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Brian Shields poses the following:”Can you post/comment on what you think it will take to “fix” General Motors (GM)? I would very much appreciate your views on the subject.”Well, Brian, here you go:GM has an extremely difficult challenge ahead, and continuing to follow Toyota will not get them out of the pickle they are in. GM lost $15.5 Billion last quarter and expect to bleed red ink every month for the foreseeable future. GM claims to be well capitalized and capable of operating through 2008 and 2009 without difficulty. However, GM’s so-called conservative forecasts are likely to be optimistic as America’s credit spigot is turned off and Americans are forced to live closer to their true means. The tightening of home lending standards will spread to auto lending standards (if it hasn’t already), putting added pressure on auto sales. Finally to top it all off, GM faces higher than …

With rising fuel costs and inflation continuing to run in double digits in countries like India and China, the falling dollar, and rising oil prices pushing up transportation costs, is the world really flat as Thomas L. Friedman claimed in 2005?With the cost of shipping a container from China to the USA nearly tripling by some reports from $3,000 to $8,000 and cargo ships dropping their top speeds by 20% during the crossing to save fuel (decreasing speed to market and just-in-time capabilities), will companies continue to globalize their supply chains?Will some companies reverse the globalization of their supply chains?And, of course, the most obvious question for readers of this blog…Does this introduce new innovation opportunities for companies and advisors who can envision ways to profit from these new market characteristics?Of course it will. Entire methods of production for different manufactured goods may be completely revised, only to be revised … Continue reading →