Ford Motors: MIS and SCM for Competitive Advantage Presentation

This presentation provides a detailed analysis of Ford Motors' Management Information System (MIS) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). It begins with an introduction to Ford Motors, including its establishment, headquarters, and role in the automotive industry. The presentation then delves into the concept of MIS, explaining its components, benefits, and its application within Ford. The Ford Production System is highlighted as an effective MIS model. The advantages of MIS, such as improved decision-making, resource utilization, and decentralization, are discussed, along with the disadvantages, including the need for continuous monitoring and inflexibility. The presentation then shifts to Supply Chain Management (SCM), outlining its components and benefits, such as improved efficiency and cost reduction. The SCM model adopted by Ford and its impact on resource control and problem-solving are analyzed. The presentation also covers the broader concept of information systems, their components, and their role in technological advancements within the automotive industry. The presentation concludes by summarizing the key models and concepts discussed, emphasizing the strategic importance of MIS and SCM in Ford Motors' operations.

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FORD MOTORS AND ITS MIS
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Slide 1
The 1st slide is about the introduction of the company Ford Motors Company which was
established in 1903, in the United States as a motor vehicles company. The headquarters of the
company is situated in the town of Michigan and was established by Henry Ford. The Ford
Motors Company is also regarded as one of the most growing and progressing industry in the
automotive field. The Ford motors company is also one of the major industrial workforce in the
United States and thus many assembly lines are there in the Ford Motors Company. The
presentation also describes about the supply chain management (SCM) and management of
information system (MIS) in the Ford Company and how it affects the production or assembly
line of the company. The information system used by the company in order to communicate with
the various departments of the organizational mainframe has also been discussed here. However,
the management information system (MIS) has certain advantages and disadvantages which
effects the company’s infrastructure. The presentation is also emphasized on the leadership
models that has been adopted by the company in order to work, compete and progress in their
industrial field.
Slide 2
Management Information system (MIS) is regarded as a computer system consisting of
hardware and software components that is associated with the organizational mainframe of a
company. The MIS provides a better decision making ability for the supervisors and the
managers of the company and also benefits the organizations in terms of financial, real estate,
personal and marketing areas. The company also integrates sometimes a central information
system which deals with almost every aspect of a company in terms of digital processing and

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digital softwares. The management of such a system is very much inevitable for the companies
that aims to reach higher progress rates in their respective industries and thus the Ford Motors
Company also has its own terms and conditions in the management information system which is
especially dedicated to customer satisfaction and supplier intimacy. The slide describes about the
MIS which is the co-relation of multiple data points in order to increase the performance of
operations. The most important aspect of management information system is to help in the
improved decision making of the organizations by providing up to date and accurate financial,
manufacturing and marketing data.
Slide 3
The 3rd slide is about the management information system that is present in the Ford
Motors Company and how it helps in the development and the progress of the company in its
respective field of automotive industry. The most important factor in the Ford Motors Company
is to manage the supplies of the raw materials and other raw materials required to assemble any
product or task and also to manage the needs and requirements of the clients. The Ford Motor
Company has several efficient and effective ways of managing their raw materials and also their
finished products in order to satisfy their clients. One such model is the Ford Production system
which does the job of an ideal management information system. This system helps to eliminate
the problem and risk of product delivery and also the delivery mistakes that often occur within
the production line of the company. The MIS also provided the company with a mass production
option which gradually resulted in the overall performance increase and also in the profit
increase of the company.

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Slide 4
The 4th slide is about the advantages and benefits of using the management information
system (MIS) in the Ford Motors Company and also in similar companies which adopts any
information system and how they are managed. The main aim of the management of such
information system of a company is the facility of planning the future operations with the help of
various techniques and technologies and also with the application of some software or hardware
models. The information in a huge scale company like Ford Motors Company is sometimes
received in a huge numbers and also in huge chunks, and thus the MIS provides the companies
with a tool for minimizing the information overload. This helps the company to utilize all the
necessary resources in the correct direction and also in the proper yield of their products. The age
old centralized process is also eliminated in the MIS and thus the MIS provides decentralization
option in the company infrastructure. The coordination in the company and also within the
employees of the organization is done by the MIS and this helps in the overall employee
satisfaction and employee motivation, which thus results in better performance of a company.
The management of information makes the control of the entire organization or operational
infrastructure very much easier. Thus the MIS helps in the better performance of the company
Ford and it also helps in profiting the organization.
Slide 5
The Management Information System (MIS) in the Ford Motor Company has certain
drawbacks or disadvantages which affects the performance and profit of such a huge scale
company. The management information system is generally associated with the continuous
monitoring of the system. The MIS is also a highly sensitive area as because many important
credentials and resources are associated with this system. Thus the MIS needs constant

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monitoring and control in order to successfully implement the MIS in the organizational
infrastructure. The management of such information is a critical job and thus the cost estimation
or budgeting of the MIS is also an extremely difficult job. Thus this creates a problem in the
organizational structure of the company. The resources that are made available to the company,
whether they are of good quality or bad quality is transformed in the output, i.e., the products and
thus the quality of the entire product depends on the MIS. The MIS that are applied to the
companies are also not flexible enough and thus it also prevents the up gradation of the system.
Slide 6
The 6th slide is about the supply chain management which can be described as the
conversion of the raw materials into the finished products and thus the SCM helps in the flow of
services and the goods from the origin to the finished product point. The SCM comprises of
various departments within the company and they are considered as the sub parts of the SCM,
such as the logistics, analysis, management, profit and marketing departments. These techniques
aim to yield maximum productivity in terms of utilising the raw materials of the company Ford
Motor Company and thus it may be regarded as one of the most important aspect in the
production and assembly line of the company. The supply chain management also helps in
improving the communications between the customers and the company officials however, an
effective SCM needs good management, collaboration of the employees as well as the managers
and the most important aspect here is the risk management factor in case of SCM
implementation in a huge scale company like the Ford Motor company. The advantage of
adopting the SCM is that the efficiency of the company increases by a huge margin thus by
keeping the cost of production to the minimum level.

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Slide 7
The 7th slide is about the supply chain management that the company Ford Motor has
within its organizational structure. The mass production model of Ford is the SCM adopted by
the company which yields a huge amount of profit and thus the company could buy and control
all of its resources. Thus the SCM in Ford provided the maximized control of the system as well
as the resources and sometimes in case of failure or any other issues in the system, it takes
reduced amount of time for fixing the problem which in terms stops the failure in the system of
the organization. However, the company Ford changes the SCM of it from time to time and thus
the production line of the company is shifted from one production time to another without the
effect in its production. However the shutdown of certain plants of Ford, the SCM of Ford has
come into the danger of collapsing but it has some long run protocols which helps in the long run
of the company. Thus the SCM of Ford Motor Company helps in the operational function of the
company and thus it also helps in performance and profit generation.
Slide 8
The 8th slide is regarding the information system and its impact in the organizations. The
information system can be regarded as the system which deals with the processing and
interpreting of the information. The system comprises of the hardware and software
specifications that are associated with the collection, filtering and creation of the information.
The network and data are also associated with the information system and thus it helps in the
organizational up gradation of the entire company. The Ford Motor Company is also associated
with such an information system and it helps in the company in dealing with all the technological
problems and complications within the internal or external premises. The information system
also helps in the decision making and also can be regarded as the information and

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communication technology that the organization uses in order to communicate with the outer
world and also with the employees. The inter relation of the several data systems within the
organization is also regarded as a part of the information system of an organization.
Slide 9
The 9th and the second last slide is about the information system that is present in the
Ford Motor Company and it deals with the various information related things and activities that
the company deals with. The main information system used by Ford is the principal
communication channel and also the main assembly and production line communication channel.
The information system comprises of typical components such as software, hardware, network,
databases and procedures. However, the information system differs with respect to the use of
them in the different hierarchies of an organization. The information system also deals with any
kind of technological up gradation and instalments within the company infrastructure, whether
be it in the production line or in the assembly line. The automotive industry also demands
continuous up gradation in terms of new technologies, and the information system also helps in
such criteria.
Slide 10
The last slide of the presentation concludes the entire presentation topic and the various
models described here. The management information system (MIS) and the supply chain
management (SCM) in the Ford Motors Company has been discussed and the theories of the
respective SCM and MIS has been also discussed. The production procedure system and cost
leadership model is also discussed in the presentation with respect to the company. Thus it can
be concluded from the above presentation that supply chain management and management

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information system used in the Ford Motors Company is discussed and explained. The
operational and technological aspects of the company Ford Motors are also discussed in the
above presentation.