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 out the Mark Fields hockey hair and I was good about not mentioning it…
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Ford must copy Toyota, which copied Ford
Detroit Free Press Commentary Excellent commentary here from columnist Tom Walsh. He says, in part: GM and Ford butchered the lean-production system in subsequent decades and lost their zeal for rooting out waste. When Toyota and Honda and other carmakers…
"Good Paying Jobs" for Michigan?
Visteon to build local plant Not sure if I understand my home state’s strategy here, as the governor says: “The company’s investment in Highland Park will bring good-paying jobs to the community and strengthen Michigan’s position as the global leader…
Ford’s Fields Finally Sacrifices
Detroit News Article | Jan 4. WSJ Article on Uproar This was in Automotive News, a follow up to this earlier blog post and story about Mark Fields using a private company jet to fly home to Florida each weekend.…
Ford Folks Finally Reading TPS Books?
Teaming up may aid Ford, Toyota Another article about potential collaboration between Ford and Toyota. One tidbit: The grapevine buzz has it that the former Boeing leader is prompting his managers to read books on the Toyota Production System, the…
Mulally: Toyota Good (Once Again)
Mulally Pans `Paranoid’ Ford, Pushes Toyota-Style Production I criticized Alan Mulally earlier, via my criticism of Boeing. To be clear: I respect Mulally. I am really rooting for Alan Mulally. Mulally is such an outspoken promoter of the Toyota Production…
Lean Blog Homework – CNBC CEO Videos
I can’t get the videos to play on my PC. CNBC did interviews today with the Big 3 big wigs, a big mullet, and a Toyota leader. I heard the Mulally interview on XM Radio, but didn’t hear the others.…
Boeing’s "Elegantly" Screwed Up Supply Chain
I was waiting on Evolving Excellence to post on this, so read their post first, but I had to chime in (original WSJ article here). Here’s another dumb quote the E.E. folks didn’t point out: “Some people may say this…
Mulally on Visiting "The Master"
Mulally: Visit to Toyota wasn’t overture to competitor I don’t disagree, but isn’t it a bit shocking to hear this from the head of Ford? It sure helps that CEO Mulally comes from outside the industry, eh? “…the former Boeing…
Ford’s Mulally meets with Toyota
NY Times: Ford and Toyota Chiefs Met in Tokyo MSNBC: Ford’s Mulally signals co-operation with Toyota In the NY Times today… apparently they fired up Mark Fields’ private jet and flew off to Japan last week to meet with Toyota…
More on Mulally’s First Impressions as the New CEO of Ford Motor
Here’s what jumped out at me from Friday’s WSJ articles on Alan Mulally: his “war room” and his “first impressions.” (both articles require paid WSJ subscriptions, I believe). The free version of the war room article is here. In the…
Mulally’s Early Lean Leadership at Ford
By Dan Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting(Mark’s note… Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. We should see him posting directly soon. But for now, here is a post he sent me…
