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Are you so sure??
Posted by Daniel.

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Posted on 1/13/2000 1:41 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Declawed games posted by Chris on 1/13/2000 12:16 PM MST:



The NUMMI Analogy
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You say that companies never team up with their direct competitors? Think again.

GM, a company we all know well (if only from FIRST), realized that their factories had a skill. GM really knew how to run a business with workers. They had people as workers and hence great quality control. Let's call this a 'defensive' strategy.

Now lets travel around the world to Toyota. Toyota realized that their factories had a skill: robotics. The Japanese were way ahead of GM in this department, with some of the most advanced machines of any car manufacturer. They had no union ensuring that human workers kept their jobs. Let's call this an 'offensive' strategy.

These two competitors got together, had a little handshake, and built a plant (NUMMI) over in the San Francisco Bay Area. Together, they were unbeatable. Perfect offense merged with perfect defense had created the most successful plant either of the companies had ever known. Bonus for teamwork!

So. You may be offense, you may be defense, or you may already be NUMMI...but working together is the only way to be the BEST. Think about it.

-DL

PS - if you want another example I'll find you another. there are millions.


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