Despite the title an excellent article from the Financial Times 25 July 2012
“Eight years ago BMW’s business planners came to an uncomfortable realisation. Germany’s population was ageing and so were the workers on its assembly lines.
The company’s management fretted that the stiffening joints of employees could eventually stymie BMW’s growth plans. Shedding older workers en masse would be operationally difficult and risk damaging industrial relations……”
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