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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 442368" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">A Modern Parable.....</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford 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.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people rowing.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">They advised, of course, that too many people we re steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">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, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people 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 rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale boosting programs and teamwork posters.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The next year the Japanese won by two miles.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Humiliated, the American management laid-off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all </span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses. </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black">India</span><span style="color: black">.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black">Sadly, the End.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black">Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the </span><span style="color: black">US</span><span style="color: black"> , claiming they can't make money paying American wages.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black"></span><span style="color: black">TOYOTA</span><span style="color: black"> has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the </span><span style="color: black">US.</span><span style="color: black"> The last quarter's results:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: black"></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: #002dfd"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002dfd"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: #002dfd">TOYOTA</span><span style="color: #002dfd"> makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. They both build automobiles.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002dfd"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002dfd"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...and now Ford Executives want us, the United States Taxpayer, to loan them 25 Billion Dollars,. to help them create that same series of mistakes all over again.... Or, a 25 Billion reward for exercising total stupidity and morbid indifference to the product requirements and desires of the American automobile customer.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #002dfd"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Let them take a chapter 11 like every other business who screws up their products and marketplace.</span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #fe1600"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 442368, member: 1246"] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]A Modern Parable..... A Japanese company ( Toyota ) and an American company (Ford 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 7 people steering and 2 people 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 we re 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, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people 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 rowers. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' and some of the resultant savings were channeled into morale boosting programs and teamwork posters. The next year the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid-off one rower, halted development of a new canoe, sold all [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses. [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Comic Sans MS]The next year, try as he might, the lone designated rower was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles,) so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=black]India[/COLOR][COLOR=black]. Sadly, the End. Here's something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the [/COLOR][COLOR=black]US[/COLOR][COLOR=black] , claiming they can't make money paying American wages. [/COLOR][COLOR=black]TOYOTA[/COLOR][COLOR=black] has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the [/COLOR][COLOR=black]US.[/COLOR][COLOR=black] The last quarter's results: [/COLOR][/FONT][/B][B][COLOR=#002dfd][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#002dfd]TOYOTA[/COLOR][COLOR=#002dfd] makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. They both build automobiles.[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=#002dfd][/COLOR][/FONT][/B][B][COLOR=#002dfd][FONT=Comic Sans MS] Ford folks are still scratching their heads, and collecting bonuses...and now Ford Executives want us, the United States Taxpayer, to loan them 25 Billion Dollars,. to help them create that same series of mistakes all over again.... Or, a 25 Billion reward for exercising total stupidity and morbid indifference to the product requirements and desires of the American automobile customer.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#002dfd][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Let them take a chapter 11 like every other business who screws up their products and marketplace.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR=#fe1600][FONT=Comic Sans MS]IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [/QUOTE]
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