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May | 2009 | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for May 2009. How I escaped from the Sharonville Transmission Plant. May 22, 2009 in Uncategorized. I was cheap before cheap was cool. Even though I worked 12 hour days mostly 7 days per week, and made as much as a vice president at Procter and Gamble, even though I was just a foreman, I didn’t spend any money. This was quite different that most of the people that I worked with. Here is where it got us&#...
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January | 2010 | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for January 2010. Will Ford Blow It By Repeating The Mistake Of 1976? January 8, 2010 in Uncategorized. During the 60s Ford had tremendous sales growth. In order to meet demand they cut corners on quality. Remember the Pinto? How about “Nobody sweats the details like Ford”? A Savage Factory Website. Buy “A Savage Factory” on Amazon.com. Buy “A Savage Factory” on BarnesAndNoble.com. On Why do Ford TV ads ...
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June | 2009 | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for June 2009. A Comparison of Ford and Toyota Methods. June 28, 2009 in Uncategorized. A brief look at A3 management – Toyota Process, vs the “Lets Talk” program at the Sharonville Transmission Plant sheds light on why Toyota is now the world’s top auto company and Ford is hanging on by its fingernails. First lets look at the Deming cycle, or Deming Wheel. June 24, 2009 in Uncategorized. I would be remi...
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Similarities Between the Failed Soviet System and the Failing Corporate System | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. Similarities Between the Failed Soviet System and the Failing Corporate System. October 21, 2009 in Uncategorized. Both were economic empires controlled by a handful of super rich white guys who became rich and powerful at the expense of the common people. Both used the same basic methods, called by different names. One system has failed, and the other is failing. Lets take a look at the methods, what they were called, and the results. The old Soviet...
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Quality is improving in the U.S. Auto Industry. Really? | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. Quality is improving in the U.S. Auto Industry. Really? August 24, 2009 in Uncategorized. According to the New York Times, and Ford’s advertisements, quality is now equal to Toyota. I have two questions: Why did it take so long, and what has changed? Let’s look at that first question. Why was quality so bad in American made vehicles in the 70s and 80s that 33 states passed Lemon Laws to protect consumers from the Big Three? So by the early 80s even t...
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October | 2009 | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for October 2009. Is the UAW going to kill off Ford Motor Company? October 31, 2009 in Uncategorized. In a word, the union. Yet the union demanded that the job of the fireman be retained, since it was negotiated into the contract. There were wildcat strikes and work stoppages. The railroad companys caved and agreed to pay a fireman to ride on every diesel engine, even though he had no function, a...Both ...
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What the UAW needs to do if it wants a future | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. What the UAW needs to do if it wants a future. September 12, 2009 in Uncategorized. If the UAW wants a future, it has to let go of the past, and become an organization of professional, highly productive workers that companies will seek out. First lets take a look at the manufacturing sector today in the United States, and also how the UAW functioned up to this point. The need to become professional organizations that police their own ranks. They ...
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Has Capitalism Set Us Free or Enslaved Us? | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. Has Capitalism Set Us Free or Enslaved Us? November 15, 2009 in Uncategorized. Years ago, when I was growing up, one of my best friend’s father told me there is not a nickel’s difference between any of the “isms.” All of them find a way to control the working people to keep them working to support a handful of filthy rich white guys at the top of the pyramid. It took most of my life to realize that he was right. All of it was better than what can be ...
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Will Ford Blow It By Repeating The Mistake Of 1976? | A Savage Factory
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An Eyewitness to the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction. Will Ford Blow It By Repeating The Mistake Of 1976? January 8, 2010 in Uncategorized. During the 60s Ford had tremendous sales growth. In order to meet demand they cut corners on quality. Remember the Pinto? How about “Nobody sweats the details like Ford”? A Savage Factory Website. Buy “A Savage Factory” on Amazon.com. Buy “A Savage Factory” on BarnesAndNoble.com. Facebook – Book page. Goodreads – Book page. Shelfari – Book page. On Mining the Medica...