IT Write Up - Ford Automobile Company

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IT Write Up
Ford Automobile Company
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9/9/2019

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Contents
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Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Description of the Company......................................................................................................2
Overall size.................................................................................................................................3
Market Share..............................................................................................................................3
Annual Income...........................................................................................................................4
Geographic footprint..................................................................................................................5
Sustainability Initiatives of the FMC.........................................................................................5
Improving People Lives.........................................................................................................5
Innovating Future Motion......................................................................................................5
Advancing Planet...................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
This research paper is focused on the automobile industry while narrating on market
share, overall size, and annual income along with geographic footprints of a particular
company. To do so, well-known company in the automobile industry has been selected. The
selected organization is Ford Motors Company (FMC) which is the leading automobile
company in the world. By knowing the different aspects of the chosen company FMC, this
report will demonstrate a deeper knowledge about the automobile industry to the readers of
this paper. In addition to that, analysis of the market share, overall size, annual income and
geographic footprint of the FMC through its annual reports will be very useful for the
stakeholders, shareholders, investors, readers and the company itself.
Description of the Company
Ford Motor Company (FMC) is a multinational automaker based in America which is
headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. The company was founded in June 1903 by Henry
Ford. The FMC is known for selling commercial vehicles as well as automobiles under the
Ford brand whereas luxury cars under the Lincoln brand for 116 years. It is worth knowing
that FMC is having its joint ventures in China being with Changan Ford, Thailand with
AutoAlliance and in Russia with Ford Sollers.
Furthermore, FMC introduced different methods for huge-scale car manufacturing
along with wide-scale management of an industrial workforce while utilizing engineered
manufacturing series typified from moving assembly lines. In addition, Ford’s UK
subsidiaries Land Rover and Jaguar were sold to Tata Motors, India during year 2008. In the
context of sustainability, the company is working efficiently for many years. FMC is
continuously pouting its efforts for enhancing people’s lives by offering them the freedom to
move from one place to another in a safe and confident way. In this context, as mentioned by
(Corporate Ford, 2019), the FMC is attempting to evolve world’s future with smart cars or
vehicles with innovating future motion strategies.