‘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…
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…
FT.com / Home UK – The paradox of Henry Ford From yesterday’s paper — has anyone read this one yet? Another review inadvertantly mentions of the Seven Types of Waste:‘The People’s Tycoon’ exposes Ford’s defects Please check out my main…
Bloomberg.com: U.S.: Comments from the Ford president: “Padilla says Toyota serves as an example of how to make winning models. “Toyota doesn’t hit home runs every time at bat,” he says during an interview in the executive dining room. “When…
Henry Ford’s Lean Vision Here is a summary and information about a book that outlines how Henry Ford provided much of the inspiration and knowledge that became the basis of the Toyota Production System. I like to use this Ford…
Fortune 75 – Best and Worst Calls in Business History – FORTUNE (PDF) Now I think the “$5 a day” story is pretty widely known by now, but did you know that “To qualify for that $5, workers would have…
