Want to Live in a Model T Factory?
TipTop Apartments – Former Ford Plant I was in Omaha, Nebraska yesterday and saw what looked like an old Ford factory near the airport. It had an old water tank on the top with a weathered Ford logo. The plant…
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Analysis of Ford Buyouts
Here is a current blog post (11/30/06) for those of you looking to read about the accepted Ford buyouts. Detroit News Article Link (from Feb) From a friend….. Here’s a creative, preemptive move most certainly designed to head off the…
Ford Cars Only in Plant Lot
In a move designed to rally support for Ford’s Way Forward restructuring plan announced by company officials on Monday, Dearborn Truck Plant Manager Rob Webber announced that starting next week, only Ford vehicles will be permitted in the parking lot…
The Daily Show Skewers Ford
Click on the link above for the Daily Show website and video from the show. You have to get past the intro about the Canadian elections first though. Or, you can fast forward to about 1 minute in. Ford has…
W. = "Won’t bail out" GM and Ford
WSJ.com – Bush Plays Down Bailout Prospects For GM and Ford: Also: GM posted more than an $8 Billion Loss for FY 2005, announced today. Excerpts: “President Bush said General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. should develop ‘a product…
Auto Companies Must Change From Within
IndustryWeek : Continuous Improvement Here is an outstanding column from Industry Week and editor Tonya Vinas. It came to my email box courtesy of the Industry Week newsletters (click here to sign up). Tonya starts by slamming the Wall St.…
Toyota Leadership and Ford Leadership
Jim Press: ‘I was in love with cars every second’ Here is a bio of Toyota’s North American Sales President, Jim Press. It’s interesting to see the contrast between Toyota leadership and Ford leadership. Press has been with Toyota since…
"Way Forward" Slides Are Online
Click here for the Mark Fields slides about the Ford “Way Forward” campaign. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author, Mark Graban. , , , on…
Ford: Smaller and Nimbler? Layoffs and Innovation Go Together?
The CNBC reporter is now saying that Ford will be “smaller and nimbler.” Smaller yes, but more nimble? That remains to be seen. But, I’d argue that companies in this shrinking cycle (and Ford has already been in this job-cutting…
The Ford "Way Forward" Press Conference
I was able to watch the Ford Press conference, as carried by CNBC. Here are my first reactions, typing as I watch. Detroit News Article here, as well. Reporter says they are closing 7 vehicle assembly plants, 3 more than…
Good luck to Ford workers on "Black Monday"
‘Black Monday’ looms over Ford’s future – 01/22/06 – The Detroit News: Good luck tomorrow when the “Way Forward” plan is introduced. It sounds like some tough cuts have to be made, the sad reality is that Ford has way…
American Auto Makers – Not Lean Enough
I’m a bit late with this post, but I wanted to make sure to get this article link out nonetheless. Womack wrote a column published in the Washington Post Sunday December 11 in direct response to the speech that was…
