Tag: GM
GM Bows to Pressure
GM agrees to change robot suicide ad after objections - Feb. 9, 2007GM has bowed to pressure from suicide prevention groups, but still doesn't...
Suicide Prevention Group Blasts GM
GM sticking with robot suicide ad criticized by group - CNNFor different reasons than the reasons why I didn't like the ad, but groups...
GM’s Actual Ad Actually Lame
Here is the actual ad that ran during the game, after seeing the preview here. If you're reading this via RSS or a news...
GM’s Lame Superbowl Ad with a Depressed Robot
Kevin Meyer, over at Evolving Excellence, gets credit for finding this first -- GM's Super Bowl commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0bXK7w7gA&ab_channel=Surfsidespringer
My comments, posted on Kevin's site:
Imagine if the...
"The Vicissitudes of Over-production"
Why U.S. automakers like GM and Ford are losing money - Jan. 26, 2007Wow, leave it to a professional journalist to spin a phrase...
A Tax On Bad Management
U.S. Car Makers Stand to Gain From Bush Plans - WSJ.com:"Though many factors have contributed to the industry's woes, soaring health-care costs are a...
Mulally: Toyota Good (Once Again)
Mulally Pans `Paranoid' Ford, Pushes Toyota-Style ProductionI criticized Alan Mulally earlier, via my criticism of Boeing. To be clear: I respect Mulally....
Lean Blog Homework – CNBC CEO Videos
I can't get the videos to play on my PC. CNBC did interviews today with the Big 3 big wigs, a big mullet,...
GM Goes Big with Inventory
WSJ: At GM, Curbing Inventories Calls For Juggling ActFrom the article:At the end of December, GM had more than one million vehicles in...
More on Mulally’s "First Impressions"
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...
More on Toyota’s Jump to #1
Not breaking news, but more article about Toyota's expected leap to #1 in global auto sales in 2007.The NY Times and the International Herald...
Livonia’s not Lean-vonia
As Auto Prosperity Shifts South, Two Towns Offer a Study in Contrasts - New York Times
Here's a free Detroit News version of the article....