I. Introduction II. Literature Review III. Recommendations & Implications for Marketing Managers IV. Conclusion V. Sources INTRODUCTION “For seven years the Ford Motor Company sold cars in which it knew hundreds of people would needlessly burn to death.” Mark Dowie‚ Author of Pinto Madness (8) One of the biggest automotive news stories in the latter part of the 1970’s dealt with tales of exploding Ford Pintos and the considerable awards civil court juries
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THE FORD CASE Executive Summary After carefully analyzing Ford’s existing supply chain I immediately became aware of its highly complex nature. This high level of complexity combined with other internal and external factors have pushed Ford to search for solutions in order to overcome the costly supply chain challenges that they are facing and may continue to face in the future. Ford’s major difficulty in their present system is: the inefficient control of
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Analysis………………………………………………………………………...............4 Decision Options…………….…………………………………………………………………….6 Recommendation………………………………………………………………………………….8 Problem Definition: In early 2007‚ Ford Motor Company is struggling to stay afloat with flat sales and increasing costs in an incredibly competitive market. Over the past five years‚ despite many attempts at restructuring and cutting costs‚ Ford Motors is suffering falling market shares and serious financial losses. They posted a loss of $12.7 billion
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Kirtane Rachit Shukla Louis Wang Jimmy Zhan Overview • • • • Ford’s current status Industry Analysis Recent History What is the Way Forward? – Operations‚ Infrastructure and Human Resources – Marketing and Sales – Technology Development • Recommendations Current Status • Leadership change • Market share ↓ since 2000 from 23.7% to 15.5% in N.A. • Reported loss of $1.2B qtr ending Sept. 2006 • On its way to losing $8-9B in 2006 alone • Third restructuring effort: Way Forward Alan Mulally
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Industry Forecasting: Ford Motor Company John G. Warner III BUS620: Managerial Marketing Dr. Susan Sasiadek March 18‚ 2013 Industry Forecasting: Ford Motor Company When Alan Mulally took over as Chief Executive Officer at Ford Motor Company in 2006 the organization was losing billions of dollars. According to Tony Schwartz (2010)‚ “It had just come off reporting a $14.6 billion loss for 2008‚ its fourth losing year in a row” (para.1). The article Alan Mulally-Making Ford a Model for the Future
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Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant A client has an out-of-control system. A recommendation has been made to hire an internal accountant. Write a recommendation brief of no more than 700 words for the client‚ justifying the benefits of using an internal auditor. Conclude your recommendation by referring a person for the job based on their background. Explain how the background benefits the client. ACC 544 Recommendation Brief for an Internal Accountant The current company
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Name of professor: Professor contact: Professor email ID: Department:_______ Date: SUBJECT: LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR Mr To Whom It May Concern This letter is to recommend Mr. to take up his advance studies ‚ at your esteemed university. During my tenure in the department of _________ in this institution I have had the opportunity to guide and assess quite a number of students. However each year I notice that only a few outstanding
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MEMORANDUM TO: Mark Smiley FROM: DATE: RE: Purchase recommendation for new scanners During the last tax season‚ our office experienced recurring problems with the paper scanners. The difficulty was not with an individual scanner‚ but included all of the scanners on different occasions. The scanners will not feed the documents correctly‚ resulting in torn documents and/or illegible text; and at various times will freeze and not function at all. As a result‚ this has increased our preparation
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Decisions to be Made: The primary decision Gilles Moynier must make is determining the target market for the Ford Ka. Effective targeting is highly dependent on meaningful segmentation‚ so selecting an appropriate segmentation methodology from the variety of alternatives is another important decision Moynier must make. Moynier’s decisions must align with Ford’s objectives and also unite all the major stakeholders behind the Ka. Once the Ka’s target is identified‚ Moynier can develop the product’s
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