They took bold moves such as the 10-year, 100,000 mile warranty, quality improvements, product reconfiguration, and “Buy-in” from their dealer, which is a critical customer link (Hawkins, Mothersbaugh, Best, 2010). Hyundai became the first auto manufacturer to offer a 10-year, 100,000 mile warranty. By offering one of the first 100,000 mile warranties, Hyundai was able to differentiate their brand from its competitors (Gunelius, 2011). Many of those competitors attempted to copy Hyundai warranty, but most couldn’t part with their lucrative extended warranty products. It was the perfect way for the company to prove it means what it says (Gunelius, 2011).
Human Resource Issue for Mitsubishi Motors Manufacturing North America Antonio Taylor BUS 205: Human Resource Management Professor Emeri Owens July 11, 2014 Mitsubishi Motors North America: Overview Mitsubishi Motors was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in 1970. MHI is the modern rebirth of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., which had begun manufacturing automobiles as early as 1917. In 1920, the Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Co. was established which started to manufacture engines for aircraft, and in 1928, they changed their name to Mitsubishi Aircraft Co. MHI was created in 1934 when Mitsubishi Shipbuilding and Mitsubishi Aircraft merged. In 1964, MHI was divided into three regional sections: East Japan Heavy Industries, Central Japan Heavy Industries, and West Japan Heavy Industries. In 1967, MHI’s motor vehicle division emphasized producing cars and that division spun off as an independent company in 1970, creating Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.
Facts In the case of Grimshaw v. Ford Motor Company, 119 Cal. App. 3d 757 (1981), the following is a list of facts that will help in determining the legality of the actions taken by Ford Motor Company. In May of 1968, Ford Motor Company developed a subcompact car that was to be produced domestically. In order to gain a larger market share, Ford designed, manufactured and the vehicle was shipped in order to be the road in a very short time frame.
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century America started to be interested in design that referenced Van-Western cultures. America started to be interested in the Japanese art during the late nineteenth century after the visit of the commodore Perry to Japan. Japan had a new program of modernization and was interested in westernization. When she arrived on the Western stage ready to compete everyone started to be interested in his art, design and culture so Japan started to sell its traditional culture to the West. As Matthew C. Perry says “Western correctors had already scooped up much of Japan’s best art” and says that “even today here are more and better examples of eighteenth and nineteenth century Japanese art in Europe and America than in Japan”(p.221) People first couldn’t understand the Japanese art but everything changed after the expeditions.
Running head: QUALITY MANAGEMENT – TOYOTA 1 Quality Management – Toyota Mohamed Traore Webster University Author Note Mohamed Traore, School of Business Administration, Online Program, Webster University. This paper is an assignment due for class BUSN 6110, Operations and Project Management. Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Mohamed Traore, School of Business Administration, Webster University, St. Louis, MO 63119. Contact: mohamedtraore40@webster.edu QUALITY MANAGEMENT – TOYOTA 2 Abstract This paper explores a case study titled Quality Management – Toyota that relates to Toyota’s aftermath on mass vehicle recalls that occurred in 2010. The case study is an article adapted from Chester Dawson and Yoshio Takahashi, “Toyota Makes New Push to Avoid Recalls,” The wall Street Journal, February 24, 2001.
Management 303 SWOT Analysis of Turtle Wax, Inc. Section I – Organizational History Turtle Wax, Inc has been in business almost 70 years since founder Ben Hirsch incorporated in 1943 it and family owned since. Currently Turtle Wax, Inc is a multi million dollar profit company with 60 % of the car care market. With current CEO Denis John Healy, grandson of Ben Hirsch is the third generation to head the company. It has gone through many transitions’ since the companies beginning, but has remains a leader in car care products around the world.
The first car of the Z line was the 1969 Fairlady Z, also known as a Datsun 240z in the states. The earlier models of the Nissan Z were built at the Nissan Shatai plant in Hiratsuka until 2000, while the later models 350Z and 370Z are built at Oppama 2002–2004 and Tochigi 2004–present There are many other “Zs’’ around. The closest cars to the 350z are the 300zx and the 240z. After the Nissan 300ZX was withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1996, Nissan tried to keep the Z name alive by re-creating the 240Z the following year. When the 240z went to the Detroit motor show, Nissan thought it looked to old, and retro looking, so Nissan redesigned it in 2000, but was never released.
Gulf States Toyota INC Name: Institution: Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 4.0 The decision to go international 4 4.1 Gulf States Toyota, Inc.: company background and demographics 4 4.2 Plans for International Expansion 4 5.1 Political, economic, legal and technological environments…………………………...………5 6.0 GST International Code of Conduct……………………………………………………..……6 6.1 Rationale for the decision to go international 6 6.2 Rationale for going international 6 7.0 Global Objectives 7 7.1 Environment Assessment 7 7.2 Entry strategy 7 9.0 Culture profile 9 9.1 Sweden’s Cultural Profile 9 9.2 Profile of Workers……………………………..……………………………………………9 10.0 Assessment of the reception the company is expected to receive……………………….....10 10.1 The Cultural Variables and Cultural Value Differences 10 11.0 Communication Barriers Managers Might Face 11 12.0 Organizational Structure and Chart 11 12.1 The Organizational Structure 11 13.0 The Organizational Chart 13 13.1 Rationale for Organizational Structure Development………………………………13 14.0 Control Issues in the Organizational Structure 14 15.0 Human Resource Management: Golf States Toyota INC 15 15.1 GST Staffing 15 16.0 Training and Development 16 16.1 Compensation Plan…………………………………………………………………16 References 18 Executive Summary Toyota is Japan’s leading motor vehicle manufacturer and is currently number two in the world. To get to that position, Toyota has had to aggressively expand into the international markets that present it with growth opportunities; this has seen the firm establish a global reach with sales and assembling operations in all continents. The plan for International expansion of GST to other international regions would help the company expand its manufacturing and distribution centers. This will help the company handle more types of automobiles, motor vehicle accessories, and
Akio Morita, the founder of SONY, was born in Nagoya, Japan, in 192. In 1946, Morita joined Masaru Ibuka to found Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo KK (the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). At that time during the World War II, they only had $375 and an abandoned department store as their work place. Under such circumstance, they still built the first tape recorder in Japan, named “G-Type”. The tape recorder was big and bulky, so it couldn’t bring their company to the market, but it couldn’t stop their steps either; to pursue their strategy of introducing innovative products, they bought rights from Bell labs to build transistors.
The principles of monozukuri along with kaizen, meaning a change for the better, have driven Toyota to become one of the leading automobile manufacturers in the industry. Toyota uses these philosophies to operate in its home country of Japan as well as North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and Africa. Toyota has globalized intensely over the years and continues to create a global business opportunity which means that their corporate responsibility programs must keep up with and exceed the spread of business across the globe. In a recent address the company CEO, Akio Toyoda, made the assertion that he believed that Toyota “should be a company people choose” and that people should be happy to have chosen. Toyota’s global vision is “Rewarded with a smile by exceeding your expectations”.