Ben Lake Prof Guo Business Ethics 23/04/2014 Case Analysis #2 – The Ford/Firestone Debacle I) Case Summary Introduced to the market in 1990‚ the Ford Explorer quickly became the most popular sport utility vehicle In America. SUV’s are designed to travel off-road‚ are built high off the ground to clear rocks and other obstructions underneath. The explorer fulfilled consumers’ desire of comfort and ruggedness. Ford’s engineers designed the Explorer to use the same truck frame as its older Ranger
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Toyota vs. Ford Buying a car is never easy‚ buying a car comes down to so many standards and how a certain person wants their car to look like‚ how much it will be worth‚ and the comfort. Another very important way to decide on a car might be to see how usually they would need to go back to a repair shop and how much money the car might need. If a car is being manufactured with parts that are not a high quality‚ it might not get you far and or might be looking for a new car in a shorter
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How Ford Will Do in 2016? The recently completed year 2015 was a mixed bag for the global automobile industry in terms of sales as well as profitability. The first three quarters of the year of the year caused the automakers to worry about the future returns from their recent and on-going investments in key markets like China‚ Asia Pacific‚ Europe and even the US itself. But results for the two reported months of the fourth quarter have revived the hopes that the New Year would turn out to be a great
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The success of Henry Ford till 1925s Henry Ford did not invent the automobile. He didn’t even invent the assembly line. But more than any other single individual‚ he was responsible for transforming the automobile from an invention of unknown utility into an innovation that profoundly shaped the 20th century and continues to affect our lives today. Model T (A car for everyman) In simple terms‚ the Model T changed the world. It was a powerful car with a possible speed of 45 mph. It could
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Assignment 3: Case 8.9 Ford and Its Pinto and GM and its Mallibu: The repeating exploding gas tank problem. 1. Calculate the total cost of all the fixes for the pinto gas tank problem has been performed. Design changes that could have been done by Ford include Side and cross members at $2.40 and $1.80 per car respectively‚ a shock-absorbent “flak suit” to protect the tank at $4; a tank within a tank and placement of the tank over the axle at $5.08 to $5.79; a nylon bladder within the tank at $5
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Immanuel Kant would have would have certainly believed that Ford acted wrongly by not upgrading the integrity of the Pinto’s fuel system after learning about the danger of explosions in low-speed rear end collisions. Kantian deontology asserts that “nothing can possibly be conceived in the world‚ or even out of it‚ which can be called good‚ without qualification‚ except a good will.” (Kant 1). Although some human qualities are intrinsically valuable‚ or good for their own sake‚ Kant believes that
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of Ford and the world Automobile Industry: STEEP ANALYSIS: 1.Sociocultural: A few sociocultural factors have led back the automobile industry. Ford had suffered 10% fall in unit sales year on year with sharp declines in sales due to inaffective execution of the companies strartegies. The survival of ford depends critically on yhe state of the world auto industry. 2. Technological: Earlier horseless carriages were used as a source of conveyance. With the upgradation of technology the Ford Model
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Henry Ford‚ an American inspiration‚ engineering prodigy‚ and business magnate‚ is the founder of Ford Motor Company‚ and guarantor of the development of mass production. Despite popular belief‚ Ford did not invent the automobile or assembly line‚ but established the first automobile that many middle-class Americans could rationalize purchasing. Transforming the luxe transportation into a practical conveyance‚ Ford profoundly impacted the economic landscape of the 1920s. Born in 1863 into a farm
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Local Motors: Designed by the Crowd‚ Built by the Customer Case Study Analysis Table of conten Table of content 2 Introduction 3 Local Motor’s business model vs. “typical” models 3 The CANVAS model 3 Customer Segments 3 Value propositions 3 Channels 4 Customer Relationships 4 Revenue Streams 4 Key Resources 4 Key Activities 5 Key Partnerships 5 Cost Structure 5 Evaluation of the business model 5 Customer involvement according to NIKE 6 “LM template” in the clothing industry 7 References
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Question 2. Henry Ford the great automaker changed not only the process of making a car but also the lifestyle of his workers. Henry Ford changed the working class lifestyle from one that encouraged drinking‚ socializing‚ not saving money to one closer related to the middle class lifestyle of that period. He achieved this by the use of the $5 day and the rules one had to follow in order to qualify for it. Henry Ford had a problem. Workers hated to work in his assembly line and the turnover
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