The change of American automobile industry Bing Bai St. Thomas University Feb 20, 2013 Author Note Bing Bai, Department of Business, St. Thomas University This research was supported in part by a grant from the BUS 673 management writing & reporting class. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bing Bai, Department of Business, St. Thomas University, 16401 NW 37th Avenue
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The Effects of the Automobile Industry on Japanese Culture HUM432 The Effects of the Automobile Industry on Japanese Culture The Japanese Culture The Japanese culture is one of the oldest cultures in the world. Its current state is the culmination of 30,000 to 50,000 years of history (Varley, P. 1973). It has been influenced by the introduction of aspects of many cultures from the Asian and Western worlds. It has resulted in the development and adoption of technologies which have in turn impacted
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against Japanese imported vehicles during anti-Japanese demonstrations in China was actually a business strategy launched by domestic vehicle producers. Even though the rioters who destroyed the Japanese vehicles were not arrested, they were secretly monitored by police, according to the official. These Chinese "patriots" apparently had some connection with the domestic mobile vehicle industry. The purpose of those domestic enterprise was to scare Chinese customers away from purchasing Japanese cars
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INTRODUCTION The popular saying that goes, 'no man is an island', does not only apply to humans but can also be attributed to the business world. In order to remain active and competitive, an organisation needs to take into account, not only internal processes but also look into consideration its external environment. Factors such as competitors,new rules and regulations,changing marketplace, changing workforce and other related factors that have direct impact on the existence of the business
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fierce between different automakers, whether it is with Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, or General Motors (GM). Each company strives to make a car that will not only sell at a reasonable price, but also appeal to the consumer. Now the U.S. automotive industry is financially struggling and may mark an end to an era. Currently Chrysler, Ford, and GM are struggling so much so right now that the manufacturers are temporarily closing doors in an effort to save money. Chrysler itself is in such financial
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he Robot Revolution In the early 1980s another foreign competitor, the Japanese, exploded onto the U.S. auto market, offering reliable, small, competitively priced cars. The Japanese approach, which emphasized such unusual (for GM) practices as just-in-time inventory, quality management, painstaking attention to production processes, extensive employee training and involvement, and close cooperation with suppliers, generated productivity rates far in excess of anything Detroit could muster and posed
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Introduction In the post-war period, Japanese companies developed the concept of lean production. Lean production was regarded as the third step in the historical progression, which took industry from the age of the craftsman through the methods of mass production and into an era that combined the best of both (The Economist 2009). Lean production was designed to combine the flexibility and quality of craftsmanship with the low costs of mass production. And due to its unique characteristics bringing
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resource management can improve their efficiency of productivity.P11 Finally, BYD was working in battery industry which is a part of automobile. Thus their technology development in battery can apply to reduce the cost of automobile production or even expand to new electric vehicles.P11 B. The competitive advantage of BYD is low-cost and high-quality production process. Compared with Japanese firms, the production process of BYD was similar but most of it was not so automated. Instead, BYD used labor
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largest Japanese automaker, behind Toyota and ahead of Nissan (Just Auto, 2008). In the early years, the Company was focused in manufacturing locally and serving its domestic market, after which it began exporting its products internationally. In 1982, it became the first Japanese automaker to setup a plant outside its domestic boundaries (Ohio, USA). Now it has established plants all over the world, covering bases such as North America, South America, Europe and Asia. In terms of Japanese automakers
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Nurse Tran Monica Molina BUS 1038 Professor Joyce Manu April 5, 2013 A perfect combination of unfavourable factors contributed to a major automobile manufacturing industry crisis in North America in 2009. The auto manufacturing industry had taken such a dramatic turn from being large and successful to becoming an industry full of debt and bad reputation; especially for three big and important companies: General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler. The “big three”, as they call it, had faced a
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