

Despite previous speculation that the Mercedes Car Group may be  
cutting up to 8,000 jobs in addition to the 8,500 already planned,  
Zetsche failed to comment the subject, but during the interview he  
did point out that "Possibly for certain tasks you need fewer workers."

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