[AT] Big Truck Pickups

[Stephen Offiler]

Absolutely. The Toyota Production System (TPS) is studied around the world
and applied in every imaginable industry as "Lean Manufacturing" and in
service industries like hospitals as simply "Lean".

I have a couple decades of experience with Lean Mfg. and I would count
myself as a proponent although I've also seen some of the Achilles' Heels.
It is a very collaborative system at its core, and won't work well unless
the entire workforce is engaged.  In short what I'm saying is that I cannot
imagine a UAW shop embracing Lean.

On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:42 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Toyota does a really good job at controlling the manufacturing process.
> Not so good at the attractive design process.  Toyota refused an offer to
> take GM for free in the 2008 GM bankruptcy. That was an extremely wise
> decision. Everything necessary to make GM work well would have been
> politically unpopular.
>
> Remember, Toyota can manufacture cars and trucks in the US using Americans
> and make money. There may be more.
>
> Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer (soffiler at gmail.com); So
> which automotive companies in your estimation are not run by cabbage heads?
>
> James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com); They have cabbage heads
> running Ford as well. The recent Ranger is far less attractive than the one
> that preceded it.
>
> Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer (soffiler at gmail.com);
> <snip> I've paid so little attention to the return of the Ranger that I
> barely could tell you it exists.  <snip>
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