Latest GM Invention: Management By LEGO

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

If GM managers are faced with a problem, say a nasty warranty problem or god forbid a recall, they now pull out a box full of LEGO blocks. The block color identifies the area on the vehicle and the block size denotes severity; the bigger the block, the bigger the problem. Problem solving becomes child’s play.

According to a GM press release, “the process could reduce by 33 percent the time needed to implement a change that would prevent future warranty repairs.”

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Da Coyote Da Coyote on Mar 26, 2012

    Somewhere in the world is a hidden "lowest bar" which determines the management ineptness baseline from which all competent management is judged. Only GM managers have the coordinates of this secret location so that they may continue the GM tradition of finding this bar and crawling under it.

  • Robert Schwartz Robert Schwartz on Mar 26, 2012

    Yes, GM is run by blithering idiots.

  • GS650G GS650G on Mar 26, 2012

    And they use coloring books for accounting purposes to great effect.

  • TheHammer TheHammer on Mar 26, 2012

    More typical anti GM BS from BS.Great "piece" to whip the B & B into a frenzy.

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