The Day The Music Died -- I Was Completely Unaware Of This -- Nissan -- Dire -- November 28, 2024

Locator: 44444EVS.

Nissan: dire. Link here.

After posting net losses earlier this month, Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida said the "extremely tough situation" will force some bold restructuring moves.

In addition to downgrades to its full-year sales and operating outlooks, it set out to save $3 billion by drastically reducing its Mitsubishi share and cutting 9,000 from its global headcount of over 133,000 employees.

At its news conference, Nissan's Chief Monozukuri Officer (Head of Manufacturing) Hideyuki Sakamoto said that the controversial move will allow its factories to run more efficiently and save money.

“Globally, we currently have 25 vehicle production lines. Our current plan is to reduce the operational maximum capacity of these 25 lines by 20 percent,” Sakamoto said. “One specific method for this is to change the line speed and shift patterns, thereby increasing the efficiency of operational personnel.” 

But now, look at how how AI explains how this dire situation evolved -- basically it's Chinese EVs:

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Meanwhile, Stellantis

Link here. 

Short term vs long term dilemma?

Link here.

In the US? Think smack.

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Memories

About five years into my medical training, there was a transformation in the way we took notes. In hindsight, at the time, it was so incredibly obvious, it seemed to become a new way of taking / recording notes, essentially overnight. See wiki on SOAP notes. Remembering Dr Larry Weed.

An aside, some irony, fifty years later: the "clinical coder" won -- the physician (and perhaps the patient) lost. Link here. 

I learned all about "coding" and "medical records" between 1983 and 1986 while serving in the USAF as a pediatrician assigned to Bitburg Air Base hospital, Germany. At the time, I did not know, but a good "coder" could teach a physician the "right words" to use to maximize reimbursement from third party payers. LOL.

Since then, a new acronym has popped up, new to me. Probably developed by some smart Harvard intern. 

See "OPQRST."

"They" have since added AAA (OPQRST-AAA) and have expanded the "O."

My hunch: by the time Sophia begins her medical school training, we will have "ABCDEFGHIJK....XYZ." 

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Dire Straits

Link here.