CASE STUDY #2 FORD MOTOR COMPANY by A Ford Motor Company - Supply Chain Strategy TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. Executive Summary Part II. Issues Identification Part III. Alternative Options Part IV. Recommendation Part V. Implementation Part VI. Conclusion
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Utilitarian Analysis The Case of the Ford Pinto The Ford Pinto first rolled off the Ford Motor Co. production lines in 1971 and stayed in production in its original state until 1978. The vehicle engineers were tasked to develop the vehicle and put it into production within 25 months‚ which was nearly half the time in which the average new vehicle is put into production. The Ford engineers were aware that rear-end impact safety tests were pretty standard at the time‚ but they were not required
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INDUSTRY Classification and definition of the industry The relevant industry for Smart Car is worldwide automakers because the target audience will be cost-conscious Americans. In 1999‚ the American car market was filled with many foreign imports that directly competed against and in some instances beat American domestic car producers. Analysis of existing competitors Today there are other low cost automobile manufacturers marketing to the United States. None‚ however‚ produce anything
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Varun Patel Philosophy 131 Michael F. Martin 03/08/2010 The Ford Pinto Case and Utilitarianism In this essay‚ I will talk about the ford Pinto case‚ and how the information was withheld from public in order to save company from huge losses and at the same time keep company’s reputation intact. I don’t think the decision of the ford company to with hold the information about the safety-issue of the car for which they were already aware of; was the right thing to do. I agree‚ as a utilitarian
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success of auto business. …. 3) What challenges does Ford face that are not also faced by Dell? How should Ford deal with these challenges? As the nature of auto industry‚ Ford had some historical legacies which pose challenges to move to direct business model. First‚ it is the process complexity – Ford’s supplier network had many more layers and many more companies while Dell had just a handful of suppliers. To worst the matter for Ford‚ the modernity of technology decreased rapidly in lower
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The Ford/Firestone Case This case involves Ford and the Japanese tire manufacturer‚ Bridgestone/Firestone. The Ford Explorers which were prone to rolling over‚ came equipped with Firestone defected tires. The tire seemed to have a defect that caused the tread to separate from the whole of the tire and cause the vehicle to flip. Although Firestone knew about such defects‚ they continued to produce despite knowing the deadly consequences that lay behind their actions. The Explorer also had a
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We just know needs of Small Business‚ let’s take a look at what the att providing for customers: At first‚ att is providing a fast and stable internet access‚ there are thousands of AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots in the country‚ customers can get access to the Basic Wi-Fi service We are providing: Wireless: customers Share Internet access‚ files‚ servers‚ printers‚ and other devices within their office. Customers can use our Most reliable 4G LTE network‚ the network has the Largest international coverage
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does pay off and they accomplished what they want. Henry Ford car business suffered around the 1900’s‚ but he this failure did not set him back‚ he pushed forward. His cars were low quality and high in price for the average consumers. He kept on developing new engines and cars and gained the nation acclaim in 1904. He invented a car that broke the land speed record that traveled one mile in 40 seconds. Also in 1908 he released a “model T” car that was low price and popular to the consumers of America
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Henry Ford‚ Hero or Villain? Henry Ford spent his childhood growing up on a farm located outside of Detroit‚ his father wanted him to grow up and become a farmer however Ford had other ideas and whilst he was at the far he studied engineering and by 17 he had left the farm and went to Detroit to study engineering. Ford eventually invented the Model T‚ a car which was cheap so it enabled people who weren’t normally allowed the luxury to drive to be able to have their own car and take their families
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makes self driven cars safer than a human driving it Editor for Industrial Robot journal since 1996 July 2013 2 Emerging Themes Journals / trade Websites/News papers/ Magazines /Research Reports Article / Author / Interviewer Here’s what it would take for self-driving cars to catch on Brad Plumer (Reporter) How much would you pay for a selfdriving car? Jerry Hirsch (Reporter) April 2012 Coming in 2020 Cars That Drive Themselves
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