The purpose of this blog is to track 20 common stocks for a full year. The idea is to beat the S & P 500 like a mutual fund without the very high churn rate. These stocks will be held in a portfolio until next December 31.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Self-Managed Tomatoes…The Chris Rufer Story..



My travels for my job requires me to visit quite a few agricultural processing plants.  As I was researching  I came upon a website started by the owner of a couple of these plants.


Chris Rufer began his professional career as a one-man owner/operator trucking company hauling tomatoes from field to factory during his summer breaks while attending UCLA. His entrepreneurial spirit and tireless drive drove him grow his trucking operation, and to, in 1982, forge a partnership with a group of tomato growers to build a tomato factory of their own—not just any tomato factory, but a revolutionary facility, utilizing concepts that Chris developed during his years driving in and out of--and diligently studying--tomato factories.

The vision of Self-Management was born in Chris’ mind early on in his professional career, with roots trailing back to his days studying economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. He recognized that the most enduring, and the most effective, human organizations are built on principles of Self-Management and total responsibility, and that those principles are also the most efficient and effective principles for organizing commercial relationships.

http://self-managementinstitute.org/

This site has excellent reading.