Supply Chain

Podcast: Talking Toyota and Ford and Cars

Feb. 8, 2007

People just can't stop talking about our cover story on the Toyota Product Development System (not to be confused with the Toyota Production System). This week I was invited to join a panel discussion called "Talking Cars," which not only looked at what Toyota is doing right, but at what the Detroit Three are doing that's not so right, and what implications that has for the future of the auto industry. As you can imagine, Ford's recent troubles (i.e., losing $12.7 billion for the year) is causing quite a bit of hand-wringing here in the Rust Belt, and folks want to know what'll be the next shoe to drop.

If you click on this link here, you'll be able to listen to (or if you want to, download in an MP3 format) a radio broadcast on WCPN, the public radio station in Cleveland. Scroll down to Tuesday, February 5 (unless you're really interested in what's going on in Cleveland, in which case you can listen to anything else you see there, too).

The entire program runs for about an hour.

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Contributing Editor Dave Blanchard provides the IndustryWeek audience his expertise in lean supply chain, reporting on topics from logistics, procurement and inventory management to warehousing and distribution. He also specializes in business finance news and analysis, writing on such topics as corporate finance and tax, cost management, governance, risk and compliance, and budgeting and reporting.

Dave is also the chief editor of Penton Media’s Business Finance and editorial director of Material Handling & Logistics.

With over 25 years of experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Dave is an award-winning journalist and has been twice named one of the nation’s top columnists by the American Society of Business Publications Editors.

Dave received his B.A. in English from Northern Illinois University, and was a high school teacher prior to his joining the publishing industry. He is married and has two daughters.