Ms. Solomon said that since Saturday, Chrysler had lost production of about 1,800 trucks.

Because of this strike the company has lost production of more than one million tonnes of oil.

The cost of flooding is assessed using a statistical model involving damage to property, lost production, and a given amount per human life lost.

All these, and many more, see in Paradise Lost a vast, trickily hybrid production which does something other than it says on the tin.

In a world economy, firms that forgo cheaper supplies of services are doomed to lose markets, and hence production.

The company has lost production of more than 30,000 cars and trucks, which translates to about $600 million in revenue.

The report said that would be "the equivalent of losing production worth $9 billion at 1980 prices."

Peugeot said that it had lost production of 49,000 cars as a result of the strikes.

So far the company has lost production of 15,000 units at the two plants.

Karen Stewart, a Chrysler spokeswoman, said the walkout cost the company lost production of about 500 vehicles.