Tag: Ford
Time for Value Added Engineering
Ford Adopts Focus Time - Detroit NewsBy Andy Wagner:I have blogged before on the inefficiency of multi-tasking and the virtues of more single-piece flow...
Suppliers: GM better, rivals not
Detroit News ArticleGM, Ford, and Chrysler are frequent targets here for their "beat up the suppliers" approach to supply chain management. Here's some...
L.A.M.E. — Thinking That Lean Hurts People
'Lean Production' May Also be a Lean Toward InjuriesPeople getting hurt would be a good indicator of Lean As Misguidedly Executed. The above...
Jim Womack on GM, Ford, Toyota, and the Meaning of Lean
In this Lean Blog Podcast episode, Jim Womack reflects on GM, Ford, and Toyota through the lens of Lean thinking--past, present, and future. He...
Ford: Quality equal to Toyota
Detroit News ArticleIn terms of initial vehicle quality, Ford Motor Co. is in a statistical dead-heat for second place with Japan's Toyota Motor Corp....
TX Paper Accuses Mulally of Insulting Salespeople
Star-Telegram.com | 04/06/2007 | America's Great Automotive StuntmenLocal car columnist Ed Wallace seems like a friendly curmudgeon. This week, he writes about Ford's...
How About Partnership Instead?
New Detroit Woe: Makers of Parts Won't Cut Prices - WSJ.comWah, the latest complaint from the "Detroit Three" (formerly known as the "Big Three")...
Why You Can Never Be Satisfied
Desperate to Cut Costs, Ford Gets Union's Help - WSJ.comHere's an example of why you can never be satisfied. A key to Toyota's...
2,000 vs. 2: What Andon Cord Pulls Reveal About Toyota and...
tl;dr: The andon cord isn't a tool--it's a trust signal. Toyota's thousands of line stops reflect psychological safety and leadership support. Ford's rare pulls...
Ford’s Fields in Folicle Fantasy Land
Mullet or not, Fields' hair is talk of the auto industry
Mullet-wearing Ford exec plans to keep it
I know it's juvenile of me to point...
Ford must copy Toyota, which copied Ford
Detroit Free Press CommentaryExcellent commentary here from columnist Tom Walsh. He says, in part: GM and Ford butchered the lean-production system in subsequent...
"Good Paying Jobs" for Michigan?
Visteon to build local plantNot sure if I understand my home state's strategy here, as the governor says:"The company's investment in Highland Park will...
