Do You Know Your Tata's?
9 June 2008
Earlier this week Tata Motors of India completed its acquisition of Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands. One of my coworkers is the proud owner o…
Productivity is Not Quality
6 June 2008
Today brought us the news that the Detroit 3 automakers (Chrysler, Ford, GM) have almost eliminated the labor productivity gap with foreign automakers…
Different Approaches to a Truck Slowdown
24 May 2008
Truck sales are plummeting thanks to rising gas costs. What are the major automakers doing about it? First, let's recall our post last month on…
Does Kerkorian Read Evolving Excellence?
2 May 2008
There is a long-running debate on who's ahead in the turnaround battle, GM or Ford. Popular perception, especially in the media, has been that GM…
Chery Learns
4 December 2007
A few days ago we wrote about how Toyota is experiencing the power of people... both in terms of losing some top flight executives to competitors as w…
"Shimmying"? Try a Crowbar!
1 December 2007
From Joseph at The Stalwart blog comes a great video: Found a video that will primarily appeal to U2 fans, along with those of us fascinated by manuf…
Toyota and the Power of People
24 November 2007
The past week has seen a flurry of articles on the problems Toyota has been facing as it surpasses GM for the number one spot... in sales. As a side…
Ford vs. GM - Who's Really Ahead?
9 November 2007
Up until recently the prevailing wisdom has been that GM's turnaround started earlier and was progressing faster than Ford's. I've questi…