Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy Analysis from HBS Case
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Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy Analysis from HBS Case
Ford Motor Company: Supply Chain Strategy
2/11/02
Finding the Best Fit
The Ford Motor Company finds itself in a dynamic business environment where new technologies and practices offer the potential to alter in a significant way the landscape in which it operates. Henry Ford was in his time an innovator in offering 'cars for the masses'. He introduced to the car industry methods and systems innovative in their day. Ford needs once again to forge new paths to ensure future competitive advantage .
Executives at Ford have …showed first 85 words of 1405 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1405 total…have the support of dealers who are sharing the cost savings with GM
references
Austin, Robert D. 1999. Ford Motor Company : Supply Chain Strategy. In Huff Wade Schneberger. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Joan Magretta. The Power of Virtual Integration: An Interview With Dell Computer's Michael Dell. Harvard Business Review, March - April 1998, pp. 73 - 84.
Covisint web site, < http://www.covisint.com/about/history > [Accessed: November 2nd, 2002]
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US News.com web site, < http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/020401/1industry.b1.htm > [Accessed November 2nd, 2002]
