...Business Information Analysis | Table of Contents Electronic Cover Sheet………………………………………………………………………1-2 Introduction………...................................................................................................................4 1. Key business issues and challenges……………...................................................................5 1.1 Globalisation, regionalisation and market convergence...........................….......................5 1.2 Increasingly diversified consumer aggregate patterns of behaviour...................................5 1.3 Accelerated modification and diversification of the product portfolio………………..….6 1.4 Pervasion of automobiles with digital technology..............................................................6 1.5 Increased pressure for innovation and flexibility in development and manufacturing…...6 1.6 Strategic levers……………………….................................................................................7 1.6.1 Brand management...........................................................................................................7 1.6.2 Customer relationship management……………..............................................................7 1.6.3 Core competency management…………………….........................................................7 1.6.4 Software management.......................................................................................................7 1.6.5 Quality management.....
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...The problem to be investigated in this study is the economic importance of the automotive industry. It will explore the social impact it has brought worldwide and how it is affecting the world of commerce. It will also explain the foreign trade and the different automotive industries of each country. The following sub-questions will be evaluated: * What pollution-control strategies each automotive industry are practicing? * What are the latest in automobile safety measures? * How does motor vehicle production affect the economy? * What are the standards of manufacturing efficiency in an automobile? INTRODUCTION The automobile industry is concerned with profits and competition; with consumer demands for styling, safety, and efficiency; and with labor relations and manufacturing efficiency (“,” 2008). About 250 million vehicles are in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The numbers are increasing rapidly, especially in China and India (“” 2008). In 2008, with rapidly rising oil prices, industries such as the automotive industry, are experiencing a combination of pricing pressures from raw material costs and changes in consumer buying habits. The industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage...
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...Motors (Jhalandhar Region) Indian Automobile Industry The Indian Automobile Industry is manufacturing over 11 million vehicles and exporting about 1.5 million every year. The dominant products of the industry are two wheelers with a market share of over 75% and passenger cars with a market share of about 16%. Commercial vehicles and three wheelers share about 9% of the market between them. About 91% of the vehicles sold are used by households and only about 9% for commercial purposes. The industry has attained a turnover of more than USD 35 billion and provides direct and indirect employment to over 13 million people. Hero Honda Motors is occupying over 41% and sharing 26% of the two wheeler market in India with Bajaj Auto. The level of technology change in the Motor vehicle Industry has been high but, the rate of change in technology has been medium. Investment in the technology by the producers has been high. System-suppliers of integrated components and sub-systems have become the order of the day. However, further investment in new technologies will help the industry be more competitive. Over the past few years, the industry has been volatile. Currently, India’s increasing per capita disposable income which is expected to rise by 106% by 2015 and growth in exports is playing a major role in the rise and competitiveness of the industry. Consumers are very important of the survival of the Motor Vehicle manufacturing industry. In 2008-09, customer sentiment dropped, which...
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...Innovation and Development, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, 2009 7 Globalisation of the automotive industry: main features and trends Timothy J. Sturgeon Industrial Performance Center (IPC), MIT, 292 Main Street (E38-104), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA E-mail: sturgeon@mit.edu Olga Memedovic* United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna International Centre, A-1440 Vienna, Austria E-mail: O.Memedovic@unido.org *Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production...
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...Innovation and Development, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, 2009 7 Globalisation of the automotive industry: main features and trends Timothy J. Sturgeon Industrial Performance Center (IPC), MIT, 292 Main Street (E38-104), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA E-mail: sturgeon@mit.edu Olga Memedovic* United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna International Centre, A-1440 Vienna, Austria E-mail: O.Memedovic@unido.org *Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production...
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...------------------------------------------------- Dr. Bobbi Sharma ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Bobbi Sharma ------------------------------------------------- ID: B00676737 ------------------------------------------------- ID: B00676737 Word: 2022 The Role of ERP in Automotive Industry Table of Contents 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………….……….. 04 2. ERP ………………………………………………………………………… 04 3. The Revolution towards ERP……………………………………..………... 05 4. ERP in Automotive Industry…………………………………..…………… 05 5. ERP implementation Business Risks in Automotive Industry………….….. 07 6. Evaluation and Conclusion…………………………………………………. 08 7. Reference…………………………………………………………………… 10 8. Bibliography………………………………………………………………... 13 9. Appendix………………………………………………………………….… 15 1. Introduction Last few decades there is a rapid change in IT sector which created impact on business organisations and there is a wonderful gift from IT sector is Enterprise Resource Planning System Software (Mazzawi R, 2014). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system has been increased in using in developed countries by large companies, government corporations and in other different industries. And there is a wide adoption of Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) in organisational management to improve their performance and productivity (Otieno J, 2010). Recently different companies turning into the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning System to improve...
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...Jan Daniel Laufhütte 2304958 Individual Written Case Study Report in Strategic Management IHS-3-422 London South Bank University 17/12/2003 Table of Contents List of Figures................................................................................. i Introduction ................................................................................... 1 1. The changing world automobile industry .............................. 1 2. Reasons for mergers and acquisitions .................................. 3 2.1. 2.2. Daimler-Benzs’ motives..................................................................... 3 Chryslers’ motives ............................................................................. 5 3. The Post-Merger Integration Structure................................... 7 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. Preparations for the merger .............................................................. 7 Integration Structure of DaimlerChrysler......................................... 7 Expected Synergies ........................................................................... 8 4. Cultural Issues ......................................................................... 9 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. Daimler-Benz’s Culture...................................................................... 9 Chrysler’s Culture ............................................................................ 10 Key Integration Problems and Post-Merger Business Culture .... 11 5. Used Management Approaches to solve...
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...Nordoff, an engineer took over. He focused on improving the quality of the car and focused on exporting cars and by 1951 company was exporting to 29 countries. During 1950s the sale continued to increase, driven by strong export sale to over 100 countries. The completely knocked down (CKD) production sites were set up first in Brazil and Ireland and later in Australia and South Africa. In 1964, they opened another site in Mexico. As the sales of the Beetle were increasing rapidly, there was a necessity to establish new plants in Germany too. In 1968, VW was the world’s fourth largest car company, but over 75% of production was limited only to Beetle. However, after 30 years this model was outdated. Kurt Lotz, Nordhoff’s successor, had no automotive background had vision to expand product line of VW. Kurt Lotz was ousted in 1971 and replaced with Rudolf Leiding who was former head of Audi and VW Brazil. Leiding integrated...
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...organization project team and the management go mad and they behave in an improper way which is not appreciable. So in this paper I discussed some issues regarding, to handle the situation when a project goes wrong. To prevent this mistake in further cases I suggested methods which can prevent the project to fail. For this I used concepts of project management with various methods like discovery, develop and deploy. Along with that I also discussed some techniques in managing and using the talent of the employees. As we all know clients pay key role for a project, so I also discussed some techniques in managing the client. As a final note I summarized my opinion on project failures and prevention of project failures. INTRODUCTION Amara Raja Batteries is a multi-national company located in Tirupathi, India. It was established in 1985 by Ramachandra Naidu Galla under Amara Raja Group of industries. In 1997 Amara Raja Batteries signed a joint venture with Johnson Control and developed India’s first zero maintenance automobile batteries known as Amaron batteries. This company is also famous for manufacturing many electronic products like battery chargers, Industrial batteries, digital inverters, Infra structure power, UPS. Under the name of Amara Raja Group apart from batteries they also manufacture sheet metal products, fasteners, packaged food and beverages. They have a workforce of 10,000 employees working under...
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...cement and metal fabrication. Performance in the industrial goods sector is largely driven by supply and demand for building construction residential, commercial and industrial as well as the demand for manufactured products. When the economy contracts and consumers save more and spend less, activity in this sector drops because companies will postpone expansion and produce fewer goods. The industrial sectors are drawn for each contain a mixture of international corporations, national companies, entrepreneurial smaller and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and informal local businesses. Each part of a sector may have different impacts and dependence on economics activity. In many of the examples, the process of changing performance in industry sectors has followed a common sequence, though the detail varies considerably between sectors. For example, a realization by the leaders of major companies that their long-term business interests, survival as well as profitability, depend on understanding and addressing a wide range of the expectations of key audiences. In malaysia, there is a...
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...of Contents II. Acknowledgements III. Executive Summary IV. Introduction V. External Environmental Analysis 1. Definition of Industry 2. Analysis of Present Task Environment 3. Analysis of Potential Changes in the Macro-environment 4. Threats and Opportunities 5. External Factors Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 6. Industry and Competitive Analysis 7. Competitive Performance Matrix (CPM) VI. Analysis of Internal Environment 1. Company Overview 2. Corporate Values 3. Value Chain Analysis 4. Strengths and Weaknesses 5. Financial Analysis 6. Internal Factors Evaluation (IFE) Matrix VII. TOWS Matrix VIII. Strategic Plan 1. Vision and Mission 2. Objectives: Strategic and Financial 3. Evaluation of Present Corporate Strategies 4. Proposed Corporate Strategies 5. Corporate Social Responsibility 2 II. Acknowledgements Thank you to Ford Global City for answering all our queries about the company and its competitors. 3 III. Executive Summary Ford Global City is an automobile dealership that sells brand new Ford brand new Ford cars. They also provide car services, maintenance and repairs for these cars. In its 14 years of existence, they have been the top selling Ford dealer for 12 years in new car sales and service units received. With the existence of various competitors, not only with other Ford car dealerships but the entire automobile dealership industry as well, Ford Global City seeks to maintain its competitive advantage by promoting good customer services and having good...
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...Thursday, November 13, 2014 [Ethics of the Automobile Industry: Ford Motor Company] | By Amir Rafih, Jordan Mather, Jennifer Sprague, Eric Parr, Gloria Ledi, and Meshal Mustafa | | (04-71-300 ) Business Ethics in a Global Context by Dr. Kent Walker Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Global History & Development of Automotive Industry 4 Value Chain of the Automotive Industry 6 PEST Analysis 7 Political Factors 7 Economic Factors 9 Social Factors 9 Technological Factors 10 Stakeholder Interests 11 Shareholders 11 Domestic Part Suppliers 12 CAW/UAW (Employees) 12 Customers 12 Environmental Groups 13 Stakeholder Position Analysis 13 CEO 13 Customers 13 Competitors 14 Analysis of History of Recalls and Assessment of Ethics 14 History of Recalls 14 Potential for Improvement 16 Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of the Global Automobile Industry 17 Utilitarianism 17 Feminist Ethics 18 Postmodern ethics 20 Kant’s categorical Imperative 21 Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Social Responsiveness and Corporate Social Performance 22 Conclusion 27 References 27 Appendices 29 Executive Summary Before only the wealthy could afford cars but this changed with the Ford Model T. This car was specifically targeted at average family household by making it affordable to own. By 1918, Model T was owned by half of American car consumers (LoveToKnow, 2014). Standards must be set for companies...
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...MARKETING MANAGEMENT – II PROJECT REPORT on Mahindra and Mahindra Motorcycle Launch Submitted by: Rupa Deepanju (2012261) Sagar Panchal (2012262) Sarath S (2012272) Shashank Doveriyal (2012292) Srinivasa Krishnan S (2012312) KLIO * Hamare Logon ke Liye Two Wheeler market size: The Indian two-wheeler industry is divided into three segments namely motorcycles, scooters and mopeds. Sales of the Indian two-wheeler industry were estimated at around Rs 650 billion in value terms and 15.4 in volume terms at the 2011-12. The industry has posted healthy growth over the past 5 years, growing at a CAGR of 15 per cent and 12.7 per cent, in value and volume terms respectively. In volume as well as value terms, motorcycles lead the two-wheeler market. In 2011-12, share of motorcycles in sales volumes was 77.6 per cent. The two wheeler industry is dominated by three players - Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motors together contribute around 80 per cent of the domestic sales volumes. Over last 5 years, the domestic industry has clocked a growth at a CAGR of 11.3 per cent during 2007-08 to 2011-12. Motorcycles segment continue to rule the market Motorcycles can be further divided into three segments - economy, executive and premium. The economy segment comprises lower-end motorcycles (priced at Rs 30,000-40,000 when launched), whereas the executive segment (launch price between Rs 40,000-50,000) and premium...
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...companies to successfully sell these products, it is important to consider and understand the variables that influence consumer choice. These variables may include demographics, social factors, cultural factors, situational factors, individual factors, behaviors and attitudes, personal and psychological characteristics. By analyzing these variables marketers are able to understand consumer choice and therefore are able to market successfully their products, in which they are able to achieve the achieve outcome of selling. When considering ZEVs in the Australian context, it is necessary to apply the 7ps of the marketing mix. It is significant to establish and identify each one of these characteristics of the marketing mix as it allows a further in depth analysis of how the product will affect consumers and also their reaction to the product. “The essential emphasis of marketing is an ongoing external and internal relationship with its suppliers, customers, facilitating agencies, influencers, referees and internal markets” Dibb, S. Simkin, L (2000). We can see the market environment for ZEVs slowly becoming more frequent and appealing in today’s society due to the growing awareness and concern for the global environment. During the 1970s it was a critically period for the automotive industry due to the gasoline price...
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...Contribution of the Automotive Industry to the Economies of All Fifty States and the United States 3005 Boardwalk Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48108 www.cargroup.org January 2015 All statements, findings, and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. Contribution of the Automotive Industry to the Economies of All Fifty States and the United States Center for Automotive Research Report Prepared by: Kim Hill, Director, Sustainability & Economic Development Strategies Group Director, Automotive Communities Partnership Associate Director, Research Debra Maranger Menk Joshua Cregger Michael Schultz Report Prepared for: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 1401 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 January 2015 ©Center for Automotive Research 2015 i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) would like to thank the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers for support of this work. This study is the result of a group effort. The authors would like to thank our colleagues at CAR for their assistance with this study, in particular, Bernard Swiecki for his assistance with organizing and conducting interviews and Yen Chen for his input and guidance on economic ...
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