April 18, 2013 Consumer Goods Tesla Motors, Inc. Ticker: TSLA Recommendation: Buy Current Price: $43.75 Implied Price: $50.88 Investment Thesis Tesla offers a competitive product that takes advantage of the current global “green” trend in an industry of heavy concern Tesla is expanding in the United States and overseas while simultaneously offering new products that are already in high demand Management has a proven history of success and is passionate about
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------------------------------------------------- Executive Summary As director of Supply Chain Systems, Teri Takai recommends implementing virtual integration strategies from companies like Dell to portions of Ford’s supply chain strategy. Although there are several key differences between the companies, the restructuring plans of Ford 2000 have set a viable foundation to implement Dell’s virtual integration strategy in inventory management, customer service and support and suppliers’ management. The
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GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY (GM) History of the Company In 1900 New York held an Auto Show where there was a surprise turnout and it showed just how much interest the United States citizens had with automobiles. This enticed many different companies into entering the automobile history to try and meet the growing demand. On September 16, 1908, William “Billy” Durant founded General Motors Company (GM) who at one time was a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in Flint, Michigan. Initially
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History: Since its incorporation in 1903, Ford Motor Company has grown into the 3rd largest automaker in the world (based on global vehicle sales) behind Toyota and GM, and the second largest in the United States Henry Ford invented the assembly line in 1923 The company’s tremendous success in the late nineties, when it was ranked as one of the world’s most profitable companies, was marred following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Subsequent rise in gas prices prompted a dramatic
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passengers it seats. But for the 350-millionplus middle class of India, Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car at $2,000, is a cause for exhilaration and for the first 100,000 lucky customers drawn via lottery, it's a dream come true. A century after Henry Ford put America on wheels with the Model T; the affordable Tata Nano is doing the same to the less privileged of the world. What is now dismissed by many as a "toy car" could soon reveal itself to be the mouse that roared, one of the most transformational
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matrix’ framework gives a better strategic understanding of product markets than the concepts of ‘product’ or ‘commodity’ chains. The product market is growing stadily, with new, advanced and more complex products being introduced into the competitive global market. However, “there´s no single company which has all the neccessary knowledge about either the product or required process to completely design and manufacture them in house”(www.hbs.edu). Thus, analysis such as commodity chains and sector
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Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company (FMC) in 1903, followed his passion for machinery and mechanics that allows his successors to follow his footprints in building the most wonderful machine as we call it today – automobile. According to a source on FMC’s corporate website, Henry Ford’s idea for his business was about mobility, transportation and lifestyle. Within the next century, FMC has been struggling with its competitors such as Toyota Motor Corporation, General Motors Company, and
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Ford Company Background 4 3.0 Toyota Company Background 5 4.0 Scientific Management 6 5.0 Scientific Management in Ford Motor Company 7 6.0 Contingency Theory 10 7.0 Contingency Theory in Toyota 12 8.0 How Scientific Management impacts Ford’s Workers 14 9.0 How Contingency Theory Impacts Toyota’s Workers 16 10.0 Definition of Organizational Culture and Structure 18 11.0 Ford Organizational Culture 19 12.0 Ford Organizational Structure 20 13.0 Toyota Organizational
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Current Market Conditions Competitive Analysis Abelardo Garcia, Alexander Gamez, Andrew Sullivan, Doye Barksdale, Edward Tyson ECO/365 July 31, 2014 Mr. Jerry Peck Current Market Conditions Competitive Analysis The thesis of this paper is that the current market conditions are very competitive for every type of field industry in cooperate America today. In this paper, I will discuss Ford’s new product called Siesta. Our team will help Ford Auto Maker to determine the release of the new electric
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Assignment 4: Automotive Production Levels General Motors Shelia Lott Eco 550 - Managerial Economics and Globalization Dr. John Ilokwu Ph.D. September 5, 2012 General Motors Company General Motors Corporation (GM) is the largest company in an industry that has a major impact on the American economy and in the world. GM has led the auto industry in innovation and for most of the 20th century. From 1931 to 2008 GM led in the industry only to be surpassed by Toyota in 2008. After
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