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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June 6‚ 2012 Table of Contents Intoduction 4 The Micro environment………………………………………………………….……………5-9 The Companies 5-7 Internal Assessment 8-9 The Macro Environment 10-15 Benchmarking 10-13 Brand Portfolios 14-15 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………...16-17 Outline I. Introduction II. The Micro environment 1. The Companies a. Historical Background b. Strategic alliances 2. Internal assessment (strengths and weaknesses) III. The Macro
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The two companies that have undergone similar‚ and fairly substantial‚ changes in recent years are Wal-Mart and General Motors (GM). Both are established publicly traded companies that are typically considered blue chip stocks. However‚ both have made the major decision in recent years to undergo corporate restructuring. In 2009‚ an organizational change was announced by Wal-Mart. It was the restructuring of Wal-Mart’s global sourcing team to leverage the scale of its global merchandising operations
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became a desirable chance for GM to learn Toyota’s Production System (TPS) and for Toyota – an opportunity to
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JUNJIAN SHEN BU201 Final Draft Case Study The company I chose is Ford Motor Company. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16‚ 1903. In 2007‚ Ford is currently the second largest automaker in the U.S. and the fourth-largest in the world based on number of vehicles sold annually. As a commercial organization‚ Ford’s goal is earning profit. Ford are producing and selling more than 30 types of cars that including trucks‚ cars‚ SUVs and it had become the largest producer. Ford
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Economic Crisis Impact on Auto Industry’s Costs and Sales B.W. Strayer University Abstract The 2008 economic crisis negatively impacted the U.S. domestic automobile industry. GM‚ Chrysler and Ford reported annual operating costs and sales revenues that mimicked the movement of the overall economy from 2005-2010. Until 2009‚ all three companies displayed a downward trend in operating costs and sales revenues. These two aspects of automobile manufacturers are directly
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General Motors Analysis General Motors (GM) is a United States car manufacturer that was founded by William C. Durant in Flint‚ Michigan dating back to 1908. GM headquarters is located in Detroit‚ Michigan and is among one of the world’s largest automakers‚ conducting business in over one hundred and twenty countries with production facilities in thirty-seven of those. GM dominated the automaker industry for over seventy-seven years (1913-2007) through ownership of over twenty-five different companies
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Introduction The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has been managing the production and availability of clean and potable water for a steadily-increasing population base since its establishment in 1918 by the Maryland General Assembly. The organization’s service area has remained about the same since its early years. According to the WSSC website‚ that area in the State of Maryland‚ “spans nearly 1‚000 square miles in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties serving 1.8 million residents
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changes within our Staples Advantage Print business that will increase efficiencies and reduce customer confusion around our offerings. Staples has unrivaled Print assets and we believe this reorganization will allow us to strengthen our position in the industry and become a true market leader. Jeff Crump‚ VP/GM‚ Staples Print Solutions‚ will be responsible for Print operations‚ all aspects of Print field support‚ and ownership of the total Staples Advantage Print P&L. Jeff will continue to report
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able to survive. How did GM‚ as the number one auto manufacturer and seller‚ go from being at the top to almost ceasing to exist? This kind of financial mess usually takes years of poor decisions and does not happen to a large company overnight. To come to my conclusion I analyzed four books written by people with inside knowledge of the company‚ as well as magazine articles and a couple of online websites. As a result of my research‚ I believe that the problems that GM faced stemmed from poor risk
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