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Originally Posted by madmax
What makes you think Ford can adapt?
It looks to me like the auto industry does everything they can not to adapt. The Model T actually gets better mileage than many cars on the road today.
When I think of the Ford boardroom, I picture a bunch of 80 year old guys sitting around waiting for gas prices to drop.
Boeing is in a different position than Ford. Boeing has a virtual monopoly and their only competion is Airbus. Boeing's problem was in production not sales. They could not meet demand. Boeing needed to streamline prodouction and cutout some of the BS custom options and get rid of Stonecipher. They were offering over 100 different shades of white paint.
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I'm a fan of Mulally and was impressed when Ford announced his hiring as CEO. I disagree that there's not a similarity between the task of turning around Boeing and turning around Ford. Out of the 3 large auto manufacturers, I think Ford's been making the best management hiring decisions and at the moment, has the quickest potential to adapt and rebuild market-share again. JMO.
http://www.busmanagement.com/pastiss...8777&issue=181
ETA: yes, I know it's a blog, but who better to get a pulse from than from real motor-heads, right?
http://blogs.motortrend.com/6240683/...-it/index.html
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