tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post7276203068301192293..comments2008-11-11T21:42:42.893-06:00Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-63087887396718701342008-11-11T21:30:00.000-06:002008-11-11T21:30:00.000-06:002008-11-11T21:30:00.000-06:00Know look at this company along with Ford and GM. They are on the border-line of bankruptcy. Could it be because they have failed to keep up with the changing demand for vehicle types? The new Hummer that is coming out is nothing more of a remake of the same problem. People do not want to keep paying big oil companies. People want sufficiency, durability, and quality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-50835270370590553092008-06-10T10:29:00.000-05:002008-06-10T10:29:00.000-05:002008-06-10T10:29:00.000-05:00Mark,<BR/>Proof positive of what you say lies in the WSJ Article that Kevin Meyer quotes. Chrysler's best plant is Toledo North, the Jeep plant that I supported as a design engineer straight out of college.<BR/>When the plant first opened producing the 2002 Jeep Liberty, the bodies were produced and painted in the turn of the previous century plant in downtown Toledo and trucked to Toledo North. Now they are built by a supplier in a facility across the street from the plant and carted through a tunnel under the road into the new Jeep plant. From a Harbour report perspective, who gets charged for the hours it takes to build and paint those bodies? And if all Jeep gets from outsourcing that much work is productivity parity, where on earth are they loosing so much productivity??Andy Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04571752564693294372noreply@blogger.com