Along similar lines, I've been reading a recent book by Bob Lutz - 'Car Guys
vs Bean Counters' in which he outlines issues that he says led to the down
fall of GM.
His main theme is that its time to stop the dominance of the number
crunchers, and give the reins to the 'product guys' - those with vision &
passion for the customer and their product or services.
A great read for me as I've lived thru the same issues at Ford that he talks
about at GM - his take is very insightful.
BTW - I met Bob Lutz when he was at Ford - he has an overwhelming presence
and can dominant any meeting he is attending.
He is a true Car Guy.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom C" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: Kodak and the 645D sensor
>On 11/8/2011 1:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Tom C<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Mark Roberts<[email protected]>
From the press release: "Kodak has previously communicated that it
would sell assets that are not central to its transformation to a
profitable, sustainable digital company."
Because, you know, digital image sensors aren't central to a company
that's involved in digital imaging.
They didn't say they wanted to be a sustainable digital imaging
company. They merely want to be a sustainable DIGITAL company. Big
difference there. :-)
My money says the won't qualify as either "sustainable" or "digital"
before long.
It's now been a day since I read the article. It seems to me the bean
counters are basically throwing in the towel. Due to poor management,
market conditions, or a combination of circumstances, they'd rather
get the cold hard cash for the assets than attempt to grow the assets.
And the desperation to stay alive involves selling patents. The firm
buying the Image Sensor Solutions business will likely continue to
employ workers as they would have no expertise outside of that. Maybe
they can make or keep that business profitable?
What Kodak's focus as a product line will be is puzzling though if
they're essentially throwing R&D overboard. Even though they will
'continue to have' "access to the image sensor technology involved in
this transaction for use in its own products", it's hard to understand
the relationship. Once the business is sold, would they have access to
future technology not involved in this transaction? I would think
likely not. So it all seems like a dead end street.
Tom C.
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