Tag: GM
Auto Companies Must Change From Within
IndustryWeek : Continuous ImprovementHere is an outstanding column from Industry Week and editor Tonya Vinas. It came to my email box courtesy of...
GM’s Lutz: ‘I gave at the office.’
GM's Lutz: Don't cut exec pay-He shoots down Kerkorian's idea to reduce salaries, says 'I gave at the office.'A follow up to yesterday's article...
GM told: Cut every salary
Detroit Free Press ArticleHow about "Reduce All Waste" as a rallying cry?Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org
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Lean at NUMMI
Society of Manufacturing EngineersHere's a good overview of the Toyota/GM "Joint Venture" plant, NUMMI. I put "JV" in quotes because, sure there is...
Hey GM! Prices Are Set by the Market
Headline:General Motors Cuts Prices on 80 Percent of Its U.S. ModelsRemember the "new" Toyota Production System thinking:Profit = Market-Set Price (minus) Your CostsThe "old"...
GM Thinks They Will Remain #1?
GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports (Detroit Free Press)Rick Wagoner points out that GM's sales growth...
GM Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work
Detroit News - 10/17/05UPDATE 2/9/06: Why the sudden interest in this article?? Email me.This isn't new news, nor is it a new...
Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM
Toyota Quickens Quest to Unseat GM
As a friend in Detroit pointed out, it's interesting that Toyota is allowing Fuji/Subaru to build Toyota vehicles in...
GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs, Close 3, no 4, no 9,...
Yahoo! NewsUgh, worse than the reports suggested earlier this morning.GM has been crippled by high labor, pension, health care and materials costs as...
GM and Toyota, Passing In The Night
From today's WSJ, in the article about GM's possible plant closures:While the details of GM's plans remain unclear, GM officials have said that their...
You Get What You Inspect: A NUMMI Lesson in Lean Leadership
Here is the sixth, and probably final, installment of my tales from the NUMMI tour.
You can revisit them by starting with Tale #1 and...
Why Toyota Knows Perfection Is Impossible: A NUMMI Lesson
NUMMI Tour Tale #4: The Pull Gift Shop
While the NUMMI plant would score very highly on almost any measure of visual management, you could...
