General Motors Revonda McGaha Wilmington University General Motors Company‚ known as GM‚ was founded in 1908 in Flint‚ Michigan by William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott. The present chairman and CEO is Daniel Akerson. Akerson joined GM ’s board in 2009 as the company went through a bankruptcy reorganization. He became CEO Sept. 1‚ 2010‚ and led GM ’s 2010 return to the stock market — at the time the largest initial public offering in U.S. history (Detroit Free Press‚ 2013). The
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angle of the shaft. This source of information about the shaft of the motor is called “feed-back” because it sends back information from the controlled actuator to the controller. 1.2 METHODOLOGY: LASER BASED SPEED SENSOR The methodology of our project is shown in the block diagram in fig 1.1 . LCD DISPLAY MOTOR DRIVER MOTOR INPUTS MCU MOTOR CONTROLLER Fig 1.1: Block Diagram of DC Motor Speed Control 1. INPUTS: User defined or user desirable speed
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TATA MOTORS JLR - THE SUCCESS STORY The story of IBM was always considered to be the greatest turnaround stories of all times but wait‚ have you heard how an Indian MNC Tata has turned it around for itself through its acquisition and revival of the global luxury brand ‚ Jaguar-Land Rover(JLR). In the past few years‚ Tata motors have gone from a sheen losing family business to a global profitable brand. In April 2012 share price of Tata motors surged 90 % (6 months data) when the BSE rose 10%
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OUTSOURCE INSOURCE FINAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS PAPER ON GENERAL MOTORS (GM) 1 Outsource Insource Final Paper Patricia J Helligar Capella University ISTM 5010 Dr Mike 03/15/2013 OUTSOURCE INSOURCE FINAL BUSINESS ANALYSIS PAPER ON GENERAL MOTORS (GM) Table of Contents 2 Part 1 – General Motors - The firm I will analyze for my final project and the major topic that will be addressed .................................................................................................... 3
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Diamond Rush Michigan History March 20‚ 2013 “The Birth of General Motors” William Durant and Charles Mott were two key figures in the founding of General Motors in 1908. General Motors Company‚ known as GM‚ is an American multinational automotive corporation headquarters in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ and among the world’s largest automakers by vehicle unit sales‚ employing 202‚000 people and doing business in some 157 countries. Way back in the 1900’s there was limited supply of automobiles‚ in fact
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Motor Vehicles (AMENDMENT) Act 2000 1. Short title. This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act‚ 2000 2. Substitution of new section for section 52. For section 52 of the Motor Vehicles Act‚ 1988 (59 of 1988) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act)‚ the following section shall be substituted‚ namely: - ’52. Alteration in motor vehicle. (1) No owner of a motor vehicle shall so alter the vehicle that the particulars contained in the certificate of registration are
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4. Market segmentation strategies 4.1 Market segments of passenger motor vehicles Passenger Motor Vehicles can be segmented in various ways according to five major segmentation variables including geographical‚ demographical‚ psychological‚ benefit and behaviourial. The traditional way of segment the car industry is shown below: Mini (e.g. Nissan Micra‚ Seat Marbella) Small (e.g. Fiat Uno‚ Opel Corsa‚ VW Polo‚ Rover Metro) Medium (e.g. Fiat Tipo‚ VW Golf‚ Rover 200) Large (e.g. BMW 3 series
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Ford Motor Company seems to be doing quite well‚ in comparison to last year. Estimates for vehicle sales appear to keep inflating‚ however‚ there is no such thing as zero risk. There are some factors that could upset vehicle sales. Here is how U.S. vehicle sales came in last year‚ with projections for this year: These estimates are critical in order for Ford to prepare operations and inventories to meet the demands of the consumer. Obviously‚ if management overestimates sales‚ then Ford Motor
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Case 5 Tesla Motors and U.S. Auto Industry As a pioneer of green technology car manufactory‚ Tesla Motors has placed himself in the U.S. automotive industry. Tesla Roadster is considered to be a cash cow in 2009‚ and it is the only electric cars have been mass product. However‚ after the competitors had entered the market‚ alternatives joined the battle of green technology car‚ such as hybrids‚ fuel cell ‚etc. Furthermore external environment has changed. Elon Musk‚ the co-founder and head of
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Ford Motor Company‚ founded in 1903‚ has been a global multi-business company since the 1920’s. Currently Ford has major manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ Germany and many other countries‚ 200‚000+ employees and automobiles distributed in over 200 markets across 6 continents (Ford Annual Report 2009). Ford has utilized its product portfolio‚ brand strategy and global business structure to withstand recent financial disasters in the auto industry and strive towards its
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