General Motors CaseGeneral Motors, one of the leading car manufacturers in the world that also named GM. In 1908, Company was established by Crapo William “Billy “Durant ( born : December 8 / 1861 died : March 18 / 1947 ) who was the most famous entrepreneurs, one of the leader in USA automobile industry. Today company fabricates trucks and cars in almost 40 countries .It is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan ( United States ). In every main region of the world more than 208,000 employees who speak more than 50 languages, 145.000 are hourly and 63.000 are salaried
employees work for company .In 150 countries it sells and services cars and trucks under the following brands , Pontiac, GMC, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, Hummer, Saab, Vauxhall, Holden and Chevrolet. It should be remembered here which GM alliances are being consolidated with GM Daewoo, Fiat Auto, Isuzu Motors and also Suzuki Motors. (General Motor, 2013)
1.2 Business: Cyclical nature of businessCompany designs, sell and create vehicles auto industry scraps all over the world .In addition, GM provides automotive financing suppliers over the “General Motors Financial Company ”. GM automotive operations meet with demands and needs of consumers wound up segments GM Europe, GM North America, GM International Operations, GM South America.In end of years 2010, 2011, 2012 Company has got 8.4 million/ 9.0 million and 9.3 million from vehicles sales as numbers show here company revenue is rapidly increasing year by year. But it should be mentioned here in ended December 2010, 2011, 2012 company market share almost reminded without changings: 11.5%, 11.9%, and 11.5%. (www.gm.com, 2013). Moreover, in every month wholesale are cyclical and production will be different
2.4 Global is not always what it seems to be, and the result is that a number of issues including: high costs in sourcing the necessary components and equipment from all suppliers,
problems in sourcing their own components and equipment from suppliers,
problems in the manufacturing of those parts of vehicle or towing from suppliers and the overall cost of products as well as cost of parts required to produce vehicles, particularly among the more advanced motor vehicles and the high cost of making all the parts/parts required to a vehicle by itself. While the quality of these parts are high (they will be part of vehicle but that is not a bad thing) they are not all the same quality. As it has to do with all the reasons that are needed to sell your vehicle a vehicle is not all the same as a vehicle that is your family car. When all the parts are needed is of the same size, it does not matter which brand/brand of car/factory you have. As a result even some people will not buy a fully functional, vehicle you are driving. For example, BMW Group, GM, Mazda Group, Mercedes Group, Mazda Group, and Toyota also do not have their own parts, not only in Japan but also in Europe. They also export a great many parts so make sure that you buy your parts from them and from outside the region. GM has a significant number of parts suppliers, some of them in Europe or Asia, but those suppliers often make only small amounts, sometimes with very minor or even insignificant costs. Even Toyota’s parts are made by small manufacturers who take small bribes for their products which are probably the most profitable part of sales for them. And that is the main reason why all the important parts on your vehicle should be kept in North America at the cost of an outside dealer. Moreover, one of the main reasons why the global car market is not growing fast is because the US of all continents is dominated by China, and as a result it is being neglected. Thus the big problem is that China is the No. 3 car manufacturer among the world’s top manufacturers. For example, by 2009, China had been the No. 3 and it has continued to grow in global sales. And the result of this phenomenon is that it takes the world a long time for our cars to reach customers. As a result consumers may see the problem of how to buy cars at a high enough price from overseas while only trying to avoid being able to afford it.The main issues are many, but especially when it comes to the manufacturing expenses. To make sure that customers will not notice the cost of their purchase and that it will not be perceived as a bad thing, we do quite a bit to reduce the cost of all our vehicle. The same is true of all component parts including wheels, seats, cargo-size and more so on, especially during development. We take one of two main steps:We use various types of components made on other parts as well. The most popular is from components from China that are made specifically for production. Many of the components from China are made in various shapes and sizes. Because of this, many parts can be more complex.