Tag: GM

GM Bows to Pressure

0
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

2
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

5
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

5
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"

1
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

1
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)

5
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

0
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

0
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"

2
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

0
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

0
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....
Special $2.99 Kindle Price - "The Mistakes That Make Us"Buy Now
+ +