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Originally Posted by InterOffice E-mail
A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (General Motors)
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.
Sad, but oh so true! 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.
Scratching heads is the secret high sign of the MBA Fraternity***
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.
Sad, but oh so true! 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.
Scratching heads is the secret high sign of the MBA Fraternity***
I didn't write that joke, but I thought it was funny enough to paste here.
Part of what's killing Ford (And GM), is the soaring cost of healthcare, Focusing more on the trucks rather than the cars, and the UAW.
If I were to guess.
Just imagine how tight Ford's car line would be, if they had put equal attention on the design, advancement, and engineering of, say- the Taurus, as they did the F-150. Same for GM. GM didn't forget about the cars, they just didn't build anything, anyone wanted aside from teh Camaro, Trans Am, and Corvette- all of which were too expensive (For the v8) for their most rabid consumer base to afford, pay the insurance cost, and eat.
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Originally Posted by JBMX928
i couldve sworn ive seen this before on here... 
either way, eh. the joke sucked.
either way, eh. the joke sucked.
When you get a little older, especially in corporate America, you'll see the humor in it.
