Friend of mine sent this to me today. We moved
a good percentage of our manufacturing to the
Asia Pacific Rim ... Wonder why? <grin>

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How a Japanese automaker bakes a potato.

1. Preheat new, high quality oven to 350 f

2. Insert Idaho potato

3. Go to something productive for 45 minutes

4. Checks for doneness, then remove perfectly
baked potato from oven and serve.

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How a U.S. automaker bakes a potato

1. Instruct an Idaho potato supplier to preheat the oven to 350 F

2. Demand that the supplier show you how he turned the dial to
reach 350f, and have him come up with documentation from
the oven manufacturer proving that it was calibrated properly.

3. Review documentation, and then have supplier check the
temperature using a sophisticated temperature probe.

4. Direct supplier to insert potato and set timer for 45 minutes.

5. Have supplier open oven to prove potato has been installed
correctly, and request a free study proving that 45 minutes is
the ideal time to bake a potato of this size.

6. Check potato for doneness after 10 minutes

7. Check potato for doneness after 11 minutes

8. Check potato for doneness after 12 minutes.

9. Become impatient with supplier (why is this simple potato
taking so long to bake?). Demand status reports every
15 minutes.

10. Check potato for doneness after 15 minutes.

11. After 35 minutes, conclude that potato is nearing completion.

12. Congratulate supplier, and then update your boss on all the
great work you’ve done, despite having to work with an
uncooperative potato supplier.

12. Remove potato from the oven after 40 minutes of baking, as
a cost savings without the loss of function of quality versus
the original 45 minutes baking time.

13. Serve potato

14. Wonder aloud what on earth those Japanese folks
are doing over there to make such good, low cost baked
potatos that people seem to like better then U.S. Potatos.

 

wonder why they didnt use there own potate?.

 

what the hell is a "potate"?

 

I saw that...cept it was specifically directed at Ford.

It's sad how true it is.

 

Really about Ford? My friend didn't mention who it was written about ...