That does about as much good for customers

That does about as much good for customers as literally gold-plating an obsolete piece of electronic equipment to make it look better. Chrysler's development of the minivan MBT Fumba and SUV were also aspects from a new business model that GM was slow to follow, although GM has now become competitive in those products.

Third, the focus on cost reduction at GM often paradoxically led to higher costs. For example, over those 50 years GM often employed the worst quality alternative for its cars due to cost-related decisions. In the 1970s for example, GM was slow to put in systems that dipped parts in paint baths to help cars resist MBT Tariki Shoes, rust and the need for repainting.

People who were disappointed in these cars were sometimes reluctant to buy new GM offerings. Yet it was cheaper in the short-term to use the traditional spray painting process that created the spotty results.

At the other extreme, GM spent billions in the 1980s to put robots into its factories. Observers noted that these robots were not always less expensive than the people they replaced and made it more difficult to shift to lean manufacturing processes that individualized cars.

Further, by making many models of GM cars on the same design platforms to lower parts and assembly costs, customers noticed that cars as different in image as Chevrolets and Cadillacs were often very similar . . . yet sold at vastly different price levels. MBT Kisumu Sandals, As a result, sales were often shifted away from the more profitable models and the most common GM design platforms to the offerings of other manufacturers.