tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-6858636169004034112008-04-05T22:43:00.000-05:002008-04-05T22:43:00.000-05:002008-04-05T22:43:00.000-05:00I don't think it's quite as bad internally as it looks from the outside. Some of it is also a matter of perspective. I recently learned from one of the very top executives at Dell that at some point in the future my facility will probably go away also (this is years and years away, but eventually). I don't mind, I'll pick up the skills and experience to make my way somewhere else. In the mean time beating HP is a great game. <BR/><BR/>Another thing that I think is interesting is that you never hear about Apple or HP closing down their manufacturing plants in the US because they don't have any -- all of their systems are outsourced. Dell is the only pc maker (that I know of) with domestic manufacturing (Actually I think Sun does some kitting work for servers in Oregon, can't recall). The closing of TMC sucks, but a lot of us are continuing to do good work (even a lot of "lean toolset" stuff) to try to give the customer better service at lower cost. I won't argue that Dell is TPS compliant ;) I've heard our design team has some cool stuff coming out -- we'll see on that count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com