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But it wasn’t industrial automation that ruined Detroit. It was the automakers’ failure to compete with highly capable foreign competition.
by capyba 1y ago
But it wasn’t industrial automation that ruined Detroit. It was the automakers’ failure to compete with highly capable foreign competition.
- dgfitz 1y ago> It was the automakers’ failure to compete with highly capable foreign competition. I contend it was when Dodge won the court case deciding that shareholders were more important than employees. It’s been a slow burn ever since.
- ModernMech 1y ago> It was the automakers’ failure to compete with highly capable foreign competition. A lot of their capability was due to them being better at automation. See: NUMMI
- d_sem 1y agoDetroit's decline started as soon as assembly plants went one-story in the 40's-50's. There was further decline with the advent of robotics/computers in the 70's-80's, and 2000's with globalization.