Case Study : Ford Motor Company

Ford motor company offers a wealth of variety to the automotive consumer. As they start their second century of business, they are now in a position to appeal to the widest range of potential customers. Each of their automotive brands has a unique personality

Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes automobiles across 6 continents. With around 224,000 employees and about 90 plants worldwide, the company’s famous brands include Ford, Lincoln and Ford Motor Credit Company.

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan, manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. It is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. The Company has about 198,000 employees and 90 plants worldwide with the automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The Company also provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. The revenue of the company is $136.26 billion with a net income of $20.21 billion by 2011.

Ford is the second-biggest U.S based automaker (after General Motors) and the fifth-biggest in the world (behind Toyota, VW, Hyundai-Kia and General Motors) in view of 2015 vehicle production.

Ford’s market share is higher because they are the second largest automobile company in the U.S and fourth largest in the world. Moreover they are the fifth largest vehicle seller.

In 2008, Ford produced 5.532 million automobiles and employed about 213,000 employees at around 90 plants and facilities worldwide. The company went public in 1956, but the Ford family still retains 40 percent voting rights.

Ever since the 2008 recession US automobile companies have been on a steady downhill slide, but actually you can trace this downward trend even further back than 2008. US car companies have been feeling the heat since as early as the late 1980s when Japanese car companies laid claim to American manufacturing plants . Despite a shot in the arm in sales over the past five years, American firms are still on the decline. This case analysis aims to diagnosis the problem, provide analysis of the problem, and propose a viable solution to the problem from the perspective of the US automobile market share leader, General Motors.

This is a case study analysis on Nissan Canada Inc. (NCI) and its plan to move from a “make to stock” to a “make to order” process and the implementation of NCI’s Integrated Customer Ordering Network (ICON). Involved in the implementation of ICON, NCI is faced with several challenges in the conversion of its outdated ordering process to Manugistics, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. (Hunter, 2007)

Ford Motor Company is considered a global automotive industry leader. Ford was able to reinvent themselves to be able to stay ahead of the economic downturns. Ford has continually improved their overall profit and recently started paying

Ford is the second largest U.S.-based automaker and the fifth-largest in the world based on 2010 vehicle sales. Ford is the eighth-ranked overall American-based company in the 2010 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues in 2009 of $118.3 billion. In 2009, Ford faced declining sales of 23.4 percent, a change in leadership and a great possibility that it would have to file bankruptcy like other automakers such as General Motors and Chrysler. Under new leadership, Ford embarked on a new strategy by reducing costs, placing emphasis on trendy car models and closing 16 factories and plants.

1. Evaluate the economics of Gulf's exploration and development program in net present value terms. How do Gulf's outlay for exploration and development compare to cash returns Gulf generates from these activities.

One of the world’s largest automakers, GMC has it’s roots traced back to 1908. Also known as GM, this company is a United States-based automaker with its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. After the General Motors Company was founded, it soon became known as one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. In 1909, the Grabowsky Rapid Motor Vehicle Company (GMC) joined with GM. The trade name GMC Trucks was first exhibited in 1912 at the New York Auto Show and registered with the U.S. Patent Office eight months later. The

Since the 1970’s just about every vehicle manufacturer across the world has suffered some type of crisis as a result of unintended quality problems with the cars they manufacture. These types of crises threaten a company’s reputation for producing quality cars including their brand image. This paper aims to elaborate on two very well publicized auto makers and their respective crises and the critical management decisions that were made and their impact. Toyota and Ford as we all know have a very strong industry reputation as well as millions of loyal and faithful followers and owners of their vehicles; however, these two giants of the automobile industry had two of the most publicized cases in modern day history.

Toyota Motor Manufacturing USA, Inc is dealing with an increasing problem regarding seat supply, and one of the main reasons for this issue is due to seat defects. This has led to a decreased run ratio on the line, as well as resulting in the rising number of vehicles sitting off line with defective seats or no seats at all thus requiring overtime to make up for the loss of production. In addition, it should be mentioned about the way Toyota Motor Manufacturing handles the defective seats as they migrate towards the TPS (Toyota Production System) standards.

General Motors Company which is commonly known as GM, is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan that designs, manufactures, markets and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts and sells financial services. General Motors was founded by William “Billy” Durant on September 16, 1908. Durant had become a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in Flint, MI initially. At its inception GM held only the Buick Motor Company, but in a matter of years would acquire more than 20 companies including Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Oakland, today known as Pontiac. General Motors Company is one of the biggest companies in the world of automotive industries. The Company delivers automotive vehicles around 37 countries and has joint ventures such as Shanghai GM, GM India, and GM Egypt.