[DeTomaso] NPC - Consumer Reports on Cars

[Dave Londry]

Well he also wanted to get rid of a couple of hundred VPs and dump the 
management suites.
Didn't go over so big either.
dave

Ken Green wrote:
> 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.
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> Ken
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> --- On Wed, 3/4/09, JJD1010 at aol.com <JJD1010 at aol.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> In a message dated 3/4/2009 4:12:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:
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> 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. 
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> Implementing this system requires the involvement of  everyone, from the CEO
> to the cleaning lady. Without this involvement, it  never happens. 
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> It is actually Total Quality Management. And interestingly, it was the  
> American, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who taught the Japanese how to do it! 
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> He had some pretty radical ideas, it would be interesting to see what he  
> would say about the bailout.
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> Jeff
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