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Number of employees at DaimlerChrysler rises sharply. On
December 31, 2004, DaimlerChrysler employed 384,723 people
worldwide (end of 2003: 362,063). A total of 18,281 employees
joined the Group’s workforce due to the first-time inclusion of
Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation workers in the
Commercial Vehicles Division’s employee statistics. The number
of employees at Commercial Vehicles was thus 30% higher than
the prior year’s figure. Workforce numbers were also up at the
Mercedes Car Group (+2%), Services (+2%) and throughout the
joint sales organization for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and
commercial vehicles (+5%). The number of people employed by
the Chrysler Group fell by 9% due largely to the division’s sale
of several component plants. When adjusted for changes in the
consolidated group, workforce numbers were up 2% in 2004.
We also created approximately 8,400 new jobs during the year
under review.
At the end of 2004, 185,154 of our employees were working in
Germany (end of 2003: 182,739), and 98,119 were working in
the United States (end of 2003: 102,391). The number of trainees
worldwide totaled 10,047 (end of 2003: 9,926).
Further enhancement of the Global Human Resources
Strategy. Our Global Human Resources Strategy serves to promote
international cooperation. Solutions for various issues are also
generated more rapidly through the concentration of human-
resources activities into globally defined areas. These include
the support of personnel in the establishment and expansion of
activities in China. Through the “Aging Workforce” program,
we are implementing initiatives that help maintain employees’
performance levels as the average age of the workforce rises.
Such initiatives include ergonomic programs and training and
qualification measures. Another important project in the year
under review was the worldwide standardization of our human
resources management processes. Our goal here is to imple-
ment standardized systems and processes in order to reduce
process times and costs and further promote global integration.
In the “Excellent Work Performance and Productivity” project,
we are searching for solutions that will help strengthen our com-
petitiveness. The concepts that have resulted from this project
played a major role in enabling us to conclude the “Securing the
Future 2012” agreement in July 2004.
“Securing the Future 2012” will make profitable growth
possible. DaimlerChrysler plans to use the “Securing the Future
2012” agreement, which was reached between the Group’s
management and the General Labor Council, primarily to achieve
Global Human Resources Strategy promotes worldwide cooperation |“Securing
the Future 2012” agreement ensures competitiveness and protects jobs |Workforce
numbers increase from 362,063 to 384,723; 8,400 new jobs created
Human Resources
362,063
104,151
93,062
88,014
45,609
11,035
20,192
2003
384,723
105,857
84,375
114,602
48,029
11,224
20,636
Employees (Dec. 31)
2004
DaimlerChrysler Group
Mercedes Car Group
Chrysler Group
Commercial Vehicles
Sales Organization Automotive Businesses
Services
Other Activities 1
1 DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway business unit, Corporate Research department, real-estate
activities, holding and finance companies
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