HOW many of the Philippine car industry’s pioneers are still very active today, and remain very much sought after by the industry? And the wisdom and knowledge accumulated by that still active pioneer over the decades are enough to write a management or inspirational book.
As one anecdote goes, that still active pioneer proposed a small change in the assembly method of Volkswagen Beatles at the now defunct DMG plant in Libertad, Mandaluyong, which resulted to a doubling of its output for that car model instantly. The change was simple: let the line workers do work only on one side of the car being assembled, instead of letting them do the work randomly at each side.