Category: General Motors

GM Companys Capacity, Scheduling and Location Planning GMs use of forecasting and the way it drives the capacity planning strategy Forecasting is necessary for generating the strategy and the plan for carrying it out because it is close to impossible to design the companys development plan without trying to figure out the future prospects. The…

General Motors Company: Strategic Implementation Introduction The following essay is concerned with the strategic implementation aspect of organization. The essay examines the strategic implementation of the General Motors Company where I work. The essay determines as to whether it is true that the implementation is the most difficult aspect of strategic management. The main objective…

General Motors Operation Analysis: Project Management GMs portfolio of projects with project type matrix and project life cycles Project portfolio is also referred to as the companys aggregate project plan. Its primary purpose is to define whether the organization succeeds in managing all the projects it has. It is made to see whether the company…

The Rescue of General Motors Canada Interface Introduction The day-to-day affairs of a corporation depend highly on various people. It is important to note that a corporation has an influence on all these people, either directly or indirectly. However, each category of stakeholders in any corporation has diverse needs and expectations of the corporation. It…

General Motors Company: Inventory Systems Summary Table of Contents Supply Chain Management Advantages of Inventory Management System Disadvantages References Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is the control of all the processes involved in the production of goods and services to ensure that the end consumers meet their expectation. It starts from the raw material,…

General Motors Firms Leadership Approaches Table of Contents Introduction Effectiveness of GMs Leadership Competitive Advantage and Potential Challenges Recommendable Growth Strategies Conclusion References Introduction The history of General Motors (GM) is characterized by periods of growth, stagnation, bankruptcy, and renewal. Between 2000 and 2014, GM encountered one of its worst moments when several recalls were…

General Motors Companys Ethical Dilemma Summary of the Ethical Dilemma that the Organization Experienced In February 2014, General Motors started recalling some of its car models made before 2007 because of their ignition switches which could abruptly shut off the car when one was driving and disable the cars airbag, steering and brake wheels (Isidore…

General Motors Company: Operations Management Concepts Introduction General Motors (GM) is an international motor vehicle company founded and currently based in the United States. Apart from designing and distributing vehicles, the company also owns a number of manufacturing facilities all over the world (GM, 2016). Due to the high competition in the automotive industry and…

General Motors  Outsourcing and Success Metrics 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…

General Motors Structure Company Introduction The recent global economic conditions have caused a lot of controversy in the business world and affected the global industry leaders in different ways. General Motors Corporation is one of the examples of the negative influence of both improper government policies and global economic recession upon a business company development.…