selected company Fortune 500 Rank 15 - General Motors “A car for every purse and purpose" – Alfred P Sloan Jr‚ Former President & CEO General Motors. General Motors‚ one of the world’s largest automakers‚ traces its roots back to 1908. With its global headquarters in Detroit‚ GM employs 205‚000 people in every major region of the world and does business in some 157 countries. GM and its strategic partners produce cars and trucks in 31 countries‚ and sell and service these vehicles through the following
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INTRODUCTION According to GM.com (2009) General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM)‚ is one of the world’s largest automakers which was founded in 1908‚ in Detroit USA. It manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. GM employs 252‚000 people in every major region of the world‚ and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries. It sells cars and trucks globally under the following brands: Buick‚ Cadillac‚ Chevrolet‚ GMC‚ GM Daewoo‚ Holden‚ Hummer‚ Opel‚ Pontiac‚ Saab‚ Saturn‚ Vauxhall and Wuling. Its largest
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General Motors ’ Strategic Analysis Automotive Industry The automobile industry is the industry involved in the design‚ development‚ manufacture‚ marketing‚ and also of motor vehicles. In 2007‚ more than million vehicles‚ including cars and commercial vehicles were produced. In 2007‚ a total of 71.9 million new automobiles were sold worldwide: 22.9 million in Europe‚ 21.4 million in Asia-Pacific‚ 19.4 million in USA and Canada‚ 4.4 million in Latin America‚ 2.4 million in the Middle East and
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General Motor and Toyota Motor 1 Comparison and Contrast of General Motors and Toyota Motor Thomas Hong‚ Ph.D. The Impact of Technology on Organization University of Phoenix November 12‚ 2007 General Motor and Toyota Motor Introduction 2 This paper seeks to compare core and enabling technologies of two organizations in the automobile industry. General Motors Corporation experienced a crisis that recorded another operating loss of $7‚668 million during the fiscal year of 2006‚ while
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Synopsis: General Motors (hereafter GM) Company‚ one of the world’s largest automakers‚ traces its roots back to 1908 and its annual revenue in 2000 of $185 billion. The company sells 8 million vehicles per years‚ 3.2 million of which are produced and market outside of its North America. GM caught 27 percent share of the North America and 9 percent share of the market in the rest of the world as well as GM captured 12 percent share in the Western Europe in 2000 which is second only to that of ford
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an energy independent future; and that is once more a symbol of America ’s success." GM worldwide 2008 vehicle sales (thousands) Rank in GM Location Vehicle sales Market share (%) 1 United States 2‚981 22.1% 2 China 1‚095 12.0% 3 Brazil 549 19.5% 4 United Kingdom 384 15.4% 5 Canada 359 21.4% 6 Russia 338 11.1% 7 Germany 300 8.8% 8 Mexico 212 19.8% 9 Australia 133 13.1% 10 South Korea 117 9.7% 11 France 114 4.4% 12 Spain 107 7.8% 13 Argentina
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General Motors with Lean Manufacturing An Introduction of GM Global Manufacturing System Operations Management Team Project Contributed by We Make A+ (sort by number): 유형근 - 2009 050 444 오슬기 - 2010 049 712 손무화 - 2010 054 149 주시건 - 2010 059 605 김학운 - 9125 620 120 Division of Business Administration‚ Hanyang Univ. ERICA Ansan‚ December 2012 Contents Part 1.Overview of General Motors 2 1.1 Why General Motors? 2 1.2 Introduction of General Motors 3 1.3 Basic Information
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OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF GENERAL MOTORS "General Motors has no bad years‚ only good years and better years" (Sloan‚ 1972). This mantra established in 1950 by former GM president Harlow H. Curtice may have been true at one point‚ but is called into question today by many‚ including Wall Street. By many standards‚ General Motors is an extremely successful company‚ though an analysis of the corporation today uncovers many troubling issues. GM is and has been the world ’s leader in automotive
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other words‚ if it is possible to open a store in NanJing‚ jiangsu province of china‚ and of course it aims to expand throughout the whole china. Argos is a kind of unique multi-channel retailer considered as choice‚ value and convenience. It sells general products and merchandise on-line and by phone to the family through the UK and Republic of Ireland from more than 700 stores. It sales £4.3 billion and employs about 33000 people. (Argos 2012) multi-channel sales participation has continued to grow
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General Motors (GM) is one of the largest companies involved in the business of designing‚ building‚ selling and servicing automobiles and parts in the global market. Company owns several brands such as Chevrolet‚ Cadillac‚ Buick‚ Pontiac‚ GMC‚ Oldsmobile‚ Opel‚ Hummer‚ Saturn and Saab Founded by William “Billy” Durant in 1908‚ GM held only Buick Motor Company initially‚ but in a matter of few years acquired more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile‚ Cadillac‚ and Oakland‚ today known as Pontiac
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