Re: Automotive Manufacturing Industry: Japanese vs American corporate cultures

On Nov 19, 7:43 pm, Woodswun <woods...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:56:31 -0800, Jane wrote:
> > On Nov 18, 8:33 am, Pers3id <pers...@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Yes, but why should we want to?  As I said in my post to Aidan, the
> > robotic way and groupspeak might work for the Japanese (and workers in
> > their transplant factories lured by the high rate of pay), but it ain't
> > going to fly with the oldtimers.  In Oshawa, we have managed to win JD
> > Power (quality) and Harbour (productivity) awards year after year
> > without all that horseshit.  What I am saying is we are the best in the
> > hemisphere and in the top 5 worldwide.  the push is on now for the
> > Japanese way and I believe that is why they are buying out almost 3000
> > autoworkers in Oshawa.  They know the senior employees are not going to
> > comply.
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> > Too bad.  I don't understand why they want to tamper with success.
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> Managers are EXTREMELY short-sighted.  They are looking at reducing costs
> in the short term, not the impact of swapping an excellent workforce for
> an untested one.
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LOL.  The way things are going, they may not have a workforce of any
kind to worry about by Christmas.  Not really funny, but I'd rather
laugh than cry, :).