REPORT ON E-PROCUREMENT Case on General Motors • What business is the organization in? General Motors‚ as a representative U.S.–based automobile manufacturer‚ has several characteristics that make it a perfect fit for e-procurement and a great example of how e-procurement is reshaping U.S. Manufacturing. First‚ GM is the major part of a large supply chain. The scope of this supply chain and the role of GM in it is reflected in its annual $63 billion procurement expense. The cost
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Synopsis: General Motors (hereafter GM) Company‚ one of the world’s largest automakers‚ traces its roots back to 1908 and its annual revenue in 2000 of $185 billion. The company sells 8 million vehicles per years‚ 3.2 million of which are produced and market outside of its North America. GM caught 27 percent share of the North America and 9 percent share of the market in the rest of the world as well as GM captured 12 percent share in the Western Europe in 2000 which is second only to that of ford
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Overview of Organizations Shataun Hailey September 7‚ 2015 I will be doing my course project on General Motors and the Chrysler Group. I have decided to use these companies to discuss the changes that each company endured during the most recent credit-driven recession. The automobile industry was one of the most effected sectors during that recession. Chrysler and General Motors were pushed into bankruptcy and 276‚000 jobs in the automobile and parts industry were destroyed. That equates
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General Motors Revonda McGaha Wilmington University General Motors Company‚ known as GM‚ was founded in 1908 in Flint‚ Michigan by William C. Durant and Charles Stewart Mott. The present chairman and CEO is Daniel Akerson. Akerson joined GM ’s board in 2009 as the company went through a bankruptcy reorganization. He became CEO Sept. 1‚ 2010‚ and led GM ’s 2010 return to the stock market — at the time the largest initial public offering in U.S. history (Detroit Free Press‚ 2013). The
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Cases General Motors Like a Rock General Motors provided a videotape of the Harry Pearce press conference with retractions by NBC and acceptances by GM. Also available from GM were two videotapes of Michelle Gillen’s interviews with a GM engineer and an attorney representing GM in the Moseley case. The contact was: Mr. Ed Lechtzin‚ Director of Legal and Safety Issues‚ GM Communications Staff‚ New Center One Building--7305‚ 3031 West Grand Boulevard‚ Detroit MI‚ 48202. A segment on the GM
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General Motors (GM) has a number of reasons for the failure of the company. The main issue that was the most efficient problem was the management inability to foresee and take dynamic action to change. Organizations change in better interest of the customers. Management has to be proactive when deciding on what changes requires active action. Failure to adapt to a positive change will lead the organization to an unsuccessful path. Therefore‚ if organizational performance changes negatively‚ the
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1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of General Motors’ strategy for operations? GM is now using Toyota’s strategy (partnerships and alliances) for operation in its newest factories‚ located in Argentina‚ Poland‚ and China. The advantages of GM’s strategy for operations are: i) Standardized plants helped cut production costs substantially and allow it to succeed in the world’s emerging markets. ii) Factories are designed with flexibility and efficiency so that each factory can be easily
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General Motors Case Study #3 Problem Summary: One of the most serious problems that GM faces is when the firm announced a $10.6 billion loss‚ which was their first in 12 years. The auditors for General Motors even thought that the firm’s survival was in substantial doubt even if they received the additional $30 billion they were going to borrow from the federal government. The problems have grown as a result of mistakes by GM’s management over the last 30 years. They built up a bloated bureaucracy
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Strategies at General Motors: Transitional and Transactional Exposures” Issues: 1. Should multinational firms hedge foreign exchange rate risk? They should to better manage the foreign exchange risks. If not‚ what are the consequences? The gains in the foreign country would contribute less when the foreign currency depreciated against the home country’s currency. If so‚ how should they decide which exposures to hedge? The firm should focus on the importance of hedging exposures to the current
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then you will conclude that it is not on the right strategic path. The essay should be about 1‚000 words in length. No need to list references. The essay will be due on October 21. Do not submit a hard copy. Send me your essay by email. General Motors Company
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