Introduction Soichiro Honda was born on November 17‚ 1906‚ in Hamamatsu‚ Shizuoka‚ Japan. He was a racer‚ a businessman‚ and a manufacturer. He dreamed of a better way of making piston rings‚ founded a small company‚ and began production. He was also a Japanese engineer and industrialist‚ and founder of Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd‚ which is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily know as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Headquartered in Japan‚ Honda Motor Company is one of
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Honda made its first foray into Malaysia in the 1960s‚ establishing Kah Motors Sdn Bhd as the distributor for its products. On 15 November 2000‚ Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan cooperates with DRB-HICOM Berhad and Oriental Holdings Berhad‚ and then Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd was established. Since then‚ Honda Malaysia has been a strong and active player in the Malaysian automobile market. In 2003‚ the company set up a manufacturing plant in Malacca. Spread over 80 acres of land‚ the Pegoh Plant has a
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stresses the importance of the famous management technique called JIT (Just In Time) and its use in one of the most well known company "HONDA". The case extensively discusses the features‚ importance‚ implementation‚ and the various problems of Just in time. JIT was first implemented by Toyota and the technique is very commonly used in many Japanese companies and HONDA is one of them. The main purpose of developing this case study is to understand JIT as an operation management technique in the business
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| | Native name | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha | Type | Public company | Traded as | TYO: 7267 NYSE: HMC | Industry | Automotive Aviation Telematics | Founded | Hamamatsu‚ Japan (September 24‚ 1948) | Founder(s) | Soichiro Honda Takeo Fujisawa | Headquarters | Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Takanobu Ito (President‚ CEO and Representative Director) | Products | Automobiles Motorcycles Scooters Electrical generators Water pumps
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Introduction Company Background Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959‚ as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume‚ producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer
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analysis of Honda will show us that its; Also it diversifies revenues by operating in a number of markets. They include Automobile market(80.2% of revenue in 07)‚ Motorcycle market(12.4%)‚ Power product and other(3.8%) and financial services(3.7%). Performing well in all these markets not only provides protection from loss in one market but also provides benifits from other market and all this led to a revenue stream of around $94 billion. Leading market position and brand‚ Honda is one of
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world’s largest bicycle manufacturer‚ bringing forth a market leader. Honda Motor Company of Japan and the Hero Group entered a joint venture to setup Hero Honda Motors Limited in 1984. The joint venture between India’s Hero Group and Honda Motor Company‚ Japan has not only created the world’s single largest two wheeler company but also one of the most successful joint ventures worldwide. During the 80s‚ Hero Honda became the first company in India to prove that it was possible to drive a vehicle
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Honda in Europe Introduction The Honda Motor Company first entered the European market in the early 1960s through the sale of motorcycles. Honda’s motor vehicle sales in Europe have been relatively poor‚ especially in the previous five years. And Honda executives wonder why their global strategy is sputtering. History of Honda and Automobile Industry In 1946‚ Souichiro Honda founded the Honda Technology Institute. The Company started as a motorcycles producer and by the 1950s had become
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Honda’s investment in the Indian market? Honda had showed a great way to invest in the Indian market as in they choose to generate a new model in vehicle aspect. During that time‚ Honda arrived at the right time because the country is under low vehicle-penetration rate and the country expects vehicle production will increase by 9% annually to 2011. Before Honda starts its business over the country‚ they choose Hero as their business partner because Honda realised the potential by finding synergies
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Honda in Europe( Introduction The Honda Motor Company first entered the European market in the early 1960s through the sale of its motorcycles. The company’s motor vehicles were introduced into Europe at a much later date. Honda’s motor vehicle sales in Europe have been relatively poor‚ especially in the previous five years. Despite its huge success in the North American market‚ Honda is struggling to gain a significant foothold in the European market. Honda executives wonder why their global
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