1.0 Introduction The Ford Motor Company finds itself in a dynamic business environment where new technologies and practices offer the potential to alter in a significant way the landscape in which it operates. Henry Ford was in his time an innovator in offering "cars for the masses". He introduced to the car industry methods and systems innovative in their day. Ford needs once again to forge new paths to ensure future competitive advantage. Executives at Ford have been considering the "Direct Model"
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people passionate in their work‚ all in an atmosphere both casual and comfortable. A combination so unique they had to invent the place themselves. • • • • • • • • • • • • Founded in year 1972 More than 850 restaurants in United States & around the world Approx 630 Company owned & 250 franchised outlets Registered with New York Stock Exchange Annual company sales: approx. $ 1.3 billion Average annual restaurant sale: $ 2.1 million Average guest check per visit: $ 11 - $ 12 One of the leading brand
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Part 1: Executive Summary After carefully analyzing Ford’s existing supply chain I immediately became aware of its highly complex nature. This high level of complexity combined with other internal and external factors have pushed Ford to search for solutions in order to overcome the costly supply chain challenges that they are facing and may continue to face in the future. Ford’s major difficulty in their present system is: the inefficient control of their large data base and complex network of suppliers
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Henry Ford was an American industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company in 1905. Three years later Ford introduced the Ford Model T car in 1908 and then went on to develop the assembly line mode of production‚ which revolutionized the industry. Henry Ford did not invent the automobile‚ but he did develop the techniques of production and marketing that brought it within the reach of ordinary Americans. One of Henry Ford’s assembly lines employ about 13‚000 men‚ making more jobs available for people
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Automobile Engineering Automobile is a self-propelling device. It has a source of power (IC engine) and a power train to transmit the power from the engine to the wheels in order to move. An IC engine propels cars‚ buses‚ trucks‚ scooters‚ locomotives‚ ships‚ planes‚ etc. General categories: 1. Load carriers or single unit vehicles: These are commercial four-wheel type – two-axle design. Front axle for steering and rear axle for driving the vehicle. Passenger cars‚ buses‚ trucks and lorries
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Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model is a model used to analyze a particular environment of an industry. An industry is a group of firms that market products which are close substitutes for each other‚ such as the automobile industry. According to Porter‚ there are five forces that determine an industry’s long-run profitability and attractiveness. These five competitive forces are the threat of entry of new competitors‚ or new entrants; the threat of substitutes; the bargaining power of buyers; the
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Current trends in Automobile aftersales Business: (Identifying the main areas of aftersales business where major changes have occurred over the last 5 years) The business dynamics in the automobile aftersales industry has seen some major changes in the last-5 years. While struggling with problems of overcapacity‚ lower sales and margins‚ customer retention etc. the manufacturers have been forced to rethink about their approach to after sales business as they have understood that aftersales can be
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trying to find different energy to replace gasoline. In currently‚ Electronic car is best much type that fit our need at this moment. There is a very successful Electronic car company called Tesla‚ who is also leader of this Electronic motor vehicle industry. Since electronic car is not commonly in used on the road or many families cannot afford to have one‚ and in this article Tesla has announce a cheaper model of full Electronic car coming out in 2015i. The New model of Electronic car that
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Introduction of Automobile The automobile industry in India actually began about 4‚000 years ago when the first wheel was used for transportation. In the early 15th century‚ the Portuguese arrived in China and the interaction of the two cultures led to a variety of new technologies‚ including the creation of a wheel that turned under its own power. By the 1600s‚ small steam-powered engine models were developed‚ but it was another century before a full-sized engine-powered automobile was created
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http://www.studymode.com/essays/Case-Study-About-Ibm-1222250.html Component Check OBJECTIVES & STRATEGIES IBM is repositioning itself from a computer company to an information technology service company through a series of acquisitions and divestitures. Thirteen acquisitions of approximately $4.8 Billion were completed enabling IBM to expand its business. Since then IBM concentrated on becoming stronger in high-added businesses. It concentrates on development and manufacture of the advanced
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