Jeep Cherokee 2014

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Jeep Cherokee MANUFACTURING Toledo, Ohio, has been the proud “home of Jeep” for more than 70 years. The first Jeep vehicles were built in the former Parkway Plant until the new Toledo North facility began assembling the Jeep Cherokee in 2001. With the launch of the all-new Jeep Cherokee, a new chapter in the decades-old…

Jeep Cherokee MANUFACTURING

Toledo, Ohio, has been the proud “home of Jeep” for more than 70 years. The first Jeep vehicles were built in the former Parkway Plant until the new Toledo North facility began assembling the Jeep Cherokee in 2001. With the launch of the all-new Jeep Cherokee, a new chapter in the decades-old story of Jeep and Toledo is being written at the Toledo Assembly Complex.

That chapter began in November 2011 when Chrysler Group announced that the Company would invest $500 million in the Toledo Assembly Complex and add 1,100 jobs on a second shift for the production of the next-generation Jeep SUV.

Because the all-new Jeep Cherokee differs significantly from its predecessor, the plant had to make a number of changes in the build process to accommodate the new vehicle architecture. The most visible change was the addition of a 23,400 m2 building expansion to the existing body shop.

The dimensional differences of the new vehicle also necessitated changes to the assembly line. To ensure that the new Jeep Cherokee launched with the best possible quality, the Toledo Assembly Complex implemented and aligned all of the best practices and technologies from other Chrysler Group and FIAT facilities.

The Complex also went through a complete transformation as part of World Class Manufacturing (WCM), an extensive and thorough process aiming at reducing waste, increasing productivity, and improving quality and safety in a systematic and organized way. WCM engages the workforce to provide and implement suggestions on how to improve their jobs and their plants.

Production of the new Jeep Cherokee at the Toledo North Assembly Plant began in June 2013 


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