torFord Motor Company Case Report Executive Summary Ford Motor Company is based in Dearborn Michigan and was incorporated in 1903 by Henry Ford. Its core business is the design and manufacturing of automobiles. As Teri Takai‚ the Director of Supply Chain Systems‚ I will recommend Environmental and Root Cause Analysis How should Ford progress with emerging technologies and other high tech ideas Virtual integration - Ford needs to radically change its supply chain to keep up with the changing technologies
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Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is the world’s largest producer of trucks‚ and the second largest producer of cars and trucks combined. Ford has manufacturing‚ assembly or sales affiliates in 34 countries and Ford companies employed 337‚800 people world-wide in 1996. Ford has manufacturing facilities in 22 countries on 5 continents‚ with 87 plants in North America and 41 in Europe. In Europe‚ in 1995‚ Ford’s combined vehicle market share‚ at 12.2%‚ was the highest for eleven years‚ with three
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A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of: Ford Motor Company Computations Line Item | Beginning of Year | | | | | Inventory | | | | $5‚901‚000 | | | | | Total assets | | | | $178‚348‚000 | | | | | Owners ’ equity | | | | $15‚028‚000 | | | | | Number of common shares | | 3‚816 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/29/2012 | 6/29/2012 | 3/30/2012 | 12/30/2011 | | Line Item | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Annual | Current
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Company Background Name Ford Motor Company Logo Industries served Automotive Geographic areas served Worldwide Headquarters U.S. Current CEO Alan R. Mulally Revenue $ 134.3 billion (2012) Profit $ 5‚665 billion (2012) Employees 164‚000 (2011) Main Competitors Bayerische Motoren Werke AG‚ Chrysler Group LLC‚ Daimler AG‚ General Motors Company‚ Honda Motor Company‚ Nissan Motor‚ Tata Motors‚ Ltd.‚ Toyota Motor Corporation‚ Volkswagen AG and many other automotive companies. Ford Motor Company is one
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In a global marketplace of buyer power and consumer choice companies are looking to operations outside of their industries to find creative ways to remain competitive. Ford Motor Company is doing just that with innovative computer giant‚ Dell. Ford is able to adapt the unique virtual integration tactics to its own practices. With extreme differences in industry‚ there are certain aspects that Ford must consider amending to fit their specific needs. Dell has mastered the concept of “virtual integration”
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Ford Motor Company GROUP PROJECT ACC 505 - FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 12/01/96 TABLE OF CONTENTS DESCRIPTION PAGE INTRODUCTION........................................................1 LIQUIDITY...........................................................1-3 Working Capital...................................................1 Current Ratio & Quick Ratio.......................................2 Receivable Turnover & Average Days’ Sales Uncollected
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It was once said‚ "Those who do not study the past are deemed to repeat it." On the brink of the new 21st century it is important for us at the Ford Motor Company to take a look at our past to see what has worked and what has not in order to set the standards for the automotive industry. It is also imperative to take a close look at what our competitors have done because we can also learn from their mistakes as well as improve on some of their ideas that have worked for them. It is important to
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Ford Motor Company has had its share of success and failures over the years. In order for the company to remain competitive and relevant in today’s economy‚ Ford should actively anticipate threats and have a strategy in place that allows them to minimize impacts while capitalizing on external opportunities. Ford Motor Company is one of three major domestic automobile manufactures. They also own Volvo‚ Aston Martin‚ Land Rover‚ Jaguar‚ and Mazda. Some of the external threats that face Ford Motor
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Case 2: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan | 1. Does Ford have too much cash? For this question‚ we need some measurement of liquidity to compare the turnover rate and reservation of cash for Ford‚ GM‚ Chrysler and compare those measurements in different years to see if Ford have too much liquidity which means too much cash. Quick ratio is liquidity measurement which is a variant of the current ratio. It focuses on quick assets‚ which are those assets likely to be converted to cash
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Henry Ford was the creator of Ford Motors that started on June 16‚ 1903. “Henry Ford was a farmer’s son whose manufacturing genius transformed life around the globe” (Ford Motor Company‚ 2010) Henry was born July 30‚ 1863 and was the oldest of six siblings. Although he was committed to his family farm‚ he was always interested in machinery and mechanics. Which later helped him develop Ford Motors? “When Ford Motors began it consisted of eleven business associates and $28‚000 in capital.” (Ford
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