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Board Of Directors Motor Corporation
475 words"The company's main competitors in cars and trucks in the United States and Canada are the Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Toyota Corporation, Nissan Motor Corporation, Ltd. , Honda Motor Company, Ltd. , Mazda Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Volkswagen A. G. , Hyundai Motor Company, Ltd. , Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Volvo AB, and Kia Motors Corporation. " (web) John Smith, Jr. , has been the overseer of GM's operations since he came to the company in Ja...
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V 8 Engine Henry Ford
1,494 words... that publication, which is the longest any motoring journalist has worked for the same paper. The 1000 cc Toyota Corona was launched in May of 1957. The year of 1958 was the year of the Ford Edsel, a V 8 engine of 5. 9 or 6. 7 liters. The Lincoln-Mercury Division of Ford in Detroit launched it. Their appearance was quite strange with a wrap around windshield, prolific fins, lots of flashy chromium plating and a radiator reminiscent of a horses neckwear. Only 35, 000 were sold in the first si...
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Ford Motor Company Products And Services
2,332 wordsThe Twentieth Century was profoundly affected by the innovations of Henry Ford. The invention of the automobile gave opportunities to multitudes of people. These opportunities were not just in transportation, but in occupation as well. Today, no matter where a Ford is produced, the consumer knows that they are receiving a high quality product. The reason for this is that the majority of Ford vehicle parts are designed by Ford engineers, manufactured in Ford plants and assembled in Ford product l...
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Freedom Of Information Secretary Of Labor
1,430 wordsI understand that you are considering people for the most Outstanding American Award. I am not one for awards or publicity, especially from the government, but I felt that I truly deserve this award. I am the one man who has fought for the most important aspect of America, its citizens. America's most important asset is it's people, and I, more than the corporate-influenced politicians like yourself, have been the people's defender and advocate for nearly half a century. I am the man who has car...
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Analyzing Government Tax Cuts For General Motors
1,797 wordsFlint, Michigan, the birthplace of General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union (UAW), is facing the devastating affects of the closing of 11 General Motors plants which results in approximately 30, 000 + jobs lost. The people of Flint made up the largest majority of workers for GM and they enjoyed much prosperity and publicity at the hands of their wealthy employers. General Motors chairman, Roger Smith, claims that this [closing of the plants] is something it has to do to stay competitive ...
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Automatic Transmission Fully Automatic
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General Motors Market Share
1,420 words... lans to expand their current dealer base (Child, 2001). GM can offer little but a cash buyout that is currently on the table. Although most dealerships want to stay in business, there is little doubt that some will fail after Oldsmobile fades into the past. Many commentators consider the Alero, Aurora and Intrigue as being some of the best cars offered by GM. Consider Saturn, $ 20 billion has been spent on the division, and it has never generated a profit. Some consider that Saturn was starv...
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Model T Henry Ford
1,391 words... introduced the moving assembly line, where parts were put on conveyor belts and moved from work station to work station. He sold more than 15, 000, 000 Model T's from 1908 to 1927. More than half the cars in America during this time period were Model T's. "The appearance of the Model T is generally regarded as the milestone in the transition of the car from its role as a 'toy of the rich' to a 'tool of the people. '" The advent of the Model T allowed new levels of society to buy and experien...
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Cultural Revolution Continuous Improvement
1,444 wordsResearch on General Motors Description of Automobile Industry: Automobile industry is the modern manufacturing industry including commercial vehicles (CVs), cars, three-wheelers and two-wheelers segments. The automotive industry has been playing a leading role in spurring growth in economies throughout the world since the industrial revolution. It is a sector characterized by not only tremendous potential growth, but also very high profile trade disputes, and intense competition. In the 21 st ce...
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Basketball League General Motors
1,452 words... volution in which senior executive encourage risk-taking and open debate in the name of selling more cars and trucks to a diverse customer group. As a result, the recently adopted brand management structure identifies diverse markets with high sales potential for specific brands and develops strategies to focus those brands against those markets. These highly focused brands, including the "all new" Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Malibu, Oldsmobile Intrigue, Cadillac Camera, Buick Century, and...
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Reformulated Gasoline Raw Materials
1,458 words... cept at the North American International Auto Show in January, 2000. 1994: The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES) and GM mutually endorse each others' Environmental Principles. GM is the first Fortune 50 Company to endorse the CERES Principles. That same year, GM is the first automobile manufacturer to join CERES. 1994: GM and The Nature Conservancy sign commitment to work together on sustainability programs and initiatives. 1994: GM joins the President's Council for...
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World War Ii D W Griffith
2,022 wordsIn the final years of the twentieth century, rare is the documentary that attracts mass audiences or attention. At a time when people get to declare their desire for entertainment in a multitude of media, the fate of the non-fiction film that attempts to tell a true story is not a happy one. But there are documentaries that succeed at the box office and even achieve status as popular fare, mostly either by appealing to a specialized audience of sufficient size, or taking a point of view that mas...
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General Motors Motor Company
746 wordsGENERAL MOTORS Ever since the beginning of the 20 th century, American people have been fascinated with automobiles. This fascination started with people trading their horse and carriage for a brand new automobile. General Motors was aware of this growing industry and took control with the help of William Durant. Now every family, on average, has 2 cars. GM has grown through the years to become a billion-dollar company. William Durant was born December 8, 1861 in Boston, Massachusetts. He grew u...
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Gross Profit Margin Net Profit Margin
1,637 wordsGeneral Motors Financial Ratio Analysis I. General Motors History Highlights In its early years the automobile industry consisted of hundreds of firms, each producing a few models. William Durant, who bought and reorganized a failing Buick Motors in 1904, determined that if several automobile makers would unite, it would increase the protection for the group. He formed the General Motors Company in Flint, Michigan, in 1908. Durant had bought 17 companies (including Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Pont...
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Sherman Anti Trust Taft Hartley Act
4,886 wordsThe Industrial Revolution was dawning in the United States. At Lowell, Massachusetts, the construction of a big cotton mill began in 1821. It was the first of several that would be built there in the next 10 years. The machinery to spin and weave cotton into cloth would be driven by water power. All that the factory owners needed was a dependable supply of labor to tend the machines. As most jobs in cotton factories required neither great strength nor special skills, the owners thought women cou...
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Miles Per Hour Seat Belts
2,158 wordsThe making of automobiles started in the year 1770. In 1770 a man named Nicholas Joseph Cung not from France built a large steam-driven vehicle. The vehicle didn? t last long because the vehicle could only be driven for 12 to 15 minutes before running out of steam and the vehicle was too heavy and had poor balance and made it difficult to steer. Nothing more had been done until in the 1784. In 1784 James Watt made a patent on a steam carriage, but nothing became of it. Then in 1785 John Fitch in...
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Total Quality Management Finished Goods
2,326 wordsJust-In-Time Systems In todays companies, new catch phrases and ideas are being developed each and every day. One of the more popular ideas that is circulating around these days is the idea of just-in-time manufacturing. Many magazines and newspapers have documented the efforts of companies to develop and implement just-in-time processes. The question can be asked, though, what does just-in-time mean? How does a company implement just-in-time processes, and what are the results of implementation...
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Court Of Law General Motors
1,515 wordsLegal Commentary Assignment The article: General Motors has recalled 224, 000 1998 / 1999 Cadillac Deville Sedans. As a result of a defective side impact sensor module, the vehicles airbag may either unintentionally deploy or not deploy at all. To date, there have been 306 reports of the sensor malfunction. Of these, 61 of the incidents have resulted in minor injuries such as cuts and bruises. Deemed as the responsive thing to do, General Motors started notifying owners of the vehicle by mail co...
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General Motors Dayton Ohio
942 wordsI believe that General Motors Has one of the best technical development facilities. When an ambitious young inventor named Charles E Kettering set up a small laboratory in a Dayton, Ohio, barn in 1909, he laid the foundation for what was to become the automotive industry's first research laboratory. Today that organization survives and thrives as the General Motors Research and Development Center. Charles F. Kettering's first laboratory, 1909 - 1911, was in E. A. Deeds barn in Dayton, Ohio. This...
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Automatic Transmission Cast Iron
1,869 wordsHistory of the Automobile- 1920 -present The United States became the forerunner in the automobile industry early and the automobile quickly found a place in almost every American home. In the decades after World War I, American demands on automobiles increased and the increased demands imbued many changes in the form and function of cars. The United States was host to countless developments for the car and became a large influence in the future of the automobile and its industry. Pre-World War ...
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