Tag: Chrysler
Chrysler’s Overproduction
Chrysler's OT shifts baffle analystsIt's "waste of overproduction" day on the Lean Blog. Here is an article about Chrysler, where analysts are baffled...
Chrysler’s Waste of Overproduction
My dad alerted me to this article from Automotive News. It's not available free online, I have a pdf copy that I could...
Chrysler Gains Edge by Giving New Flexibility to Its Factories
WSJ.com - $$ Subscription RequiredFront page article today about Chrysler and flexible manufacturing, focused on the retooled plant in Belvidere IL. Here is...
For "Lean", Chrysler Cuts Tradespeople
01/22/06 - The Detroit News
Don't worry, these skilled tradesmen will go into the famous JOBS Bank and receive almost full pay for doing nothing...
More on Chrysler and Teams
Rockford Register Star - Assemblers shift to team concept key to successA follow up to an article posted by Luke last week regarding Chrysler...
Lean Manufacturing linked to job security
This tag line was below the headline "Be a team player, DCX boss warns" published in the Windsor Star on Tuesday Jan 10.This is...
Chrysler Expanding Plant, Team Concept
STLtoday - Business - Story:Good for Tom LaSorda and Chrysler (with an assist from the UAW going along with this core tenet of TPS):"Chrysler...
The Blue-Collar CEO
Newsweek: The Blue-Collar CEOThis article ushers in Tom LaSorda as Chrysler's new CEO. LaSorda is the first child of labor leaders to become CEO...
A Lean "Plant Rat" Becomes CEO
TOM WALSH: DCX shifts into futureLaSorda's challenge: Keep up momentumChrysler's Tom LaSorda, a "plant rat" turns CEOTom LaSorda, a former GM guy who moved...