Title: Differences Ford and GM 1920 Category:Literature / English Details: Words: 610 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Differences Ford and GM 1920
The differences in strategy between Ford and General Motors in the period after 1920
In the 1920ies the automobile industry grew rapidly and became soon the biggest industry in the US. The more traditional transportation industries as ships, locomotives and railroads grew much less at the same time. At the end of the 1920ies the US produced a large percentage of the whole world output. In the industry two important players were Ford and General Motors. Ford was a first mover that invented the assembly line, …showed first 85 words of 610 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 610 total…but was better off as they could get their parts needed for the production from cheap outside suppliers, that themselves were affected by the recession.
These arguments lead all to the development that General Motors was going through a remarkable period of success gaining market share and competitive power. At the same time Ford was loosing market share and had to realize that they had poor organizational capabilities as well as made some major strategic mistakes by just concentrating on producing one type of car.
