Interview with Kumar Galhotra on Ford's Reorginization

[mackinaw]

I haven't watched this yet, but here's the link.  

 

https://www.autoline.tv/industry-interviews/how-life-will-change-for-everyone-at-ford-autoline-exclusives/

[Harley Lover]

Kumar said the refreshed North American products will begin to arrive roughly mid-2027 and run through the next 3 years. Now we have the timeline.

[jpd80]

Ford seems to have a major reset every three to four years.

 

Interesting points I picked up, increasing the number of teams….to make things go faster, really?

 

and the skunkworks stays separate from the mothership, this is kind speak for engineering freedom, funny how after three or four years this is still necessary in an organisation like Fird thst professes to be changing…..

[joseodiaga4]

38 minutes ago, jpd80 said:

Ford seems to have a major reset every three to four years.

yes, but those major resets seems to not work, at least in terms of new products and competitiveness.

 

38 minutes ago, jpd80 said:

Interesting points I picked up, increasing the number of teams….to make things go faster, really?

 

this doesn't make any sense!

 

 

 

 

 

[Joe771476]

More baloney!

[akirby]

 

3 hours ago, jpd80 said:

and the skunkworks stays separate from the mothership, this is kind speak for engineering freedom, funny how after three or four years this is still necessary in an organisation like Fird thst professes to be changing….

 

Pretty sure they expanded the skunkworks quite a bit recently.  I think you'll see them taking on more and more as new vehicles are developed and the legacy teams and processes wither and die. They do need the legacy institutional knowledge on production logistics but you don't want to dilute the new thinking and have the legacy processes and mindsets take over again. 

[fuzzymoomoo]

4 hours ago, jpd80 said:

Interesting points I picked up, increasing the number of teams….to make things go faster, really?

There’s no way that could go wrong 🙄

[morgan20]

4 hours ago, jpd80 said:

Interesting points I picked up, increasing the number of teams….to make things go faster, really?

 

3 hours ago, joseodiaga4 said:

this doesn't make any sense!

 

I think Galhotra is a Ford lifer, so he's probably responsible for a fair share of things at Ford that doesn't make any sense

[jpd80]

5 hours ago, akirby said:

 

 

Pretty sure they expanded the skunkworks quite a bit recently.  I think you'll see them taking on more and more as new vehicles are developed and the legacy teams and processes wither and die. They do need the legacy institutional knowledge on production logistics but you don't want to dilute the new thinking and have the legacy processes and mindsets take over again. 

I’m wondering if the jury is still out on how successful the new construction process will be,

everything says that it should be revolutionary and save a ton of cash but can Ford’s newest 

and brightest teach an old dog new tricks? I sure hope so otherwise Ford will be stuck in the past.

Edited May 13 by jpd80

[morgan20]

7 hours ago, jpd80 said:

but can Ford’s newest and brightest teach an old dog new tricks? I sure hope so otherwise Ford will be stuck in the past.

Yea, you nailed it jpd80 my friend - that’s the ultimate question that determines Ford’s future success (or lack thereof).

 

Not all the Ford old dogs, especially among the big shots, are capable of learning new tricks, but many of the topics discussed here on this forum suggest that Ford’s corporate culture is finally changing for the better, driven by the newest and brightest folks at the skunkworks for example. 

Hopefully Ford lifers like Galhotra won’t screw things up