Article: United We Stand: The Unprecedented Story of the GM-UAW Quality Partnership. (book reviews)

Article: United We Stand: The Unprecedented Story of the ...
Quality Progress;  August 1, 1996 ;     502 words ...In the early 1990s, General Motors (GM) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) formed ... forbidden partnership to improve quality at GM. The authors of this book were central ... the quality partnership extends beyond the GM-UAW relationship to include suppliers ...

Article: Networks cooperate on unprecedented story.(Knight ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  September 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Tuesday's events prompted the fiercely competitive networks to do something they don't like to do _ share. At the suggestion of "60 Minutes" creator Don Hewitt, the broadcast and cable news networks agreed Tuesday morning to share all video gathered from the day's devastating air attacks on the

Article: GM Contributes to Flood Relief Efforts in Europe; World's ...
PR Newswire;  August 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... damage in Germany alone to be nearly $10 billion. GM will use its disaster relief program, GM Global Aid, to provide up-to- the-minute ... and rebuilding efforts in Europe. The mission of GM Global Aid is to provide immediate assistance when ...

Article: GM's SmartNew portal. (Technology Update ...
Automotive Design & Production;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... innovative, Internet service for its employees. GM's portal, mySocrates, portends to change ... could also open up a huge, new market for GM, namely its own, gigantic workforce ... to win back some of $100+ billion that GM pays out annually in salaries. Marketing ...

Article: GM will struggle to meet five key areas
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New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  April 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... company. In response to the viability plan GM submitted on February 17, the task force demanded that GM intensify its restructuring over the next 60 ... In a statement, the task force criticisd GM's assumptions in these areas: 1. Market ...

Article: GM cost-cutting wins market muscle; New low-cost producer ...
Automotive News;  May 6, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... one quiet corner of the company show how. GM tested 338 prototype dies in 1996. It spent ... prototypes costing $150,000 apiece. Now GM tests dies, which are used to stamp metal ... cost-cutting marathon that began when GM's board installed Jack Smith as president ...

Article: GM recruits non-GM dealers - especially women, ...
Automotive News;  December 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... new dealers. In a change of approach, GM is recruiting dealers - particularly minorities ... automakers' franchises. Traditionally, GM has identified, developed and financed ... brands, notably Detroit 3 franchises. GM executives decline to say how many dealers ...