The Power of the Assembly Line

Initiating change is just too expensive difficult. We'll do it next time. Next time is why general motors and ford lost the eighties and the nineties to japanese manufacturers that came from nowhere. Because of the danger of next time. There's a term in cooking called misonplace. And what they do is they prepare and cut and size and measure every one of the ingredients before they start putting together whatever it is they're making. That way, when you've already fired up things, when two thirds of the ingredients are in there, and you don't have the hot water turned on yet, everything will work out well. But with misen place, next