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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis
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To: maceng2 who wrote (23538)10/16/2009 3:58:58 PM
From: robert b furman8 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 71475
 
Hi Enplus.

Thanks.

Deming was sorely missed by the domestics.

That is not to say he was not studied.

I personally know a UAW employee (now retired) who went to study under Deming.He was the highest paid UAW employee in GM.

He loaned me his books written by Deming.

He was a very proud GM employee and could bridge the sometimes huge gaps between the union/grievance bureaucracy and management.

These were long term lessons learned and it has already been a work in progress for many years.

Those who believe that GM quality is below that of Japanese automakers just have not studied short or long term quality surveys.

The currency issue will not make a quick recovery - just as it was a long time in the making, the reversal must also be a long time, for it to allow long term content advantages.

With quality being an equal,image/perception will require time.

If the currency exchange rate is allowed to be at favor to the dollar(like it is now) the big time losers will be those dealers who paid horrendous blue sky for Toyota franchises over the last 5-7 years.

The blue sky paid will never be recovered if the market stays in the 10-12 million saar.

Given equal quality and 5 to 10% FX exchange advantage,Domestics will add content to their new models and regain market share as content advantages are discovered by saavy buyers.

For those who know more about the car business.I'd love to hear from them.

That is if their knowledge extends beyond sarcasm and uncivil posts.

Thank You for your kind post.

To all on this thread pardon my often mispelled posts.

I often post from a treo while at used car auctions (I purchase 300-400 used vehicles every year).

My sentence structure and spelling is often less than I would like, as I have 4 dealerships and over 150 employees,3 partners,and as just now - appraised a $30,000 GMC Denali.

Often will my nettiquette be interrupted by the need for my attention elsewhere.

If you find it offensive - I apologize in advance, and ask that you simply put me in ignore.
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