Tata Motors Case Write-up Executive Summary The Current Situation In May 2005, Tata Motors launched a revolutionary product, Tata Ace, a four-wheel auto vehicle with a successful sale. The Key Problem Despite the decent sale of Tata Ace, Tata Motors has to figure out some way to further gain their market share. Alternative Solutions and Reasoning 1. Targeting the three-wheeled cargo vehicle market in India This means that Tata Motors to modify the Tata Ace to suit for the three-wheeled cargo
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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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GLOBAL When it comes to who takes the lead this year for the global over all best sales, Toyota Motor Corporation takes the crown. It is a three-way race between General Motor, Volkswagen Group and Toyota. Last year Toyota was bumped from the top spot by GM only because GM booked a three percent gain from global sales of 2.28 million in the quarter. VW who was number three last year was reported to have an 11 percent advance, and at the end of March they stayed in third place with 2.26 million;
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1. View this industry through the eyes of a CEO. Which would you regard as the three most important opportunities or threats to Mahathir’s idea? Reputation and consumer impression Merger between both Malaysia carmakers will improve the reputation of Malaysia carmaker in world’s eyes. With both manufacturers has its’ own Japanese counterparts (Mitsubishi for Proton and Daihatsu for Perodua), it will further boast the consumers’ impression of a combined quality from both makers in developing countries
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Alternatives One alternative for GM would be to re-evaluate their partner selection process. In the case, it seems as if most GM’s partner firms gained more from the partnership with GM than did GM gain form the partnership. In most cases, foreign firms allied with GM to gain access to a new or expanded market for their automobiles. GM’s goals although fundamentally were anticipated to gain knowledge from foreign firms ultimately became directed solely at gaining profits. GM needs to
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Strengths line Innovative culture. Toyota is one of the most innovative auto companies and has a strong culture that is focused on constant innovation. The company was the first to introduce Kaizen, Kanban and Total quality Management systems widely in their organization. The company was the first to mass-produce and sell hybrid vehicles too. Brand reputation valued at $30 billion. Toyota’s brand is the most valued automotive brand in the world. The company is known for its environmentally
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of Australia Our first car took to the road as early as 1897, when David Shearer demonstrated his steam-driven horseless carriage in South Australia. Yet it would be two generations before the first 48-215 Holden came off the line in 1948, and motor vehicle production began in earnest. That’s a measure of how hard it is to establish an automotive industry, and a reminder of why Australian governments have dedicated themselves to ensuring that we remain a car-making country. In the past, governments
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QUESTION ONE Toyota South Africa has moved into a new era in vehicle manufacturing in South Africa as a fully-fledged member of the Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) global production network. Following a five year multi-billion Rand plant modernisation and revitalisation programme Toyota’s Prospecton manufacturing facility, just south of Durban, boasts the latest in world class automotive manufacturing technologies. Many of these are proprietary TMC systems only recently released for use in Toyota
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and comparing in between which one is more preferred for better working of the enterprise. It mainly discuss on how the company works during the global financial crisis of 2008-09 and how they stood apart in front of its competitors when General Motors and Chrysler were in the stage of bankruptcy and the US government had to bail them out and Fiat bought Chrysler. INTRODUCTION The global financial crisis of 2008-09 has been a key thing for testing the efficiency and sustainability of many
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glaxo smithkline,bextex(beximco and padma textiles),sonyericcson, Exxon Mobil Procter & Gamble/Gillette Pfizer & Warner-Lambert Acquisition: Airtel and warid, HDFC Bank acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab for $2.4 billion Tata Motors acquisition of luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3 billion. Vodafone's purchase of 52% stake in Hutch Essar for about $10 billion. As of 2008, Hewlett-Packard has made a total of 116 acquisitions since 1986.[a][4] Its first acquisition was
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