blue foam, pink foam, yellow foam?

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:54:46 GMT, clare @ snyder.on .ca wrote:

On 28 Aug 2003 14:10:04 GMT, osite (RobertR237)
wrote:


REAL SMART decision to save a few bucks.

Sounds like the same story but different company.


A little bit like that old TV show -" X# of people in the city of New
York, and each has a story"

Devide the number of publicly traded companies with more than 20
employees by half, and you're getting close to the number of stories
that will be told over the next 5 years or so.
You now the old expression "same S---, different pile?"

The main cause of the demise of American companies (particularly
manufacturing) is NOT offshore competition, it is gross mismanagement.
The mismanagement makes them vulnerable to the competition.

And much higher efficiency from the ones with management.

Production is up about 10% since 1997 while jobs are down by 15%.
according to the stats released by the federal reserve.

However as we've seen in some instances the payback is on the way for
those who took the short term gains from down sizing a bit too
seriously at the expense of long term gains.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

In article , "Eric Miller"
writes:


It is going to cost them 20 million to replace it and they be forced to do
so since they can't maintain it any longer.

Bob Reed

But for a mere $20 million they were able to save THOUSANDS of dollars!

Eric



Yep but even the $20 million might end up being a lowball figure. I forgot
that the company has eliminated all of the older experienced people in
operations and accounting who had any understanding of how things work. Now
all they have are pencil pushers who know how to input to the current system
but don't understand the structure of either the system or the business. It
may not matter too much though, they are selling off most of their assets as
fast as possible anyway. At the rate they are going, they won't need a system
of any kind in another couple of years.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

In article , Barnyard BOb --
writes:


They will drive 40 miles round trip to save $5 on a $10 item.
To top it off they are very well educated people who you would think
would know better.

Roger Halstead
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

That's nothing, Roger.

I know of a pilot that likely spends more than $100
to purchase a $5 hamburger flying his old Debonair.

How educated does this appear to be? g



What the hell is wrong with that?


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)