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 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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General Motors Corporation Restructuring Plan for Long-Term Viability Submitted to Senate Banking Committee & House of Representatives Financial Services Committee December 2‚ 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................4 2. BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................6 3. THE PROBLEM ..................
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When I read the General Motors Misled Grieving Families on a Lethal Flaw‚ an overwhelming sadness fell upon me. I was sad that 26 families had to bury family members die to faulty equipment in the Chevrolet Cobalts. The key ethical issue is that General Motors knew that the black boxes in the Cobalts confirmed the potential fatal defect existing in hundreds of thousands of cars (Stout et al.‚ 2014). Another ethical issue was the fact that GM would tell the families of the victims that they had no
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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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International Operations North America GM World Headquarters in Detroit In North America‚ GM products focus primarily on its four core divisions – Chevrolet‚ Cadillac‚ Buick‚ and GMC. The White House characterized the GM restructuring as a shift toward a new leaner‚ greener GM‚ which will aim to break even with annual sales much lower than previously stated. President Obama declared that the restructuring "will mark the end of an old GM‚ and the beginning of a new GM; a new GM that can
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and industrial espionage. “Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua was known as the "Grand Inquisitor" and "Super Lopez" during his tenure at General Motors‚ a wizard of cost reduction and streamlined production” (Vettraino‚ 2008). He is one of the most respected individuals in the automobile industry .Under the leadership of Jack Smith‚ the Chairman of General Motors‚ Lopez revolutionized GM in the area of cost-control. He is noted for striking hard bargains with suppliers and will push till he attained
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PGP-09-163 Vimina Bt PGP-09-177 Visram R PGP-09-179 | Company Profile TATA Motors is the flagship company of the TATA group & is India’s largest automobile player with consolidated revenues of USD 14 billion in 2008-09. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment‚ and among the top three in passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact‚ midsize car and utility vehicle segments. TATA Motors was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2004. Established in 1945; over 4 million
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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION & THE VOLKSWAGEN GROUP INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Group Members Jose Cervantes Hilda Patricia Moreno Aracelis Nass Keila Urdaneta Florida International University ACG 6255 International Accounting Professor Leonardo Rodriguez Summer 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Objectives ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 The Automotive Industry ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 The Automotive
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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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