A japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.
Their conclusion was that the Japanese had 8 people rowing and one person steering while the Americans had 8 people steering and one person rowing. Feeling a deeper study was in order, Ford management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.They advised , of course,that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough were rowing.
Not knowing how to utilize the information, but wanting to avoid another loss to the Japanese, the rowing teams management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the one person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the "Rowing Team Quality First Program" with meetings, dinners, and free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other equipment, extra vacation days for practice and bonuses.
The next year, the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles and cancelled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the senior executives as bonuses and next year's racing team was out-sourced to India. Sadly, The End.


Here's something else to think about:
Ford has spent the last 30 years moving it's factories out of the U.S., claiming they can't make money paying American wages.
Toyota has spent the last 30 years building more than a dozen plants inside the U.S. The last quarters results............ Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.......and they're still scratching their heads.

If this were'nt true, it might be funny....maybe shoulda posted it elsewhere.

It's this kind of blatant idiocy that keeps me from buying American made cars.
And you're right: It WOULD be funny if it weren't true!

Ford sucks!


friggin' rust bucket piece of sh1ts!

The only good ford is a 57 ford roadster

FORD=Found On Road Dead=Fix Or Repair Daily=Fornicated Over Rebuild Dodge.
Even backward DROF=Driver Returns On Foot

you forgot...Ford = Full Of Rust Deposits

you know Ford Bought all The Toyota plants in America right so basically the idiots are still building the foriegn cars so they are the same company

I just bought my first new car. It's a nissan. I'm done with the disposable junk cars the GM and Frord cranks out.