Seriously Bored....

Somehow I think that certain companies are lying their wee little socks off.

There is a new buzzword from Sweden "SUSTAINABILITY!" there is also "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY"

What does it all mean? Most of the time this stuff is just a cover all for common sense as is the case with Empowerment which just means giving someone responsibility.

Sustainability is a bit more complex in some respects but in essence it is about using sustainable resources and in a way minimizing waste.

Corporate Social Responsibility is about looking after local residents and your employees. Doing voluntary work and making sure you clean up your own mess not try to blame someone or cover it up and doing due diligence.

What am I getting at? There is no way that most American companies can see what their arse end is doing when even the the supervisors of employees don't even understand what job they do properly. By far in the worst way to create waste is to hire a shit load of middle management. Its like a land of zombies whose task is to fill in pointless bits of paperwork in order to create even more sodding bureaucracy.

Seriously if you have 3 lines of development all doing the same sort of work why does all three have to use 3 different types of paperwork to convey the same sort of information and one of them can't be bothered to do it properly. Simplify! One set of paperwork to cover all! Minimize the sodding waste re task the people creating the nonsense. You will find a lot more productivity in this case. There does seem to be a pretty crude way of thinking which goes "Somethings wrong!" and then spend the next couple of weeks implementing charts, graphs, diagrams and metrices which don't even show what is wrong properly because what you could have done in the first place was go down stairs and have a look where its going wrong for yourself. Better yet get the staff to stop and think about the problems themselves give them responsibility, they aren't stupid treating them as such won't get you anywhere .... EVER!

The next biggest problem is the obsession with outsourcing, why on earth get contract workers to fill permanent vacancies. They aren't good enough to become a full-time employee but you will spend the same sort of money paying their agencies and the like. No proper background checks no trial periods no training.

The biggest problem!

No training. You positively cannot go about anything with no training, it is absolutely insane. No one has a clue it gets even worse when you get people who think they do when they do not.

The whole thing is just crazy.

I saw an article about a certain american company with XXXXXXXXXXXX the man who saved .XXXX are you kidding me? I mean seriously? the company is in debt up to its eyeballs. It sacked a load of staff and cut the pay of everyone else. All maintenance and training has been slashed, and not put back equipment is getting old and worn out. No money will be spent. Everything is falling apart and its damn near the end of the company. This is what is termed in Business Studies as a failing company and a prime candidate for "Turnaround."

It sold off loads of brands in an attempt to focus on its own. Lost a lot of competancy, I mean some of its most sucessful iconic products are based on the other brands platforms. Where does that leave the parent company. I don't know but I am in doubt that it can keep up with development in some fields.

Safety, Dynamics and Engine Technology are the mains ones which is almost a cover all. The design I feel is being lack luster and a lack of a coupe to rival M3s and 1 Ms is probably something they are missing (Also a lot of other companies are missing). They miss the point of these pinnacle of engineering specs. People want the other cars because they are "Related" to the fast ones, they won't buy the fast ones for various reasons but feel their normal car as inherited some of the traits. They don't know any better. Also I am absolutely unconvinced by the rantings of idiots that say you want 400hp and 45mpg isn't that a bit pointless.

No it fucking isn't if I drive down the damn road or get stuck in traffic I don't want to be wasting petrol for no reason whatsoever I want to be wasting petrol when I choose too, and we should get serious about 3rd generation biofuels and reduce the amount of fuel we are using that won't last. Not to say bio fuels are entirely sustainable.

Six Sigma is balls its complete and utter balls. Yes statisical analysis is good but what are you looking for. When you go in to look for answers you won't see the answers. It only shows what you want to see. For me it just generally shows that people are missing more problems that are not listed. Glossing over real problems. Ignoring the actual working staff, and going back on how it was done in the beginning. No one knows what they are doing. Its Mental!!!!!!