This #TruckThursday, the 2019 Ram 1500 Rebel is about to get ‘down and dirty’ with 1,243 miles of rugged southwest terrain when the 2018 Rebelle Rally hits the trails Saturday, October 13, in Lake Tahoe, California. The all-female, off-roading and navigation rally brings teams of women from all over the globe together for seven days
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High-Tech, Global and Growing: How today’s manufacturing jobs are better and brighter than ever before
Wendi Gentry-Stuenkel is the Head of Supply Chain Management, FCA – North America With a 3.9% unemployment rate, an aging workforce soon to retire and a common misperception of plant jobs, our country is facing a talent crunch in the manufacturing industry. By 2030, U.S. manufacturing will experience a shortfall of 383,000 workers. From mechanics,
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Truck Thursday: ‘Top 10’ honors for the 2019 Ram 1500
WardsAuto editors made it official on October 2, 2018, when the 2019 Ram 1500 was named to the publication’s 10 Best User Experience List. WardsAuto editors put 25 vehicles through an extensive user experience. The all-new Ram 1500 emerged a ‘Top 10’ in user friendliness, infotainment features, sound systems, vehicle connectivity, driver assistance technology, information
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Truck Thursday: Ram rolls out Ram Rodeo at the State Fair of Texas
The Ram Truck brand demonstrated everything IS bigger in Texas when it rolled out a bevy of new models for the Texas Auto Show at the 2018 State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Taking center stage this #TruckThursday was the 2018 @RamTrucks Heavy Duty 2500/3500 Laramie Longhorn Ram Rodeo Edition, unveiled during opening ceremonies on
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How Duct Tape and Cardboard Improved Nine-Speed Transmission Production
Scissors, duct tape and cardboard. These three resources, combined with a GoPro digital camera, helped employees at Indiana Transmission Plant I (ITPI) develop a solution to improve the efficiency of nine-speed transmission production. Before we tell you more about the “duct, paper, scissors” move, let’s explain a bit about transmission manufacturing. Gears are a major
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FCA helps students explore, invent tomorrow’s next big thing
No one knows what the future holds, but for several weeks this summer FCA opened windows of opportunity for employees’ school-age children to dream big and think creatively about what the future could and should look like. FCA’s Camp Invention and Invention Project camp invited more than 200 elementary, middle and high school students of
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Ram Truck Agriculture Season time to ‘grow’ support for America’s Farmers
Five years ago, sports fans sat glued to their TVs as the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers to win Super Bowl XLVII. Another memorable moment was on tap for fans that night with the airing of the Ram Truck brand’s “God Made a Farmer” ad. Inspired by a tribute to the farmer voiced
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