Corporate Detroit articles from June 1992

Corporate Detroit archives from June 1992

Recycled entrepreneur gives software new life. (Greg Fisher, head of Fisher Engineering Systems)
June 1, 1992... Greg Fisher makes a living out of "recycling" software. You could say that he's been recycled himself, in a manner of speaking, back into the auto industry. As a great grandson of one of the seven General Motors/Fisher Body brothers, the young...

Sachs, Supreme Court hammer GM, Ford. (labor attorney Theodore Sachs wins workers' compensation case against General Motors and Ford Motor Co.)
June 1, 1992... Theodore Sachs, touted as Detroit's Perry Mason of labor attorneys, dealt a crippling blow to General Motors and Ford Motor Co. on the issue of workers' compensation. In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the automakers'...

The looting of Chatham. (Alex Dandy convicted for plundering Chatham Supermarkets Inc.) (Cover Story)
June 1, 1992... In one year, Chatham chief Alex Dandy channeled millions into his own pockets. But that is only part of the story. Long boxes overflowing with documents, thousands and thousands of pages, surround the defense attorneys and the federal...

Intelligence for the masses. (Emerald Intelligence Inc. develops artificial intelligence software) (Company Profile)
June 1, 1992... So far, artificial intelligence has disappointed manufacturers. But a young software firm wants to change that. Winter, 1988. David Kennedy, the young, ambitious, well-fed president of Emerald Intelligence, is steering his first potential...

Life after GM. (former General Motors Co. employee Brent Jones)
June 1, 1992... Some people left GM before it started cutting back. Brent Jones, for one, is doing just fine. Brent Jones, a former GM white collar worker, is a typical entrepreneur running his own company -- undercapitalized, overworked and having the time...

The man who shook GM. (General Motor Corp. chairman John Gray Smale)
June 1, 1992... So you think all John Smale did was make a better Pamper. Read on. In his hometown of Cincinnati, John Gray Smale, a catalyst for the reshaping of GM's leadership, has been called a cold fish. But that is wrong, say those who know him well. The...

Real-life accounting. (accounting for the automobile supplies industry)
June 1, 1992... For some manufacturers, the numbers aren't quite adding up the way they once did. Rick Scofield, the laconic president of May & Scofield, a family-owned auto supplier in Howell, doesn't reveal much about his business. Sales? "In the $10-20...