Ford Motor Company
Transcript: Ford Motor Company Address: One American Road Dearborn, MI 48126 Phone: 313-845-300 Website: www.ford.com Ford Motor Company primarily develops, manufactures, distributes, and services vehicles and parts worldwide. It operates in two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. The Automotive sector offers vehicles primarily under the Ford and Lincoln brand names.The Financial Services sector offers various automotive financing products to and through automotive dealers. History: IT WAS STARTED BY HENRY FORD. HE INTRODUCED THE MODEL T IN 1908. AROUND 1918, ABOUT HALF OF AMERICA'S CARS WERE MODEL Ts. THE PRODUCTION OF MODEL TS MADE FORD THE LARGEST AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD. Advanced overseas In 1922, Ford acquired Lincoln Motor Company in the desire of expanding its market share. Struggles: Recession -Ford was close to declaring bankruptcy -Closed a lot of plants and layed off a lot of people successes: used money that they borrowed before the recession to use for designing new cars. The new cars are selling well and Ford is making money Social Responsibility: Donate to charities Drive One 4 Your School program Sustainability Report Key Executives Executive Chairman Mr. William Clay Ford Jr. Chief Executive mr. Alan R. mulally Chief Financial Officer Mr. Lewis W. K. Booth Executive VP: Mr. Mark Fields Executive VP of Manufacturing and Labor Affairs Mr. John Fleming Owner: William Clay Ford Jr. and the FOrd Family Employees: 164,000 Worldwide Latest sale figures: *Latest Quarter- 35527 (in millions) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Growth Rate(%) Brands: Ford Lincoln Stores: *Independent auto dealerships licensed by Ford to sell products. -Ford does not own them Business Description: Fax: 313-845-7512 Competitors: Toyota Motor Corporation General Motors Company Chrysler Group LLC Honda Resources: http://www.ford.com http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=F+Profile http://www.articlebase.com/cars-articles/brief-history-of-ford-471273.html http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/ford_motor_company/index.html Products: Cars Crossovers and SUVs Trucks Hybrids and EVs Commercial sale trends: Founded in 1903 (in millions) Targeted Customer: They try to appeal to customers in many age ranges, income ranges, and lifestyles. 162,412 163,420 164,196 171,652 177,089 160,123 172,455 146,277 118,308 128,954 -3.0%