Sixth Mulally had to make many painful restructuring decisions in order to match production to the number of cars that Ford could sell. Since 2006, Ford cut half of its shop-floor workfoce in NOrth Amarica and a third of its office jobs.By the end of 2011, a total of 17 factories had closed, and Ford's total employment fell from 128000 to 75000.In addition, the number of dealers has been cut by a fifth. Helped by union concessions, ford has shed about $1billion in annual operational costs and now can compete with Japan's " transplant factories in America