Tag: GM

A Non-Lean Suggestion System

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Thinking of employee suggestions, I had a flashback this week. Back when I worked at General Motors, we had a typical non-lean suggestion system....

"Remaking" GM?

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03/23/06 - The Detroit News(Welcome Slate.com readers. Click here or on the top banner to check out my main page and to...

Fixing GM

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Yesterday The Detroit Free Press published a collection of comments from auto industry analysts and GM leaders in a piece titled "5 Ways to...

General Motors, Ford hit the brakes

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Business - Business - smh.com.auGM and Ford are both cutting production as sales are falling more. At least they will be cutting the...

Front Page Jobs Bank Embarrassment

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The GM "Jobs Bank" has come up many times here before, but now the Wall St. Journal has a front page article (subscription required)....

Why the Interest in GM’s Job Bank?

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Lean Manufacturing Blog: GM Jobs bank programs -- 12,000 paid not to workI know it's kind of weird to link to my own post,...

W. = "Won’t bail out" GM and Ford

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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...

A collection of "fix GM" columns

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Jerry Flint, It Takes Many Arrows to Kill an Elephant - Forbes.comMy dad sent me this a while back and laziness kept it off...

Auto Companies Must Change From Within

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IndustryWeek : Continuous ImprovementHere is an outstanding column from Industry Week and editor Tonya Vinas. It came to my email box courtesy of...

GM’s Lutz: ‘I gave at the office.’

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GM's Lutz: Don't cut exec pay-He shoots down Kerkorian's idea to reduce salaries, says 'I gave at the office.'A follow up to yesterday's article...

GM told: Cut every salary

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Detroit Free Press ArticleHow about "Reduce All Waste" as a rallying cry?Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you...

Lean at NUMMI

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Society of Manufacturing EngineersHere's a good overview of the Toyota/GM "Joint Venture" plant, NUMMI. I put "JV" in quotes because, sure there is...