The fault that the 3 are failing lies with both the shitty and corrupt
unions and the shitty and corrupt managment. Let them all go to chapter 11.
the govt has no business ever bailing out any company/individual/ or another
country. with no exceptions.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> 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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