Chris Matthews

1. “Leadership through Quality, is the customer” strategy. Xerox reviewed its business strategy that prevailed in the 1980’s. A Strategy Audit that acted as a reality check forced the following mea-culpa: - Xerox was losing significant share of the market that it pioneered in the 1960’s - Competitive entries were putting Xerox’s very survival at stake - When ruling supreme on the market in the 70’s, Xerox “lost sight of the customer” - The mission statement “We succeed through satisfied…

----------------------------------- Days, months, years…after the Rapture… …The Devil wanted the Bible, and any semblance of it to be removed from the court house steps…Next it will be your money…”In God we trust” that was to be removed. Making way for electronic money only and the “mark of the beast.” Satan’s antichrist will require everyone have the mark in order to purchase, anything. Warning! Warning! Danger Beware! Don’t take “The Mark of the Beast” which is 666. RFID chip? One day…

Even before Claussen began pushing his architectural vision, others were busy designing the inner workings of the plant. Jan Knau, an engineer, was only 27 when he was asked to come up with a flexible assembly line for the factory. Knau, then just a junior associate, contacted BMW’s top 15 assembly engineers. He invited them to a two-day workshop at a BMW retreat near the Austrian Alps. After a series of marathon sessions that included discussions of every facet of the ideal assembly line, Knau…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…