Customer Reviews

Passion for Manufacturing

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Dauch's achievements as a leader are phenomenal: youngest plant manager in the history of General Motors, leader of VW of America from concept to better cars then the Germans themselves were making in less than five years, and a key part of the Chrysler rescue. The book contains key insights (respect the working man and win hidden resources) and a clear image of some of Dauch's success routines (a walk rather than a nap after lunch). I use what I learned from this book almost every day.

I read this book many years ago, while employed at AAM. Found it to be very Disappointing & lacked the passion I was hoping to learn from it. The book starts out talking about stories & how he asked every employee " How can I help you do your job? What is it you need?" The second half of the book talks in management/manufacturing lingo. Must be why it's a MUST-HAVE for Purdue students. As it turns out Mr. Dauch broke the union, saved labor cost, raised prices of products & made Billions. Let it be known, all business's who do business with AAM are most often owned my a Dauch family-friend or colleague. True americanism at its finest. I (and many former employees) will never buy anything with a AAM product installed in it. By the way, after giving up on this book, I sold it to the first person who bid on it. 1 STAR is simply too much.

Very little real world applications of manufacturing ideas. The book was a disappointment, fortunately it was quite short. Filled with ego stroking good old days football jock stories, it leaves the reader in puzzlement as to the actual topic of the book. One star if that.