The US automotive industry suffered a fatal blow. Yet anyone who claims that the industry’s demise may be linked to a single root-cause of failure is sadly mistaken. I spent the higher portion of 10 years within that industry many of which in an executive or managerial part.

However, there’s no silver bullet that caused the fall. I say sadly for the reason that a single trigger of failure might be prevented within the future. Within this case, the blame can be put only on the program as a whole generating it complicated to defend against a repeat occurrence.

What the automotive industry suffered was a catastrophic failure brought on by various points of failure. We’re talking systemic failure in its truest form. As an insider within the sector, I can personally attest to a few of the actions (or lack thereof) that pushed the sector to a collapse.

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