Mercedes Benz and ZF Manufacturing

I recently visited the Mercedes Benz facility in Huntsville, AL. The visit to the porduction site was a very interesting look at one of the premier car makers in the world. The massive size of the facility alone is quite amazing, it's a small city in its self. The facility has everything employees need including, health care, child care, two cafeterias. The facility does everything you could imagine for a brand new vehicle, from paint to road testing everything is done inside the confines of the two plant building.
After visiting the Mercedes plant we the proceeded to the ZF plant also in Huntsville. ZF is one of Mercedes just-in-time suppliers, they make the
chasis for the M-class in Huntville, but also have offices around the world. The production site was alot smaller than the Mercedes, however within the building the attitudes were of the team members were very different. The ZF people looked like they truly enjoyed their job and at mercedes no one really happy, they were just little worker drones.
The trip to the two plants was very enjoyable, and very informational.