The European Journal of Development Research Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2008, 31–55 Staying alive in the global automotive industry: what can developing economies learn from South Africa about linking into global automotive value chains? Justin Barnesa and Mike Morrisb * Benchmarking and Manufacturing Analysts, and PRISM, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; bPRISM, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, and School of Development Studies
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Introduction Toyota Motor Corporation is a multinational motor manufacturing company based in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. It consists of over 333,498 employees as of March 31st 2013. It was ranked the largest automobile manufacturer in the world in 2012 based on production, as it reported the production of its two hundredth millionth vehicle in the same year. It is also ranked as the thirteenth largest company based on revenue [ (Toyota Global, 2013) ]. According to the company’s consolidated financial
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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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doi:10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p11-32 JIEM, 2010 – 3(1): 11-32 – Online ISSN: 2013-0953 Print ISSN: 2013-8423 A case study of lean, sustainable manufacturing Geoff Miller1, Janice Pawloski2, Charles Standridge 3 1 Grand Rapids Chair Company (USA); 2, 3 School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University (USA) geoff@grandrapidschair.com; pawloskj@gvsu.edu; standric@gvsu.edu Received December 2009 Accepted May 2010 Abstract: A small furniture production company has integrated lean tools
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The aim of every organisation is to provide good quality services and make profit. In other to do this, organisation need the supply chain management pattern in delivering good quality and effective service in each different segments. Firstly supply chain management can be defined as the management of the interconnection of organisation that relate to each other through upstream linkage between the different processes that produce value in the form of product and services to the ultimate consumers
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Social Responsibility The basis of social responsibility is corporate commitment to the development and adherence to business processes that produce a positive impact on society. This impact should benefit not only their individual employees, but all shareholders within the global environment. Corporate Social Responsibility is analogous to Corporate Citizenship, which is defined as “The extent to which businesses are socially responsible for meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities
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TATA MOTORS Introduction: Tata Motors Limited (formerly TELCO, short for Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company) is an Indian multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Its products include passenger cars, trucks, vans, coaches, buses, construction equipment and military vehicles. It is the world's seventeenth-largest motor vehicle manufacturing company, fourth-largest truck
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External Analysis PESTEL Analysis In order to distinguish and break down the fundamental elements of the company’s external environment it is suggested to use PESTEL analysis (Academy, 2015). Figure below illustrates all crucial external factors, which need to be considered while doing external analysis. PESTEL stands for: Taken from: http://www.professionalacademy.com/blogs-and-advice/marketing-theories---pestel-analysis In the following paragraphs, each factor is going to be analyzed separately
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and scientist. Among his life's many inventions (and more than 700 patents) are the induction motor and alternating-current power transmissions. Without Tesla‘s vision and brilliance, our car wouldn't be possible. We're confident that if he were alive today, Nikola Tesla would look over our 100 percent electric car and nod his head with both understanding and approval” (Tesla Motors). Tesla Motors is an automotive manufacturing company that was founded in 2003. The company produces fully electric-powered
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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 a real threat to the established
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