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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: TH who wrote (266209)8/4/2010 12:09:52 AM
From: tejekRead Replies (1) of 306849
 
Mulally saved Ford by raising a ton of money before the economic collapse. That allowed Ford room to avoid the minefield GM and Chrysler went through. All three companies had been poorly managed for decades....all were fated for a bad ending. Ford avoided it by bringing in Mullaly, a guy who thought outside the Detroit box. I am glad to hear he is putting the company back on an even keel.

And while I appreciate your inside view of things, none of what you posted responds to the question I posed to MM.

And I wouldn't trash Ford Jr. too badly.....he was smart enough to bring in Mulally.

And clowncongress? What kind of snark is that? Are you members of some Masonic Order? Just askin'. ;-)

On a side note, since Alan took over Ford it is very, very well run. I remember sitting in building Two at Ford about six months after Alan took over with my primary contact for new platforms (this is the guy that can make or break you). My guy tells me, how would you like half the business? I said yes of course and asked what the catch was. The catch was that three die and two grow, as Ford has recognized that having five players in this segment is too expensive and if they want to play Big/Little (a game on awarding business where low volume shit programs are paired with big dollar rainmakers), they can't make it work with five major suppliers.

And, Ford recognized the benefit of putting more concentration of certain types of themed design content with fewer suppliers (details of which I cannot discuss due to NDA). So, this was all Alan and within six months it was clear that the old Ford way was coming back and with improvement. Getting that idiot Bill Ford Junior out of the decision making process was the single best decision that idiot Bill Ford Junior ever made. And I find that funny on so many levels.
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