- Jul 17, 2004
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I know there is a million threads in here but I'm curious as to everyone's thought at this idea. I'll use GM as my example:
Break down GM into multiple companies in this manner,
Spin off the manufacturing division just like AMD has done. This allows only one part of the company to have to deal with the UAW and seperates the manufacturing away from design and dealerships etc. This also gives the plants the ability to be used for other things as necessary, military contracts for example.
Have a GM platform team that only develops platforms that the manufacturing will be tooled for. This is where all the engineers spend all the work getting a vehicle's platform just right and allow for little overall deviation from the original platform (like stretching or shrinking if necessary).
Chevy, Pontiac, Saab, etc. are all spun off into their own companies. These companies design based off the platforms available to them from the GM platform team, or any other manufacturer that is willing to work within this business model. Their job is to design vehicles, order them, and handle dealerships.
This way if any one section of the business is failing, like Saturn for example, then it dies it's own death and doesn't take everyone down with it.
This would also lower the barriers of entry for other automotive players in the market since now they have platforms pre-built and only need to design the car and order them.
Now tear my idea apart
Break down GM into multiple companies in this manner,
Spin off the manufacturing division just like AMD has done. This allows only one part of the company to have to deal with the UAW and seperates the manufacturing away from design and dealerships etc. This also gives the plants the ability to be used for other things as necessary, military contracts for example.
Have a GM platform team that only develops platforms that the manufacturing will be tooled for. This is where all the engineers spend all the work getting a vehicle's platform just right and allow for little overall deviation from the original platform (like stretching or shrinking if necessary).
Chevy, Pontiac, Saab, etc. are all spun off into their own companies. These companies design based off the platforms available to them from the GM platform team, or any other manufacturer that is willing to work within this business model. Their job is to design vehicles, order them, and handle dealerships.
This way if any one section of the business is failing, like Saturn for example, then it dies it's own death and doesn't take everyone down with it.
This would also lower the barriers of entry for other automotive players in the market since now they have platforms pre-built and only need to design the car and order them.
Now tear my idea apart