BMW finds new ways to improve productivity with aging workforce

A BMW employee performs the final checks on a BMW 6 Series cabriolet at the plant in Dingolfing, Germany, in a March 2011 photo. (Bloomberg)

By:

Christian Wuestner

September 08, 2012 05:00 AM

BERLIN (Bloomberg) -- Five years ago, managers at BMW AG realized that with Germany's graying population the average age of their workers would jump from 41 to 46 by 2017. So they decided to make it happen sooner.

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