[pure-silver] Re: Kodak Discontinuing All Black and White Paper
- From: David Starr <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:22:17 -0400
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:30:44 -0400, "Joseph O'Neil" <joneil@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A few years ago I took a night course at the local university -
>business school, first year. I thought it might help me run my business
>better. I was wrong.
>
> What I did learn was the average MBA, from day one, is taught:
>
> 1) short term outlook - how much will I make in 3 months, one yar,
>3 years, etc. By comparison, the average family business - the few of us
>still around, in any feild - look at what do I need to do to ensure there's
>something for my kids to take over.
long term planning......."Tomorrow, we'll...."
>
> 2) the product is there to make a minium profit margin. If you
>goal is 10%, and you product only makee 8", change something. The sad fact
>is, if you have a product that , if left alone, consitantly makes a steady
>8% or 5% profit, a small business person says "leave it alone - there's my
>bread and butter", whereas the new MBA out of school doens't think that way
>at all. Everything is grow, grow, grow, empire building, expand or die.
If your goal is 10% and you make 8%, you have a 2% loss. This is how a former
employer operated.
>
> 3) Workmanship, pride in what you are selling - right, what's
>that? About the only sense or pride left is how big the profit margin is,
>and how many beeps and bells and whistles it has - until the next new model
>comes out 3 weeks later. :)
Quality, schmality. Push the stuff out the door.
Sad.
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Retired Shop Rat: 14,647 days in a GM plant.
Now I can do what I enjoy: Large Format Photography
www.destarr.com
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