Manufacturing Industry
Mulally may provide shot in arm for Ford.(Opinion)(Ford Motor Co. appointed Alan Mulally )
Plastics News, September, 2006
Suppliers to Ford Motor Co. must be holding on to their hats - or perhaps some other sections of their anatomy - following last week's news that an outsider was coming in to run the company. Recruiting Alan Mulally from Boeing Co. could be a brilliant move. After all, there are plenty of parallels between Boeing and Ford.
Both are industrial manufacturers, both were saddled with high costs, a unionized workforce, and facing tough competition. Hollywood could write a storybook script for how Mulally will turn Ford around, using the skills and experience he gained at Boeing. He can boost productivity, skillfully reduce manpower (something Detroit historically has a tough time accomplishing), and save another American icon from a slow slide into insignificance....
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