THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY CAME CLOSE TO GOING THE WAY OF THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES. WE, AS AN INDUSTRY, ARE STILL STRUGGLING SOMEWHAT WITH UNDERSTANDING AND MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF A CHANGING MARKET PLACE.
THE TRADITIONAL AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES IN AMERICA ARE EMERGING AS NEW, BARELY RECOGNIZABLE, ENTITIES. THE DEGREE OF SUCCESS APPEARS TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE.
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, I WILL BE DESCRIBING SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEMS FOR CHANGE, AND EXPLAINING HOW THEY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF CHANGE HAVE HAD TO DO WITH ALTERING THE ORGANIZATION, PLANNING, MANAGEMENT STYLES, APPRAISAL METHODS, DEVELOPING TEAMWORK, CONTROLLING PROCESS VARIATION, USING STATISTICAL APPROACHES, BENCHMARKING, REMOVING NONVALUE ADDED FUNCTIONS, AND THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT ON THE INDUSTRY.
DAN ROBLING©