[DeTomaso] NPC - Consumer Reports on Cars
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 4 19:20:18 EST 2009
I thnk when Ross Perot was on the GM board they got so upset with his instance that they improve quality that they bought his stock at an inflated price to get rid of him.
Ken
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, JJD1010 at aol.com <JJD1010 at aol.com> wrote:
From: JJD1010 at aol.com <JJD1010 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Consumer Reports on Cars
To: charlesmccall at gmail.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 2:51 PM
In a message dated 3/4/2009 4:12:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,
charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:
There are millions of case studies (almost literally) that demonstrate that
companies that continue to manufacture using "traditional" techniques cannot
compete long term with companies using "Lean Manufacturing" techniques. They
are simply less efficient - it costs them more to manufacture the same
product, and the quality is inferior. Sooner or later, they'll lose. It's
happened in every sector. Looking at the Consumer Reports index, or any
other Quality Index for automotive manufacturers shows a direct, 1-1
relationship with the true implementation of Lean thinking.
Implementing this system requires the involvement of everyone, from the CEO
to the cleaning lady. Without this involvement, it never happens.
.
It is actually Total Quality Management. And interestingly, it was the
American, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who taught the Japanese how to do it!
He had some pretty radical ideas, it would be interesting to see what he
would say about the bailout.
Jeff
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