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    A Financial Ratio Quarterly Trend Analysis of: Ford Motor Company Computations Line Item | Beginning of Year | | | | | Inventory |   |   |   | $5‚901‚000 | | | | | Total assets |   |   |   | $178‚348‚000 | | | | | Owners ’ equity |   |   |   | $15‚028‚000 | | | | | Number of common shares |   | 3‚816 | | | | | |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | | | | | 9/29/2012 | 6/29/2012 | 3/30/2012 | 12/30/2011 | | Line Item | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Annual | Current

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    Case 2: Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement Plan | 1. Does Ford have too much cash? For this question‚ we need some measurement of liquidity to compare the turnover rate and reservation of cash for Ford‚ GM‚ Chrysler and compare those measurements in different years to see if Ford have too much liquidity which means too much cash. Quick ratio is liquidity measurement which is a variant of the current ratio. It focuses on quick assets‚ which are those assets likely to be converted to cash

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    Chapter 2 Operations performance Source: Honda Motor Company Slack‚ Chambers and Johnston‚ Operations Management 5th Edition © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers‚ and Robert Johnston 2007 Key teaching objectives • Why is operations performance important in any organization? • How does the operations function incorporate all stakeholders’ objectives? • What does top management expect from the operations function? • What are the performance objectives of operations and what are the internal

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    In a global marketplace of buyer power and consumer choice companies are looking to operations outside of their industries to find creative ways to remain competitive. Ford Motor Company is doing just that with innovative computer giant‚ Dell. Ford is able to adapt the unique virtual integration tactics to its own practices. With extreme differences in industry‚ there are certain aspects that Ford must consider amending to fit their specific needs. Dell has mastered the concept of “virtual integration”

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    I. Executive Summary The Ford Motor Company has been facing a steady decline in market share for approximately the past twelve years. This decline is largely attributable to their reputation for building poor quality vehicles that break down easily‚ and rising gas prices reducing demand for large trucks and SUVs‚ which is Ford’s main source of sales. Ford has already taken measures in response to this slump by introducing new car models such as the Fusion‚ as well as attempting to make their

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    Ford Motor Company’s Value Enhancement 1. Does Ford have too much cash? The amount of cash that Ford is carrying on its balance sheet is too much considering that additional money not used for the advancement of the company belongs to the owners of the firm‚ the shareholders. Having too much cash on its balance sheet will be a disincentive to Ford’s employees who consequently will feel not feel an urgency to perform and add value to the company. Notwithstanding the fact that the company

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    Does Ford have too much cash? For this question‚ we need some measurement of liquidity to compare the turnover rate and reservation of cash for Ford‚ GM‚ Chrysler and compare those measurements in different years to see if Ford have too much liquidity which means too much cash. Quick ratio is liquidity measurement which is a variant of the current ratio. It focuses on quick assets‚ which are those assets likely to be converted to cash within a relatively short period of time. Quick ratio=

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    Ford operates in the US auto mkt‚ a huge‚ but not a high growth market. Growth in last 7 yrs – 1% US players losing share to foreign players. Firms consolidating. Targeting smaller segments – large no of models‚ low sales volume / model Focus on fuel efficiency‚ alternate fuels. All firms targeting US mkt. Chrysler merged with Daimler Benz‚ breaking off now. Focussed on clean diesel Power - BLUETEC GM focussing on hybrid vehicles‚ tying up with Toyota. Toyota caught up with Ford in sales volume

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    Alen Badal The Union Institute F www.ford.com Ford recently received $5.9 billion in Energy Department loans to help retool its plants.m Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Michigan‚ Nlissouri. and Ohio to produce 13 fuel-efficient models‚ including 5‚000 to 10‚000 eiectric cars per year starting in2011. In mid-2009‚ Nissan Motor was granted $1.6 billion in loans also from the U.S. Department of Energy to build as many as 100‚000 electric cars a year at its plant in Smyrna‚ Tennessee‚ by 2013. Ford’s

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    TQM and Ford Motor Company written by: Jean Scheid • edited by: Michele McDonough • updated: 5/25/2011 Ford Motor Company total quality management or TQM practices started in the 1980s when “Quality Is Job 1” was their slogan. How did TQM work at Ford and are they still standing behind this process? Jean Scheid‚ a Ford Dealer talks with Ford management along with some insights of her own. * TQM at Ford Motor Company Today at Ford Motor Company‚ their most popular slogan is “Ford Has a Better Idea

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