GM
Inspite of its "employee discount" program that it ran thru' most of summer, GM finds itself down in the dumps. With over 30000 workers getting cut and the closing of more
than 9 plants, GM suggests that such measures are necessary to get production in line with
demand. Ironically, Toyota on the other hand, is not able to meet demand.
Has GM lost it ? Can it recover ? Its US sales are lagging, but does it have an international
plan that will aid it in its recovery ?
Your thoughts please...
posted by brain freeze at 2:49 AM
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GM quality sucks big time. I mean, if u are die hard american and believe that u should buy only american products, then this one is for u. Otherwise, quality wise these guys stink. No amount of sales strategy is going to get them out of their basic flaw - Bad Quality products. Japanese cars get built out of the US too. How come their cars don't suck as much
10:09 PM
I am not into cars, so I am not sure about the reasons for GM's woos.
The other day I was seeing a very old video about how Toyota chief learned the car-making business from Ford and went to Japan to build the cars in an entirely different way - by building the quality into the making rather than keeping it as the last step of the process; by treating people as intelligent contributors rather than as monotonous tighteners of the nuts and bolts (like in that Charlie Chaplin movie.. was it Modern Times?). Of course, the american manufacturers also have come a long way on that.
For GM, it might do better by concentrating on the following:
1. Work on getting better ratings on crash testing, safety features, etc., so that its name shows up, somewhere.
2. Produce cars that the owners can be proud of.
3. Establish awareness about GM's key strengths or niche.
Again, I am not much in to cars, so I may be way off here, or GM might call me for further consultation.
12:04 AM
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