Tag: GM

From Devin, a graduate student, posted with his permission: "I'm an operations management student who is writing a report on lean manufacturing at GM....

Listen: Here is LeanBlog Podcast #40, an interview with a retired UAW/GM employee who wishes to remain anonymous, at this point. We have traded many...

So I think things are back to normal after a somewhat stressful day of wondering why my blog "broke." Unlike some web/blog outages and...

Earlier this week, I asked some questions that managers and leaders should ask, prompted by an email I received through the blog.I've been thinking...

GM Expects Car-Price Rise - WSJ.comGM is raising prices:"In December, GM raised its prices an average of 1.5%..."This is great news if you're an...

Toyota beats GM in global production; GM No. 1 in global salesSo it turns out that GM *sold* more cars than Toyota in 2007,...

Marketplace: Supplier gets dwindling sums for its partsThis story has been in the blog backlog, but it's always an important topic, the idea of...

Roger Smith, Former G.M. Chief, Dies - New York TimesRoger Smith passed away at age 82. While he was demonized by Michael Moore...

As I thought about this post earlier, with the employee quote about being beaten down, I had a flashback to my time at GM,...

I've mentioned this book before, coming out Nov 1, it's called How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company.I had...

A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect...

Deal helps GM narrow labor cost gap:I'm not going to spend too much time reading about or writing about the strike, since it's not...