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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (435466)	11/18/2008 11:07:02 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573849

Sure they would have been. Their problems are structural. While their R&D is top notch, they tend not to productize anything unless someone else has already done so. Which is why they are behind in hybrids, amongst other things. Management tends to make decisions only for the short term and they don't try to position for the long term. And they fight anything that might mean a change in structure, which is why they never were serious about adopting Deming's principles for quality and still rely on inspections for QC. We've been through this before. While some of Deming's "points" have been implemented, the reality is that many or most are incompatible with the heavy handed union interference. You could not implement Deming's 14 points without first having eliminating the union stranglehold. Some, yes (and some have been implemented). But not the full package. As to relying on inspections, you cannot eliminate inspections until you have done something to get quality up to a reasonable level. You can't do that as long as you have unskilled employees who, because of unions, are able to dominate management. These companies can never, ever come back and compete against non-union facilities unless the unions are ditched. So, it is crucial they not be given one nickel until the unions are crushed beyond recognition. Some recognize this, I don't know whether it is enough to make it happen. When you hand over control to Labor you get what you bargained for. I can remember doing a case study in 70s about how labor had destroyed the auto companies. Nothing has changed, except labor has finally killed the goose that laid the golden egg. They deserve what they get.