Tale of two companies

[notyoubob]

Car makers way of thinking: A Modern Parable...

A Japanese company (Toyota ) and an American company (General
Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams
practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to
investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A team made up ofsenior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a
consulting company and pai d them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent
another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was
totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering
superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the1
person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the
'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting
new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for
practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor
performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles,and cancelled
all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was
distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India
Sadly, The End.
Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty
years moving all its factories out of the US , claiming they can't make
money paying American wages. Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more
than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter's results:
Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in
losses.
Ford folks are still scratching their heads.
IF THIS WASN'T SO SAD IT MIGHT BE F UNNY

[CRAZY HORSE]

Some Day Soon The Ww 11 Suvivors Will All Be Gone , The Bataan Death March Will Be Forgotten And Everyone Can Drive Toyotas

[Made in the USA]

NEVER! And neither will any of my kids, grandkids, or anyone that wants to do business with me as an AMERICAN Company!

[Bubba]

An AMERICAN company that makes it products with foreign workers!

[Made in the USA]

Originally Posted by Bubba

An AMERICAN company that makes it products with foreign workers!

Sorry, Bubba. We utilize American workers, all American suppliers, and drive American vehicles. Our products are labeled (what else) "Made in the USA"!

[Bubba]

I guess I misread your post, I thought you meant American companies, not just your American company.

You better check on your "American" vehicle you drive, part(if not most) of it was made outside the USA, or with parts from outside the USA, maybe even assembled outside the USA. I crawled under my Cadillac not long ago to do some tightening of bolts and found them to be metric. That tells me that at least the nuts and bolts on my Caddy are not American. Meanwhile, many(if not most) Honda's, Toyota's, and others are made right here in the USA by hard-working American workers, so when people buy those cars they are helping put food on a hard-working American's family dinner table.

[ksgrainman]

Originally Posted by Bubba

I guess I misread your post, I thought you meant American companies, not just your American company.

You better check on your "American" vehicle you drive, part(if not most) of it was made outside the USA, or with parts from outside the USA, maybe even assembled outside the USA. I crawled under my Cadillac not long ago to do some tightening of bolts and found them to be metric. That tells me that at least the nuts and bolts on my Caddy are not American. Meanwhile, many(if not most) Honda's, Toyota's, and others are made right here in the USA by hard-working American workers, so when people buy those cars they are helping put food on a hard-working American's family dinner table.

Do the Hondas and Toyotas have metric bolts?

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by ksgrainman

Do the Hondas and Toyotas have metric bolts?

Would you expect them to have them?

[ksgrainman]

The Toyota factory in San Antonio would be the most southerly of any American auto plant, posing some potential logistical challenges for the company, which relies on just-in-time delivery of components and keeps little inventory on hand at its factories. But Toyota officials said they could supply the plant from both the United States and Mexico, where a number of auto parts suppliers have factories. Among them is Delphi, the largest automotive manufacturing employer in Mexico, which counts Toyota as a major customer.

Toyota to Build Assembly Plant in Texas - New York Times

[Bubba]

So what's your point??