tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post5730729527891488929..comments2023-02-13T03:38:13.649-05:00Comments on LaMarotte: Electronics: So What Exactly Happened Circa 2000?ADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post-67515935074460201312011-12-01T19:33:20.820-05:002011-12-01T19:33:20.820-05:00Thanks for the link. Yes. We need unity at all lev...Thanks for the link. Yes. We need unity at all levels. One hears pious talk about People Come First, but actions suggests that this has become a platitude in some people's vocabulary.ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665342107723336257.post-8807033977019785612011-12-01T09:26:50.747-05:002011-12-01T09:26:50.747-05:00You may be interested in this quote from "Tha...You may be interested in this quote from "That Used to Be Us," by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. "...some very important trends in today's workplace become clear: the people on the bottom rung of the workplace are becoming more and more empowered, which means more innovation will come from the bottom up, rather than just from the top down. Therefore it is vital we retain as much manufacturing in America as possible, so our workers can take part in this innovation." Previously the authors were describing manufacturing plants where maintenance workers, line workers, and engineers all work together to solve problems and increase productivity. Because the workers in the plants themselves, those that work with the raw materials, have first-hand knowledge of what works and what doesn't they are increasingly asked to help increase productivity and make the manufacturing systems better. This is difficult to do if the manufacturing plant is half-way around the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com