Gondek 1st Academic Semester 2010/2011 Essen‚ 21.01.2011 Executive Summary - Part I The Ford Motor Company (FMC) is one of the biggest and most successful automotive manufacturers in the world based on a long tradition of automotive development. Since 1931‚ the plant in Cologne has produced more than forty million vehicles. The focus of this assignment is to analyse the latest version of the product Ford Fiesta (FF) for the German market which has been introduced in 2008. First of all‚ the product
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Henry Ford Hello my name is Henry Ford. I was born on July 30‚ 1863. Unlike many of you I was born on my family’s farm in Dearborn‚ Michigan. When I was only 15 years old‚ my father gave me a pocket watch. As soon as I got this watch‚ I took it apart and reassembled it‚ I know you’re thinking “Wow‚ this guy’s smart”‚ I guess you could say that. As soon as my friends and neighbors found out about this‚ they all came to me wanting me to fix their watches. I guess you could say that this was the “start”
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we know from history or personal experience‚ one must acknowledge that an influential person has to be someone with an extraordinary vision‚ someone that has made an impact on the world. Influence can be defined in a myriad of ways. I define "influence" in terms of direct change in the concrete circumstances of individual lives. It would be hard to identify anyone whose influence has been both more widespread and more beneficial than Henry Ford’s. Ford didn’t invent modern industry. He didn’t invent
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Evaluation of the financial stability Balance sheet Period Ending Dec 31‚ 2012 Dec 31‚ 2011 Dec 31‚ 2010 Assets Current Assets Cash And Cash Equivalents 15‚659‚000 17‚148‚000 14‚805‚000 Short Term Investments 20‚284‚000 18‚618‚000 20‚765‚000 Net Receivables 82‚338‚000 78‚541‚000 8‚381‚000 Inventory 7‚362‚000 5‚901‚000 5‚917‚000 Other Current Assets - - - Total Current Assets 125‚643‚000 120‚208‚000 49‚868‚000 Long
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enterprise dealing with private water companies and public utilities. There have been records shown that the costs are soaring and services for these companies have lapsed and millions of dollars of consumer funds are not allocated properly. By these global companies dominating smaller competitors‚ there are little choices left‚ and as a result‚ there were protests‚ riots and scandals. Two largest France based corporations‚ Suez and Vivendi private water companies manage water for 230 million people
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point where America advanced itself to become a world renowned country. An advancement that will be focused on is the Ford Model T. During this time owning a car was a symbol of wealth. Henry Ford‚ the creator of the Model T‚ made a system that revolutionized the automobile industry as we know it today. Henry Ford made it possible for people with an average income to own a motor vehicle by creating the assembly line and the theory of mass production. "The horse‚ which had been the chief means of
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investments is high‚ increasing to 5.86%. | 2.0 | Liquidity Ratio (Cash) increased to 0.98 | 3.0 | Inventory Turnover is high‚ increasing to 13.2. | 1.0 | Working Capital improved to $23.55. | 3.0 | Target EPS for 2011 of 1.89 was achieved. | 2.0 | Ford reported a 6.8 percent sales increase in December 2010 | 4.0 | | 15.0 | Industry Strength | The growth potential is very high most especially for the existence of small cars like Focus. | 5.0 | Profit potential is high due to the needs of
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the implementation of Just-In-Time methodology in Ford for its latest small car KA; possibly one of the most interesting manufacturing revolution where companies involved in the production are integrated not only in their business processes moreover in their physical plants. The concept has been successfully developed and implemented in Valencia‚ Spain and is due to be adopted in other Ford production plants. The case study clearly shows how companies can work together in a harmonic and synchronised
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revenues) and Europe (6-14% of revenues)‚ although it is not clear from case data to which Euopean country the Jaguars have been exported. NB. This is pre-Euro time. DM (indirect via competitors) –Historically‚ Jaguars competitors in the US luxury car market have been the German’s Porsche‚ BMW‚ Merc Benz. Thus the DM exchange rate risk is to Jaguar is that the USD appreciates more (depreciates less) vs DM than it does vs GBP. In that case‚ the German car manufacturers may be able to steal market share
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production of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation‚ Gene Hackman and John Cazale take center stage in a film about a paranoid surveillance expert who has a change of conscience when he suspects that a couple he is spying on will be murdered. While this was a great movie in my opinion‚ It was definitely a movie that brought together a cast full of newer actors that would go on to become even bigger names in Hollywood. One of these rising stars in particular was a young Harrison Ford. Ford was born July
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