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1980s Japanese Factory Edge Derived From Low Overhead, Not Culture
“And what was really interesting that this isn't in the early 19 eighties, people attributed the Japanese productivity advantage to their culture and to the worker management relations. And if I look what we did, I looked into the numbers, all the productivity …”
Ford secured a $23.5 billion loan for restructuring and product development
“Taking out a small home improvement loan of 23 and a half billion dollars to finance The restructuring, but also we financed the product development plan to support other customers and our growth.”
Hyundai Built Its Ulsan Ford Assembly Factory in a Record Six Months
“The initial assembly plant went from groundbreaking to full-scale operations in under six months, which set a record for any Ford assembly factory anywhere in the world.”
Ford faced a projected $17 billion loss due to brand over-expansion
“They'd become a house of brands, and purchased Aston Martin, and Jaguar, and Land Rover, and Volvo, and still 70, 80% of the business was Ford, and which, as you know, you can't be world-class too many things at the same time, and so they were going to lose se…”