Does a culture walk or talk? Quality Progress released their annual salary survey results for 2014. For me this was very eye opening. Does a culture walk or talk? They…
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Pushing the problem Last time I looked at a real effect of the record auto recalls of 2014, supply chain consolidation and shifting the burden away from assembly. There are…
As 2014 finished up, an article in December?s Quality Progress, caught my eye. It was about the record year of recalls for the automotive industry. Since it was published, Chrysler announced an additional, huge recall as well. The analysis in the article pointed to three main contributing factors but I think they fall short of some underlying trends, especially some side effects of lean that are oft overlooked.