VW's German plants need to shape up, says production chief

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's German plants need to boost efficiency to match overseas operations, production chief Andreas Tostmann was quoted as saying, targeting 2 billion euros (1.6 billion pounds) in savings by 2023.German carmakers, including Volkswagen's Audi brand, have announced thousands of job cuts in recent weeks to address an expected 5% drop in global auto sales this year, with declines likely to spill into 2020."The pace of improvement is better abroad. In Germany, despite all..