The move, which was announced to some Ford workers internally last week, is expected to take effect early next year. A Ford spokesperson said the changes would allow its teams to "collaborate and work more efficiently to deliver exciting vehicles and software with the highest levels of quality for our customers." Ford CEO Jim Farley has made fixing the automaker's quality problems a priority since he took the helm in October 2020. Since then, Ford has changed some of its production practices to better catch errors, and allocated more workers to identify safety concerns. It has topped the industry in number of recalls since 2021. "After three years of hard work fixing all of our deficits ... we now have everything in place to really see our quality turn for our customers and for our business," Farley told reporters at an event last week. When asked about his concerns for next year, Farley responded: "execution."