Posted on 09/05/2006 1:26:07 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
Ford Motor Co., in a surprise move, reached outside the auto industry to name senior Boeing Co. executive Alan Mulally as its new chief executive officer.
Current CEO William Clay Ford Jr. will remain chairman of the auto maker.
Mr. Mulally, 61 years old, a Boeing executive vice president who heads its important commercial airplanes division, will take the Ford president and CEO post immediately as the struggling auto maker prepares a vast restructuring of its unprofitable North American business.
"Clearly, the challenges Boeing faced in recent years have many parallels to our own," Mr. Ford said in a statement.
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I suspect the Second Coming of Christ would not stay in the "breaking news" sidebar for more than 21 minutes.
That would get sent to the "Religion" forum.
"I will NEVER buy another Ford product until they stop funding the butt-sex agenda. NEVER.
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OK. That would be up to you. What are you going to buy, if I may ask? I'll do a little research for you and let you know what that company's attitude towards gays is. I'll bet you'll be surprised.
GM sold its stake in Subaru last year, which is why there are no more WRX's being sold as Saab 9-2X's.
Then after another couple of hours it would get relegated to the Smokey Back Room or "Chat".
What you are missing though is that the reason they can't compete is that they have high costs due to the union.
If you are the lowest cost producer in the industry (as are the non-union Japanese) then you get to choose the segment of the market you want to serve. Your competitors (ie. Ford and GM) get the rest of the market that you don't want, which is what they've got.
More reading for you:
LOL!
CHICAGO, Sept. 05, 2006 -- Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Jim McNerney today announced the appointment of Scott E. Carson as president and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Carson, 60, a 34-year Boeing veteran, moves to the leadership position from vice president, Sales, for Commercial Airplanes. He replaces Alan Mulally, who has been named chief executive of Ford Motor Company.
"Scott Carson is a seasoned and well-respected leader who knows our customers, our business strategies, and our products and services inside and out," said McNerney. "He is uniquely qualified to step in and lead our commercial airplanes team and continue to advance our performance and growth plans."
Boeing also named James M. Jamieson, 58, to the new position of chief operating officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Jamieson currently serves as senior vice president, Engineering, Operations & Technology, at Boeing's corporate offices in Chicago. Jamieson will report to Carson and oversee airplane operations and product development.
"Adding the strength of Jim's background and experience in engineering, operations and product development will make our already strong Commercial Airplanes team even stronger," said McNerney.
Carson has a long record of accomplishment across Boeing. In his most recent position he reinvigorated sales of Boeing commercial airplanes and related services to airline customers and leasing companies around the world. He has also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he led the finance and business strategy organizations, as well as information systems and services. He also held leadership positions in the company's defense business and was the first president of Connexion by Boeing.
"I am excited and energized by the prospect of leading the people of this great business," Carson said. "We will remain steadfast and focused on executing our growth and productivity strategies, and meeting our commitments to our customers."
Carson will continue to lead the Commercial Airplanes sales team until a successor is named.
Jamieson is a 30-year company veteran steeped in commercial airplane engineering, design and production. In his current position, he worked to strengthen engineering and operations functions across the company, and provided leadership to the Boeing technology and information technology organizations. He served previously as senior vice president of airplane programs for Commercial Airplanes, where he was responsible for the design and production of all Boeing commercial airplanes. Other roles he has held include head of Boeing's single-aisle commercial airplane programs, chief project engineer for the 757, and chief of customer engineering for the 747 and 767 programs.
Mulally was named to his position at Ford today after 37 years with Boeing.
"We thank Alan for his enduring contributions and nearly 40 years of service to our company," said McNerney. "We wish him great success as he moves on to become CEO at Ford."
The Boeing leadership changes are effective immediately.
GM no longer owns any part of Subaru, Toyota bought their shares.
You know, when I was a little kid, my family went to Disneyland. During the arduous trip down HWY 101 ("Are we there yet!?!") I looked out the window and lo and behold, there was a flying car in the sky.
Alas, it didn't turn out well, either for the car and it's passengers, or for my Father, who to this day still doesn't believe me and has therefore been cut out of my will.
Hopefully Mr. Mulally can pull off the aerospace/automobile synergy thing better than Mr. Smolinski.
Thanks. I was aware of that. GM still advertises in gay publications, however. It also offers health insurance to gay households, and is generally considered a gay-friendly company.
The article was from 2004.
Does GM still own the Cadillac division?
Maybe everything was going OK until the pilot tried to put the plane in reverse!
I suppose he could drive a Lada.
This is an easy question - Ford is by far the worst company when it comes to supporting the anti-family agenda. People with morals will focus on the next company after Ford is defeated. Ford is down 11% in sales when compared to last year August. GM is not even close to that. The boycott of Ford is working and more people than you realize are supporting it. Ford first the rest later.
ROFLMAO! :)
"What you are missing though is that the reason they can't compete is that they have high costs due to the union.
If you are the lowest cost producer in the industry (as are the non-union Japanese) then you get to choose the segment of the market you want to serve. Your competitors (ie. Ford and GM) get the rest of the market that you don't want, which is what they've got."
In light of your remarks, explain the success of the Mustang?
Also explain why the Jaguar has done poorly, since being managed by Ford?
Hint: The explanation for both has nothing to do with unions, and everything to do with meeting a need in the market.
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