“Because Tokyo’s quality has moved too.”
Yep, and without that competition Ford might not be working so hard. Competition is a great thing. This study shows that some of your fellow Americans are actually getting things right and that the product they are making are improving in great strides. It wouldn’t hurt to just say congrats. Instead, once again the standard is moved for Ford further down the road.
Add to that the fact that Tokyo’s quality and costs are beginning to take some hits, yet we never see the DBM cover those numbers.
Regardless, this is good news for Ford and let’s hope they continue to make good progress.
CSM-Kudos to ya! Another thing, Quality improves with less in their quality departments. That is, most of the supervision have been cut back or let go. Now the teams (Joe and Suzy Employee) have taken the role of quality supervisors. You know what, it’s working. As I said in another post, for the longest time the employees have spoken about what shoul dbe done about this or that on parts that may be non-conforming while management sat back and said we have a better way. Well I don’t have to tell ya, most of the time their intentions failed. Kudos to the Amercan Automobile worker and stepping up!