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Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt - A Plant of Daimler AG

Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt - A Plant of Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz Rastatt Plant – Competence for Compact-Cars. Hamburg. Bremen. Ludwigsfelde. Düsseldorf. Kassel. Mannheim. Wörth. Rastatt. Stuttgart. Gaggenau. Sindelfingen. Ulm. Neu-Ulm. Berlin. D AIMLER AG.

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Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt - A Plant of Daimler AG

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  1. Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz PlantRastatt - A Plant of Daimler AG

  2. Mercedes-Benz Rastatt Plant – Competence for Compact-Cars

  3. Hamburg Bremen Ludwigsfelde Düsseldorf Kassel Mannheim Wörth Rastatt Stuttgart Gaggenau Sindelfingen Ulm Neu-Ulm Berlin DAIMLER AG

  4. A Young Location for Growing Success Work force Plant area Annual production 5,741 employees (MBC plant share 5,514) 147 hectare Overbuild area: 41 hectare 252,316 vehicles Key figures as of 12/2008

  5. 6 9 4 3 2 1 7 5 8 The Mercedes-Benz Plant Rastatt Automotive Welding and Assembly Lines Automotive Welding and Assembly Lines Surface Assembly Industrial Park Customer Center Test-Drive Education- and Technology Center Powerstation Work Section Gaggenau

  6. Reviewing a Story of Sucess June 1997 October 1996 July 1990 May1992 Beginning of A-Classserial production Ground-breaking ceremony The last E-Class made in Rastatt Opening of the plant

  7. The Daimler AG – The Region‘s Major Employer Approximately 6,000 employees are part of the success story. 75 young people are trained at the Rastatt plant in 2009. There are approx. 1,000 further workplaces at the Industrial Park. The plant educates for 5 technical and commercial professions. The average age of the Rastatt workforce is 41 years.

  8. Success story in the Compact Car Segment 1997 2004 2005 First generation A-Class 1,100,000 units Second generation A-Class 700,000 units* B-Class 450,000 units* *As of April 2009

  9. Development of Annual Production Figures 285,603 282,518 265,358 252,316 183,010 156,495 139,172 138,976 Startup 2nd generation of the A-Class Startup B-Class 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  10. Every Car is unique Material delivery Production Components Material 250 trucks/day 18 freight car waggons/day 45,000 m3 components ca. 350 kg – 390 kg Steel/ca. 13,5 up to14,2 kg paint per vehicle Approx.1,000 vehicles/day Subassemblies per vehicle approx.1,700

  11. Production Figures Bodywork surface Assembly Bodywork carcass Area: 68,000 m² Employees: 700 Automation Level: almost 100 % Area (total): 130,600 m² Employees: 2,400 Automation level marginal, 54 robotics Area: 93,000 m² Employees: 770 Automation Level: almost 100 %

  12. Introducing the production system in Rastatt • 1997: First production system (Rastatt Production System) • 2000: Across whole group (Mercedes-Benz Production System) • Advantages for employees • Standard practice for employees to be involved • Standard work and leadership methods in all Mercedes-Benz plants e. g. rules that apply to group work • Employees are better informed about the production process

  13. Rules that apply to group work • Group = 12 employees • Group spokesperson is elected by the group (for a term of six months) and is point of contact for other groups • Group meeting held once a week (30 min.) • Group spokesperson prepares and chairs the group meeting in co-operation with forman and group • Group spokesperson and group provide visual form of a rotation plan and implement it as a tool • Group spokesperson has neither specialist nor disciplinary command authority

  14. 17 years of group work at the Rastatt plant A d v a n t a g e s : Improvement in employees working conditions e. g. - Employees are responsible for their own work schedule - Employees continue gaining qualifications in the group - Employees with limited scope can be integrated - Employees do holiday planning themselves - Employees take on more responsibility

  15. The Works Council of Daimler Plant Rastatt – 33 Members Fischer, Karlheinz Haas, Rüdiger Zinnert, Ullrich Fütterer, Alois Schorpp, Bernd Krause, Uwe Gruber, Norbert Lehmann, Michael Streeb, Gerhard Rastetter, Rene Fritz, Artur Betriebsratsvorsitzender stellv. Betriebsratsvors. Andrivon, Georges Schaaf, Norbert Blattner, Gisèle Helfer, Bianca Schwestka, Anna Kaiser, Joachim Köhler, Reiner Schmitt, Ute Bressler-Bieth, Matthias Pössl, Markus Celebi, Nurhayat Hof, Michael Rieder, Roland Velebit, Kornelia Seilnacht, Bernhard Moser, Jessica Große-Schulte, Katrin Fett, Nicole Schmeiser, Susanne Wagner, Bernhard Akguen, Filiz Kästner, Johanna

  16. Industrial relationsat DC Union Supervisory Board Works council Shop stewards elected by the members of the union 10 shareholders & 3 Representatives of the Union (2 IGM, 1 UAW) 6 employees (members of the General Works council) 1 executive representative DCAG Members of the Works council are elected by all members of the workforce in one local unit of the company Workforce

  17. Industrial relations Unions Supervisory Board Works council Workforce Collective Agreements with the employers´associations at sectoral / industry level in one region major working condition issues- wages- number of holidays- weekly workingtime... Participation in the most important decisions concerning the group Works Agreements for all employees in one local unit of one company issues of the unit- fringe benefits, bonus- daily working hours- overtime- pension plans- hiring, firing ...

  18. Workers´ Representation via Unions Shop Stewards - election every 4 years - every department elects his own Shop Steward. (Plant Rastatt: max. 250 Shop Stewards) - Shop Stewards are an important link between WC and employees and they represent the union members towards the union. - They don´t negotiate with management. - Works Council informs Shop Stewards regularly. - Union lists are nominated for works council elections. - In all plants of DC the IGM has the absolute majority in works councils - 80 % of all works councelors are union members

  19. Plant Rastatt 5.498 employees elect every 4 years 33 members of the works council (IGM) september 2009

  20. General Works Council of DCAG Germany Automotive (30 members) 8 guests: EvoBus, DC Ludwigsfelde, MB Lenkungen, DCVG, MTU Friedrichshafen, youth delegation, disabled people delegation, IGM 5 members 38 branches in 5 districts 24 members 1 member Every chairman and deputy from 12 plants Sindelfingen (59) Wörth (39) Rastatt (31) RT Ulm Untertürkheim (47) Headquarters (39) Berlin (23) RT Stuttgart Bremen (41) Gaggenau (33) Kassel (23) RT Berlin Mannheim (37) Düsseldorf (31) Hamburg (21) RT Frankfurt

  21. IG Metall IG Metall The German Metalworkers Union The German Metalworkers Union

  22. Basic principles of IG Metall • one union for all democratic political and religious convictions • one union for one industry • political and financial independence • voluntary membership • democratic structure

  23. Sectors that IG Metall organises • metal industry • extractive metallurgy, iron and steelmaking industry • metal trades industry and other services in the metal sector • textile- and garment industries • wood and plastics processing

  24. Membership • is voluntary • white and blue collar workers as well as vocational trainees employed in the branches IG Metall organises may become members of IG Metall • membership due is 1% of the monthly gross pay

  25. TOTAL 2,483,492 paying full dues 1,572,214 63% unemployed 288,332 11% pensioneers/early retirement 556,206 22% foreigners 248,179 10% young people under 26 201,723 7% blue-collar workers 2,208,248 89% white-collar workers 275,244 11% men 2,025,480 81% women 458,012 19% Number of membersas of February 2004

  26. DC Mexico MMC/MFTBC MB Turk Structure World Employee Committee (WEC) WEC (13 members) undecided: DCAG (6) DC U.S.A. (3 UAW) DC Canada (1 CAW) DC Brazil (1) MB Espana (1) DC South Africa (1)

  27. Structure of Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG supervisory board DCAG 10 + 10 10 members share holders • 10 members employees • - 6 workers and staff representatives DCAG • - 3 union representatives • 1 UAW • 2 IGM • - 1 executive representative DCAG

  28. GBR(all IGM) Members of supervisory Board Erich Klemm, plant Sindelfingen Helmut Lense, plant Untertürkheim Gerd Rheude, plant Wörth Udo Richter, plant Hamburg Stefan Schwaab, plant Gaggenau Jürgen Langer, sales dep. Frankfurt IGM Jürgen Röder, Thomas Klebe, Labor Committee UAW Nate Gooden Executive rep. Prof. Dr. Heinrich Flegel

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