Tag: Ford

Boeing’s "Elegantly" Screwed Up Supply Chain

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I was waiting on Evolving Excellence to post on this, so read their post first, but I had to chime in (original WSJ...

Mulally on Visiting "The Master"

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Mulally: Visit to Toyota wasn't overture to competitorI don't disagree, but isn't it a bit shocking to hear this from the head of...

Ford’s Mulally meets with Toyota

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NY Times: Ford and Toyota Chiefs Met in Tokyo MSNBC: Ford's Mulally signals co-operation with Toyota In the NY Times today... apparently they fired up Mark...

More on Mulally’s "First Impressions"

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Here's what jumped out at me from Friday's WSJ articles on Alan Mulally: his "war room" and his "first impressions." (both articles require...

Mulally’s Early Lean Leadership at Ford

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By Dan Markovitz, Timeback Management(Mark's note... Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. ...

PR is Job One?

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Auto writer: Assembling Ford Focus isn't so easyI saw this in the paper while in Detroit this week and cringed. Ford is actually...

Overpaid Dummies Voting with their Feet at Ford

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Blue-collar exodus brings new challenges - 11/30/06 - The Detroit News Online:UPDATE: In case some of you don't know my history of writing...

Sacrifices at every level but the Top

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WXYZ: Investigators Update January 18, 2007: Ford's Fields Finally Sacrifices This was sent my way from a friend who works at a Ford-related company. I can't...

Ford Recognizes Toyota is the Best

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Mulally: Ford needs to become one global company - 11/10/06 - The Detroit News Online:Isn't it funny how it takes an outsider to come...

When Ford Was A Startup

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800-CEO-READ Blog: When Ford Was A Startup:Here's a post by Tom Ehrenfeld, a friend of the Lean Blog. He writes about a book...

Womack’s Take on Ford

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Jim Womack sent out one of his emails today, this time focused on Ford, with their termoil. Either he writes quickly or he...

Found On Road… Death Spiral

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USATODAY.com - Ford to cut one-third of salaried staff, $5 billion in costs, stop dividendAs a guy who grew up in Michigan and around...