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U-M Seminars on the Auto Industry, Manufacturing and Product Development

29 July 1997

U-M Management Briefing Seminars on the Auto Industry, Manufacturing and Product Development Will be Held August 4-8

    ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 29 -- Auto executives Alex Trotman of
Ford, Takeo Fukui of Honda, Tom Gale of Chrysler, Carlos Ghosn of Renault and
Harold Kutner of General Motors will be among more than 50 speakers featured
at the University of Michigan's annual Management Briefing Seminars August 4-8
at the Grand Traverse Resort near Traverse City, Mich.
    More than 1,200 business and industry leaders are expected to attend at
least one of the three annual seminars on the automotive industry, world-class
manufacturing, and integrated product-process development.  In addition, two
one-day programs on financial management and efficient layout for lean
manufacturing will be offered.
    The seminars are sponsored by the Office for the Study of Automotive
Transportation at the U-M Transportation Research Institute and the Center for
Professional Development at the U-M College of Engineering.

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