Category: General Motors

Table of Contents Background Proposed Change Strategies Costs and Resistances Communicating Change Cultural Changes Reference List Background Not all companies have succeeded at restructuring their operations due to globalization, and General Motors (GM) is one of them. There are significant internal failures that mark its downfall, including safety standards issues, manufacturing flaws in its cars…

Forms of Transformation Processes used by Companies and Their Relation to the Facility Layout Selecting the most appropriate transformation process and facility layout is one of the keys towards achieving success in the companys performance. In general, there are many forms of transformation processes, and each has particular facility layout. What is more, there are…

Introduction General Motors (GM) is a symbol of the American automotive industry and culture. It is known for an exceptional quality of manufactured automobiles as well as a high level of competitiveness and significant impact on both national and global vehicle markets. GM was founded in 1908. Since then, it has expanded operations to more…

Introduction General Motors (GM) is an American-based company that manufactures motor-vehicles, as the name suggests. It is an international company, meaning it has manufacturing plants in various global regions and offices in a majority of the countries (General Motors). According to OCallaghan, the company was ranked the leading carmaker in the 20th century (133). However,…

Analysis of the process using the DMAIC Six Sigma Methodologies The Six Sigma approach was designed by Motorola in 1986. The primary objective of the concept was to develop a tool for tallying the process defects and, as the result, improving business operations. The foundations of the approach are the customer needs, statistical analysis of…

Introduction In the contemporary, highly competitive business world, human resources in general and talent, in particular, are considered companies most significant value and asset. With an emphasis on innovation and creative, sustainable solutions, large corporations prioritize their prospective employees competence, skills, and knowledge to form resilient, reliable, and highly efficient teams capable of fulfilling organizational…

Table of Contents Industry and the Overall Strategy of General Motors Customer Value Creation The Sand Cone Model and Performance Frontiers The Transformational Processes in General Motors Conclusion References Nowadays, General Motors is a widely known corporation, which has the offices and services present in the different parts of the world. The company was established…

GM process analysis with Womack and Jones lean thinking principles Lean philosophy is the approach to process improvement that sees the elimination of all types of waste as its primary objective. It can be whether the excess lead time, using the excess amount of inventory or number of workers for producing a unit of the…

Supply chain management can become another tool for improving the companys performance. It is especially advantageous in the case of financial activities, as it has been proved that the companies that learned to exploit it effectively as well increased their revenues, became more competitive, and gained more customers. The concept of supply chain refers to…

Outsourcing a business function is common these days. It involves contracting out to an external provider a business function previously performed in-house. More and more businesses are increasingly outsourcing to suppliers outside their nation. Over the years General Motors has been pushing into multi-sourcing (contracting out to multiple companies), according to Peter Allen, Managing director…