Motorola, Inc.
Operations Analysis: Motorola
Mary Pugh
BSA 523 – Operations Management
Averett University
Dr. Bruton
November 8, 2013
Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc. following the spin-off of the mobile phones division into Motorola mobility in 2011. (motorola.com) Motorola Inc. was an American multi-national telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. The company was founded September 25, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois by Joseph Gavin and Paul Gavin. The products produced by Motorola are: bar code scanning, LTE user devices, micro kiosks, mobile computers, RFID accessories, tablets. This is only a small snapshot of the amount of products that are produced by Motorola. Motorola, Inc. has earned a placed in history as a giant in the communications and electronics industry. The Motorola brand has brought innovation that has transcended to technological breakthroughs to their company-and the world. This has evolved from the earliest car radios to the most future-reaching communication devices. Motorola developed a highly structured methodology that enables businesses to define a comprehensive mobility strategy from the top down to help meet the company’s most crucial business goals. Motorola started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (at 847 West Harrison Street)[9] in 1928, with its first product being a battery eliminator. At that time the radio had not yet been developed for use in automobiles, but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair; Lear designed the circuit and layout, Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them. Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype, and he last dismissed it. Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was made. In 1930 Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced the Motorola radio, one of the first commercially successful car
Mary Pugh
BSA 523 – Operations Management
Averett University
Dr. Bruton
November 8, 2013
Motorola Solutions, Inc. is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola Inc. following the spin-off of the mobile phones division into Motorola mobility in 2011. (motorola.com) Motorola Inc. was an American multi-national telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. The company was founded September 25, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois by Joseph Gavin and Paul Gavin. The products produced by Motorola are: bar code scanning, LTE user devices, micro kiosks, mobile computers, RFID accessories, tablets. This is only a small snapshot of the amount of products that are produced by Motorola. Motorola, Inc. has earned a placed in history as a giant in the communications and electronics industry. The Motorola brand has brought innovation that has transcended to technological breakthroughs to their company-and the world. This has evolved from the earliest car radios to the most future-reaching communication devices. Motorola developed a highly structured methodology that enables businesses to define a comprehensive mobility strategy from the top down to help meet the company’s most crucial business goals. Motorola started in Chicago, Illinois as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation (at 847 West Harrison Street)[9] in 1928, with its first product being a battery eliminator. At that time the radio had not yet been developed for use in automobiles, but Bill Lear and Howard Gates of Zenith made a pair; Lear designed the circuit and layout, Gates did the metal work and Lear assembled them. Bill Lear presented Paul Galvin with the prototype, and he last dismissed it. Later the idea was taken up by Galvin and a 200 unit production run was made. In 1930 Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced the Motorola radio, one of the first commercially successful car
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