Harold,
You wrote: "My plan is to gather a variety of stakeholders who would
otherwise never meet (line mechanics to department managers to outside
suppliers) to discuss common issues about improving certain aspects of
component quality in conjunction with customer service, collaboration, and
team work. This convention, if you will, should provide the leverage to
produce further change. Snowballs, etc."
Are you familiar with the Future Search Conference concept that Marvin
Weisbord uses? It is a process for doing just what you describe. If
you're interested, I can provide some references.
Dale
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