the globe? How could Toyota use what it has learned through this unfortunate circumstance to better their production? * The debacles as reported resulted in the recall of millions of Toyota cars in the US and other parts of the world. This has affected its financial performance‚ starting in 2009 and in the few years after that. Added to this is the tainting of its reputation as a producer of reliable and safe vehicles. These incidents resulted in financial loss for Toyota‚ the first time in decades
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Introduction General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM)‚ the world’s largest automaker‚ has been the global industry sales leader for 76 years. General Motors was founded 1908‚ in Flint‚ Michigan and currently employs approximately 284‚000 people around the world. GM’s global headquarters is the Renaissance Center located in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ USA‚ They currently manufacture their cars and trucks in 35 different countries. Its European headquarters are based in Zurich‚ Switzerland‚ and its Holden headquarters
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Ford Pinto Case Ford Pinto Case If we were involved in the Ford Pinto dilemma we would have used Deontological Ethical reasoning to decide whether or not to disclose the danger that the Pinto posed and/or use that reasoning to determine whether or not to install the part(s) that would make the Ford Pinto safer. Our decision would be to do what is morally right and avoid doing what is morally wrong‚ regardless of the consequences. True enough Ford was not obligated by government regulation or
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Internal Stakeholders Owners of Toyota: -‐ These were the founders of the company who made the major decisions of investing in the automobile industry (i.e. Kiichiro and Risaburo) and significantly influenced Toyota to be the company that it is today. -‐ When the manufacturing law was
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The Toyota Production System Introduction Today‚ automobile manufacturing is still the world ’s largest manufacturing activity. Forty years ago‚ Peter Drucker dubbed it "the industries of industries." After First World War‚ Henry Ford and General Motors ’ Alfred Sloan moved world manufacture from centuries of craft production (led by European firms into the age of mass production.) His production innovation was the moving assembling line‚ which brought together many mass-produced parts to create
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contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Strategic Issues of Ford 4 3.0 The External Environment 5 3.1 PESTEL Analysis 5 3.1.1 Political Environment 5 3.1.2 Economic Environment 6 3.1.3 Social Environment 7 3.1.4 Technological Environment 7 3.1.5 Natural environment 8 3.1.6 Legal Environment 8 3.2 The Industry Porters’ Five Model 9 3.2.1 Buyer’s Power - Moderate 9 3.2.2 Suppliers’ Power - Low 10 3.2.3 Threat of New Entrants - Low 11 3.2.4 Threat of Substitutes – Slightly Moderate
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Toyota and Why It Is So Successful The History of Toyota For organizational convenience I will discuss Toyota history as follows: • The start • The 1940s • The 1950s • Etc. The start. The Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) had its beginning in 1933 when it was established as a division within the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works‚ Ltd. The founder of Toyota was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894–1952)‚ the son of Sakichi Toyoda (1867–1930). The values that have underpinned Toyota success startedwith Sakichi who was the son
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manufacturers is affected by a potentially declining yen. This is because a declining yen reduces the Japanese manufacturers’ $ cost‚ enabling them to pass on some of the benefit to US customers and thus taking some of GM’s market share. This will impact GM’s top and bottom line. However‚ GM has a difficult decision regarding managing this risk. GM can quite easily justify hedging its transaction exposure to yen‚ as well as its yen denominated assets and liabilities. However‚ taking measures to manage
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1. The main reasons of Toyota’s recall issues Lately‚ people most concerned about the recall event which happened on the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers‚ Toyota. This event affect all over the world including China‚ USA‚ Europe. The incident makes the corporate brand image dropped and also loss the consumer confidence. Why this event did occur? During the research and analysis‚ the major cause of Toyota’s recall is the quality issues. For example the accelerator pedal problem‚ many different
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• INTRODUCTION Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) origin in Japan is the largest world’s largest auto manufacturer‚ offering a full range of models. Toyota has International presence in 170 countries and employs over 3‚15‚000 employees worldwide. It has Lexus‚ Daihatsu and Hino sub brands under its ownership. Toyota manufactured around 9 million vehicles in the year 2008 including these sub brands. TOYOTA AS A BRAND: The positioning of a brand is done keeping in mind where the company wants the
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