Integrating Technology in Business : Assignment

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Table of ContentsINTODUCTION............................................................................................................................3DISCUSSION.................................................................................................................................4TOYOTA COMPANY..............................................................................................................4Globalization Strategies...........................................................................................................4Manufacturing Technology Interface.......................................................................................5Marketing Technology Interface..............................................................................................5Organization Technology Interface..........................................................................................6GENERAL MOTORS...............................................................................................................6Globalization Strategy..............................................................................................................6Manufacturing Technology Interface.......................................................................................7Marketing Technology Interface..............................................................................................7Organization Technology Interface..........................................................................................8COMPARISON..........................................................................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................9REFERENCES............................................................................................................................10

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INTODUCTIONToyota Motor Corporation is an international business that specializes on the manufacture, production and sale of automotive appliances. It is actually Japanese multinational automotive company in the automotive industry whose headquarters are based Aichi, Japan. The company operates in more than 26 countries in the world with over 50 stores or rather locations overseas (Nkomo, 2013). From history, Toyota is the world’s largest and oldest automotive manufacturer, besides being listed in the top ten companies in relation to revenue earned per year. Being a multinational company, Toyota has employed more than 340, 000 skilled, experienced and knowledgeable employees all over the world. Since when it was started back in 1937 by KiichiroToyoda, the company has been increasing and improving its performance and productivity year after year (New, 2007). Toyota has been named as one of the top most ranked companies that have manufactured the most number of cars since they were commenced. The vehicles of the company are sold in over 170 countries in the world.General Motors Company, also known as the GM is a multinational company that operates from Detroit, Michigan, US. The company was founded in 1908 by William C. Durant. GM Company specializes on the production and manufacture of automotive appliances which it sells all over the world(Twarowska and Kąkol, 2013). In addition to manufacturing, the company also designs,markets and distributes both vehicle spare parts and vehicles themselves. The business operates in most of the technologically developed countries like in China Russia, Pakistan, India and USA. The company is currently listed as one of the largest developing automotive businesses in the world especially after being termed as the largest automotive manufacture in the world from 1931-2007. For the company to stay as on going, it has always been updated when it comes to

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technology usage and advancement (Chibafa, 2016). GM’s product quality improves when the technology is improved.Besides relying on the technology to manufacture their products, the companies also concentrates on ensuring that their corporate governance, management team, marketing operations, sales techniques, advertising and the actual manufacturing processes are also effective(Gawer, 2014). However, in this modern technological world, most businesses are currently relying on the technology to conduct most of their business operations, including making sales, procurement, marketing and advertising, production processes, management, communication to name just but a few (Gaimon et al, 2017). Therefore, Toyota and GM being global businesseshave always made use of the technology to perform these operations. In this assignment, the research will focus on discussing various major business aspects that global organizations like Toyota and GM have in common and the differences between the two in relation to these aspects.DISCUSSIONTOYOTA COMPANYGlobalization StrategiesAs for Toyota Company, it is clear that over the last decades, the company has grown and developed to become one of the best and largest automotive companies in the world. Apparently,it beat General Motors back in 2008 after General Motors failure in the industry. Toyota operatesin a global scale operations whereby it has factories, assembling stores, selling markets and manufacturing locations in most parts of the world (Robbins et al, 2013), e.g. Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, Indonesia, South Africa, Poland, France, Brazil, United Kingdom to name just but a few. For this reason, the company has concentrated on ensuring the continuous of its

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