Travis,
And yet somehow most conservatives will come to the conclusion that
Ford's performance is the fault of the union. Go fugure.
On Dec 4, 3:50 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Travis
> Subject: IF THIS WASN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY
> Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008,
>
> A Modern Parable
>
> A Japanese company (*Toyota**) and an American company (Ford Motor) decided
> to have a canoe race on the **Missouri River**. Both teams practiced long
> and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
>
> On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
>
> The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the
> reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior
> management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
>
> Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering,
> while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
>
> Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting
> company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.
>
> They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while
> not enough people were rowing.
>
> Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another
> loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally
> reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1
> assistant superintendent steering manager.
>
> They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person
> rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the 'Rowing
> Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners and free pens for the
> rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other
> equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
>
> The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
>
> Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance,
> halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all
> capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to
> the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was
> out-sourced to **India**.
>
> Sadly, The End.
>
> Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years
> moving all its factories out of the **US**, claiming they can't make money
> paying American wages.
>
> **TOYOTA** has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants
> inside the **US**. The last quarter's results: **
> **
> **TOYOTA** makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in
> losses.
>
> Ford folks are still scratching their heads.*
>
> --
> *~@):~{>
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