Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:47:05 -0500 From: Bob <uctraingNOSPAMersnopsamanet.com> Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:07:21 GMT, "Brent Goodwin" <no-nonopsamam.net> wrote: >When autos represented the pinnacle of technology, Americans made as good an >auto as anyone (even so, the Japanese who know a thing or two about making I can agree with that... but the American manufacturers steadfastly refused to improve in the 70's when the Japanese were showing the world the light and the way. >with the result that >American technology is _across the board_ the best at *those things*, while >"behind" in other areas like the auto industry. I disagree. It's as if you're saying that there's some relationship between the industries or the engineers that populate them. The auto business has some terrific engineers, they're just badly managed. The same is unfortunately true in the defense/aero business. However, there are some good results produced there in spite of poor management. >It's the reason the U.S. >"lost" leadership in wind-up tin toys, textiles, TVs, autos, & toaster >technology, but dominates and defines 21st century technology. Many of these industries suffer from "can't beat cheaper labor" problems. Others are as cited above. Because of the cost of production in the USA, I see more and more industries in the US being engineering only, with production handled offshore. Bob
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