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Sunday, February 01, 2015
With the adoption of baby boomers into retirement of the VW Group would like to promote the automation of production in the coming years. The decision “comes from the heart,” says Chief Human Resources Officer Neumann.
The Volkswagen Group intends to use for many jobs in the future robots instead of humans. In particular, physically demanding tasks should be taken over by the machines, personnel director Horst Neumann said “Welt am Sonntag”. Since December, work a “team of experts” on a roadmap for reform,
Neumann cited two reasons for the offensive. “The one dictates the Mind: We can help reduce robots production costs,” he said, referring to the German “high-wage”. In the German automotive industry, labor costs would be around more than 40 euros per hour, in China there are less than ten euros. A robot on the assembly line would cost depending on the use of three to six euros per hour.
“No one at VW has to worry about his job”
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The other reason for the plans come “from the heart,” said Neumann: “We can not abolish the ergonomic, strengthen quality work and secure employment.” No one at VW must fear for his job, said the manager. “The good thing that the baby boomers retire, it enables us to eliminate unfavorable ergonomic workstations and automate without dismissing employees.” To replace the retirees, VW would therefore have been in a few years 10,000 people per year to adjust. “This departure we will replace not full because of the automation push.”
The VW employee representatives were claims to be “from the beginning” involved in the plans. “We also see opportunity to shift health damaging activities much more flexible robot,” said a council spokesman for the newspaper.
Source: n-tv.de
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