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Toyota Canada Reaps Huge Return on Investment in HP Virtual Classroom

Toyota University, with a staff of 21, handles product education for technicians, sales staff, and parts and service staff for 240 dealerships spread across Canada. Toyota Canada Inc. had an immediate need to implement some company-wide training. So the company needed a solution that offered robust features and yet still...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ROI, Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Canada, Sales Strategy, Roi/Tco, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Managerial Accounting

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Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Ford plugs in

Ford Motor is providing some test cars to Hydro-Quebec, a large electricity company in Canada. These are Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles which the insiders insist on initialling as PHEVs. The Ford PHEV cars are in the Escape model line. Courtesy: Ford...

Tags: Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, Ford Motor Co., Ford PHEV, Hydro-Québec, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-10

Submerged cities? Global warming's boon to future archaeologists

Submerged cities? Global warming's boon to future archaeologistsI'm sorry Harry, it's time for me to be truthful with you.It's not that your articles aren't interesting, they are. And it's not your delivery isn't engaging, it is. It's those incredibly wacky flat-Earth types that come here to "right...

Tags: global warming, glacier, Submerged city, Submerged

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Fujitsu America CEO makes mid-market enterprise bet

Fujitsu America will kick off April 1 as an integrated IT systems player with a game plan to target mid-market enterprise customers and large corporations in industries such as retail, financial services, government, manufacturing and health care. Last September, Fujitsu announced plans that it would create Fujitsu North America...

Tags: Information Technology, Fujitsu Ltd., Strategy, It Services, Manufacturing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-30

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?

Can savior-elect resurrect General Motors?Chapter 11! Chapter 11! Can they hear me?Burn GM burn, your cars suck, your business plans suck, your management sucks, your inability to cut expenses suck. Stop begging for handouts and fix your own problems. GM is not the US economy, we have bigger...

Tags: Australian Federal Government, General Motors Corp., car, MPG

Discussion threads 2008-11-22

Collision course for American-owned car makers

Collision course for American-owned car makersDo not blame the auto companies, blame the UAWhow can anyone afford to make a sale, having to raise the price of an auto beyond the reach of many in the public, because UAWers are receiving salaries of 60,000 dollars a year plus full benefits...

Tags: Manufacturing, car, auto company, automobile company

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiency

Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiencyOh absolutely!Of course you won't mind when other countries take exactly the same view and don't import without really high tariffs goods from the US will you? ;)RE: Give 'em the cash, forget fuel efficiencywhat the government needs to do is put a stop...

Tags: Free trade, Chapter 11, fuel efficiency, worker, UAW

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

The average user feels little or no "Apple tax"

The average user feels little or no "Apple tax"Quite eloquent...Adrian,As I read your prose I don't see a bias towards a specific platform. Congratulation, it's well written.I'm a Mac and Windows user, preferring the Mac platform very much more than Windows. Interestingly I paid the MS tax moving from DOS...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Apple Inc., average user, tax, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-dieAmerica is finishedThis latest downturn coupled with the internet and lax foreign ownership laws means that the devaluation of housing, which would normally ultimately let poor Americans back...

Tags: Big 3, car, sales, Saturn, therapy

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Detroit auto industry going through shock therapy? As in electric shock? Sales numbers say this is real and this is do-or-die

Perhaps never has the Detroit auto industry faced such a challenge. Not from the small cool VW beetle in the 1960s. Not from the onslaught of Datsun and Toyota a decade later. Not from the Honda Civic in the Nineties. This time the challenge is not...

Tags: Gasoline, General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller, Sales, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Therapy

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?

Dell's product lust: Are we there yet?Look at the contextI don't believe that every person on this earth should be required to speak English. I find other languages fascinating (although I'm horrible at speaking them myself), but having the diversity of language, I feel, is a wonderful thing. That being...

Tags: Critical Thinking, tech support, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now

Canada is the first to offer a ransom. The government there will give GM money if GM will keep Canadians employed. So the rush to subsidize what might be a viable efficient new car from GM...or might not be, is clearly on. It's not expected the current...

Tags: Canada, Clean Technology, General Motors Corp., Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-04

At least three reasons why Vonage subscriber count is flat-lining

At least three reasons why Vonage subscriber count is flat-liningRuss.....troubling???????My god Russ, when you describe a churn increase of .1% as troubling, I fully expect IF on their next report churn decreases .1% you report it as "everyone is in love with Vonage"! GET REAL!!! A tenth of one percent...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

GM: 'Stand by. We're about to spam you.'

GM: 'Stand by. We're about to spam you.'Companies...Unfortunately, large corporations should take care of their customers better than they do. This is a case where the company wants their way and doesn't want to fess up to their problems.... *sigh*The real disturbing part of this case is the fact...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, General Motors Corp., Better Business Bureau, Toyota Motor Corp., Vibe

Discussion threads 2007-01-29

Top global brands: Google, Apple, Skype

Google, Apple, Skype, Starbucks, Ikea, Nokia, Yahoo!, Firefox, eBay and Sony were named the top global brands in 2005 annual survey by brandchannel.com. Nokia, Ikea and Skype were the most recognized brands in Europe. Apple, Google and Starbucks were the top brands in the US and Canada. Sony, Toyota and...

Tags: brand, Skype Technologies S.A.

Blog posts 2006-01-23

Software firm: Buy fuel-efficient car, get $5,000

Software firm: Buy fuel-efficient car, get $5,000OUTSTANDING!!!Gotta give these folks their props.This is very good news..Hopefully other companies follow suit.I would love a electric carthe peoblem is the BATTERIES and the cost to replace themkinda like your laptop, they work great for a year, then their use goes down fast,...

Tags: Sales force management, software, peoblem, Corolla

Discussion threads 2004-11-29

Does election fallout bode ill for India tech?

Does election fallout bode ill for India tech?The Golden Goose...everyone knows what happened to that unlucky bird.This change in government ISN'T good news for the Indian economy, and American companies considering outsourcing as an option are right to consider the political climate. Leftist governments aren't known for low taxes.Hey,...

Tags: Capability maturity model (CMM), Free trade, coalition government, outsourcing, government

Discussion threads 2004-05-18

Lawmakers urge Indian firms to hire in U.S.

Lawmakers urge Indian firms to hire in U.S.pls invest in our country...pleaaaaseeeeFor instance, many Indian companies can invest in our communities to create jobs in America. This is a viable strategy."What the heck does this vague b.s. mean?Our wonderful policians spinning a bad situation. My biggest hope is that...

Tags: Levi, CD, job

Discussion threads 2004-01-06

Liberty Alliance debuts new standard

Liberty Alliance debuts new standardAs many will surely point out.It's not a "standard", it's just another concept of how it should be.Is this what Ballmer said "has zero chance of mattering" in October 2001 ??Is this the same Liberty Alliance which Ballmer said "has zero chance of mattering" in October...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft .NET, Liberty Alliance, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2003-11-12