Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/23

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak to cut up to 6,000 jobs
From: "mehrdad-\(kiakki.net\)" <msadat@kiakki.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:55:10 -0700

Vision is seeing/knowing what's next so that you can prepare/plan to be a
leader, reacting to the digital world is lack of vision.

Assuming in charge of product line....; NO. if anything I would like the CEO
job. As the first order of business, I would buy  couple of companies to
help me strengthen the digital product line up (this is of course after the
old ceo was fired for the lack of vision and bad sales, so digital is going
strong and kodak needs to catch up). Consolidation of the old business and
putting it in the harvest mode while expanding full speed with the digital
world

PS

When there is shift in business model, you got to change/train employees but
unfortunate most of the time you cut the old and hire new ones

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regards, mehrdad


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank
Filippone
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:32 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak to cut up to 6,000 jobs


lack of vision?  I think I might agree with the first 2 accusations, but
they did not get caught blindsided... it is that Kodak is a coating company.
They coat "things".  Film, Hard Disks, etc.  The population is now using
things that are not coated. so their film lines are getting hit hard.  What
can you do with employees that are trained to do a  job, and the population
moves from Buggy Whips to Disk Brakes?  Yes, they need to downsize.  They
needed to downsize.  They are downsizing.

Assuming you were in charge of the new products area of Kodak, what would
you suggest for new products, without downsizing?  Remember your employees
are trained in certain tasks .... changing those tasks drastically is not an
over night accomplishment.



Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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