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Highlights of the success of overhauls that OAO Avtodizel’ has made to its production and infrastructure during the economic crisis. The changes have not affected the company’s maximum production capabilities, according to Viktor Kadylkin, general director.  Apart from deep cuts to salaries and manpower, the factory has also moved a portion of its manufacturing plants to a freed-up location in Yaroslavl.  When added to the firm’s outsourcing of its transport services, decreased transport expenditures due to these changes have added 2 million rubles a month to the company’s live funds.  Further, a significant decrease of the land area occupied by production facilities was made possible through efficacious changes and modifications made to the factory’s internal organization: new conveyor systems requiring less space, along with more compact assembly-line technologies demanding less manpower, all based on the Toyota model, have been installed.  Kadylkin says these changes would only have been considered in a time of economic crisis. Decreased transportation losses enabled Avtodizel’ to lower the number of works in progress by 60% in 2009.