It's time to stop the whining

AS I SEE IT

Who would have thought that when this magazine sparked the "supplier squeeze" controversy last December it would become the industry outcry? We did. And, no surprise; the University of Michigan management meeting in Traverse City, Mich., last month focused almost entirely on that topic.

But it's time to refocus; it's time to stop whining and get on with business. As Larry Yost, president and CEO of ArvinMeritor, said in his Traverse City remarks, "We need to restore the passion for the automobile." He cited the fall rush of new cars in the 1950s and 1960s when you could get a glimpse of a vehicle and recognize it as a new model. Today I can't tell a new Taurus …