Case Background/Summary A. The Company 1. Started by Walter Sullivan in 1983. The current site of operations is located at a busy urban highway intersection. Extensive renovation of the 30 yr. old building was done. 2. Walter Sullivan is well known in the community. 3. The company has both front-end (sales department) and back-end (service department) operations. 4. Sales department is composed of: a sales manager‚ seven salespeople‚ an office manager‚ and a secretary. 5. Service department
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Fiesta 1980 The story‚ Fiesta‚ 1980‚ is one that closely resembles my own childhood. The characters‚ their actions and experiences each hold similarities to my parents and sisters. For example‚ my mother was an alcoholic and abusive toward us kids just as Papi was toward his children. In the story‚ Papi says‚ “Don’t you mirror me” whereas my mom would say‚ “Don’t you give me that look”. One previous step dad was like Mami in that he would remain quiet until things got out of control. Only then
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The Ford Pinto was a subcompact vehicle that Ford Motor Company manufactured from 1970- 1980. The Pinto caught on with consumers‚ and sales of the vehicle were high. However‚ serious problems quickly arose regarding the design of the Pinto. The gas tank on the vehicles was placed directly behind the rear axle instead of above it‚ with only nine inches of space between the gas tank and axle. Bolts were also placed close to the gas tank‚ increasing the risk that they could puncture the tank in an accident
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the Recall Coordinator for Ford Motor Company. Field reports are coming in reporting the following: Rear-end collisions‚ Fires‚ and Fatalities. I must decide whether to recall the Pinto. (Case: Pinto Fires‚ Trevino & Nelson‚ p. 115) 3. Before the Pinto‚ Ford was immersed in an intense‚ internal struggle between “Bunky” Knudson and Lee Iacocca over the company’s product line. ● Major pressure to compete with German & Japanese compact cars. Iacocca and the compact car won the struggle. ● The
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Utilitarian Analysis The Case of the Ford Pinto The Ford Pinto first rolled off the Ford Motor Co. production lines in 1971 and stayed in production in its original state until 1978. The vehicle engineers were tasked to develop the vehicle and put it into production within 25 months‚ which was nearly half the time in which the average new vehicle is put into production. The Ford engineers were aware that rear-end impact safety tests were pretty standard at the time‚ but they were not required
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FORD PINTO CASE The Ford management has chosen to be unethical and morally unworthy to be trusted with the lives of its customers. Can you just imagine the number of individuals riding every day in the cars that they produced‚ who are unaware that they could be in an injury any moment? Ford management has chosen not to follow the safety guidelines and standards in producing such products because at that time‚ the government is still not that strict in implementing such rules. And because of their
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points of the case study are:- . Ford Motor Co. has continuously been number 2 to General Motors Corp. in the automotive industry. . Ford’s CEO in 1999‚ Jacques Nasser tried to push IT in the automotive industry‚ but failed at most of the attempts‚ causing a major loss to the company. . Nasser introduced cars high in technology‚ looking to make more money on service fees. . Nasser also created the Wingcast telematics unit‚ allowing users to utilize their cars as internet portals
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CASE STUDY #2 FORD MOTOR COMPANY by A Ford Motor Company - Supply Chain Strategy TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I. Executive Summary Part II. Issues Identification Part III. Alternative Options Part IV. Recommendation Part V. Implementation Part VI. Conclusion
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Executive Summary Ford is one of the leading companies in the auto industry. The director of Supply Chain Systems at Ford was put in a tough position to make recommendations with regards to the company’s supply chain strategy. There are two groups within Ford that have two different opinions on how Ford should be using emerging information technologies and ideas from high tech industries‚ such as Dell‚ to change the way it interacts with suppliers. The first group argued that Ford should adopt Dell’s
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What is the most efficient economic system? Barack Obama‚ the 52nd president of the United States expressed the statement "It ’s time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century‚ we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility." An economy is the wealth and resources of a country or region‚ especially in terms of the production and
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