TheGlobalizer
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« on: February 07, 2012, 12:07:07 PM » |
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GM also had the highest net labor impact on their production costs - a bunch of nearly-exclusive suppliers with fixed labor costs negotiating from positions of economic weakness. GM didn't just fail because GM is poorly run - it was also brought down by suppliers (Delphi et al.) who had trouble and were unable to supply GM consistently. A lot of Big Auto arrogance in Detroit, IMO.
Like Politico said, Ford is understood to have done a better job understanding its market. Relatively speaking, of course, because the Japanese companies have been understanding our market pretty well for 20 years with corresponding market share gains. They also have a much more nimble supply chain, due to the lack of pervasive union-style staffing (they adopt just in time much moreso than American companies historically have).
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