For Episode #363, I’m joined by Crystal Davis as we discuss: What are you seeing in terms of how Covid19 is disrupting businesses? How do we move from crisis mode, to survival mode, to recovery mode? Why do we need…
Updated: Delphi workers in NY rejected the contract proposal. Updated: It looks like the contract has been accepted by the UAW… I got caught up on the WSJ during my long trip home from the UK and saw many aspects…
For UAW Chief, a Bid To Forestall ‘Waterloo’ – WSJ.com The UAW leader for the U.S., Ron Gettelfinger was featured in today’s Wall Street Journal. He pretty much spoke the company line on the usual excuses for why the Detroit…
Outsourcing continues to be a hot topic. It is especially true in Michigan, where the Governor’s race is heating up. It is the topic of the race. Incumbent Granholm is trying to woo Toyota into building an engine plant here…
Buyouts may top 40,000 – 06/24/06 – The Detroit News Online Wall Street will celebrate, but GM and Delphi are about to lose the experience and problem solving ability of 40,000 people. Well, wait a minute, was GM getting the…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh For those not paying close attention, billionaire and industry-fixer-upper guy Wilber Ross has been on the prowl for struggling auto supply assets. Ross has gone in to both the textile industry and the steel industry, swept up…
I’ve always wondered how you would do investing in Shingo Prize-winning companies. There is quite a bit of debate in the lean blog world about the Shingo committee continuously awarding plant-level lean achievement prizes to bankrupt companies, namely Delphi. I’m…
Reliable Plant Magazine The latest Shingo Prize winners have been announced. Congratulations to them all! And good luck to them all! I hope they realize that their lean journey isn’t over, it’s only just begun. Now some have taken issue,…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei Wow, on Womack and Delphi, this blogger didn’t pull any punches. Jon Miller says, basically, “Who cares how nice the factories look, how “lean” they look, if the business is failing?”…
Reassembling Delphi: CEO aims to repair auto business This was in Monday’s WSJ, but this is a free version. As a follow up to Luke’s post on Delphi, here is an interview with CEO Steve Miller, who recently renounced his…
The link above is to an e-newsletter from Jim Womack. In this newsletter, Womack comments on his experience and observations at Delphi facilities stating, “I have walked through dozens of Delphi facilities in many countries and in my recent walks…
Detroit Free Press I doubt Delphi is the “most lean” company around, but they have made significant progress and have won multiple Shingo Prize awards for lean excellence. That said, I guess this proves, unfortunately, that “doing lean” in and…
