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Applying Analytical Concepts and Tools to the Complex Business Problems of Tesla Motors
I. Current Strategic Profile
According to the case study presented the mission of Tesla Motors, as articulated by the founder and CEO Elon Musk, is to “[b]uild [a] sports car, [u]se that money to build an affordable car, [u]se that money to build an even more affordable car”. One of the objectives of the company is to build an electric car that compete with or even out compete a gasoline car. Tesla Motors has done this by ensuring that these ...

Internal Evaluation Analysis of Tesla Motors

Internal Evaluation Analysis is an important aspect that associated with an organization, and it usually represents the Strengths and Weakness of an organization. The Strengths and Weaknesses of Tesla Motors are as follows (Blog.trejdify.com, 2013)

- The foremost strength of Tesla Motors is that they are the one who invented the full electric sports car, with the name of “Roadster”
- The company has a strong supplier base, like the other car manufacturing companies for e.g. Toyota (Mbaskool.com, 2014)
- Tesla Motors have a great technological expertise in the area of electric transmissions & driven bullet trains
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- Situation Audit:
Overview: Tesla Motors, named after Nikola Tesla was founded in 2003. The founders first created an expensive sports car: The Roadster, the profits from which were used to produce less expensive car, the Model S and the profits from this model would be further used to produce an even cheaper car. The products of Tesla Motors have thus been the Roadster, which is no longer available in the market, Model S which is currently in market and the third cheaper model which is under development.

The SWOT analysis consists of critical issues underlying the Tesla ...

Tesla Motors Incorporation is a company located in Silicon Valley. The company develops, produces, and sells electric vehicle powertrain elements and electric cars. In addition, the public company uses the symbol TSLA while trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Tesla Motors attained extensive attention by manufacturing the Tesla Roadster. This was the foremost complete electric sports car. The company has situated itself among the leading actors in America’s motor vehicle sector (Garcia-Valle and Lopes 33). This paper is a case study of Tesla Motors Incorporation and will look at the company’s objectives, customer scenario, Identifications of the nucleus of ...

Executive Summary

Fisker Automotive was founded by Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler, in California, USA to create environmentally conscious vehicles which are at the same time supreme examples of luxury, style and performance. Fisker Automotive was born in 2007 out of the vision of providing performance and style alternatives to vehicle enthusiasts who also are inclined towards being environment friendly. Fisker was one of the earliest of automobile manufacturers to have produced plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with its luxury sports sedan Fisker Karma. The Karma has been on available to retail customers since November 2011 and more such performance and style ...

This paper is committed to determining the optimal plan of product of two shelves types, S and LX. It highlights which combination of shelves to allocate optimally the capacity available to help the organization maximize its total profits. Besides, it undertakes to carry out sensitivity analysis to help in understanding how total profits changes as selected inputs are changed, that is, the selling price and the material cost.

Executive summary

This paper is concerned with the determination of the optimal decision variables, that is, the number of production units for every shelve model that helps the company maximize its profits and ...

Problem Statement

Shelby Shelving is small company in the manufacturing industry that produces shelves. The shelves manufactured are in two models: model S and model LX. Model S is a standard model whereas model LX is a heavy duty model. Bothe models are produced in three major processes: the stamping, forming and assembly process. Bothe stamping and forming processes are done by machines and so the company incurs overheads costs which it accounts for using unit cost accounting principles.
Of late, the company management has noted that the profitability of the whole company is being affected by the production of model S. ...

Statement of the problem

Shelby shelving is a small company that manufactures shelves for grocery stores. The company has two models of shelves that it manufactures: model S and model LX. The process of manufacturing involves stamping, forming, and assembly. Each of these processes has a cost in form of labor hours and material costs. For example model S requires 0.25 hrs on the forming machine and the stamping machines operates for only 800 hrs a month. The production of model PX has a monthly capacity of 1400 units and model S has a monthly capacity of 400 units of model. The industry has a lot of competition and ...

This paper is devoted to determining the optimal plan of product of two shelves types, S and LX. It highlights which combination of shelves will allocate optimally the capacity available to help the organization maximize its total profits. Besides, it undertakes to carry out sensitivity analysis to help in understanding how total profits changes as selected inputs are changed, that is, the selling price and the material cost.

Executive summary

The problem of Shelby Shelving revolves around to determining the optimal plan of product of two shelves types, S and LX. It highlights which combination of shelves will allocate optimally the ...

The case study reveals that there are a number of challenges faced by Tesla. These challenges rose up when the environmentalist came up with laws and regulations so as to limit the fuel emission from cars. Then technology chipped in which called out for making car models which are based on the latest form of innovative technologies in terms of fuel consumption. Many international car manufacturers have also joined the automobile industry including the companies from Korea, Japan, and China. Due to the increase in care manufacturing companies, the competition has also soared for Tesla.
There were some questions ...

Tesla is an auto company incorporated in July 2003. It was formed by Elon Musk and Marc Tarpenning. The company's aim is to utilize its powertrain and proprietary battery technologies to manufacture electric cars that would reduce the dependence on fuel. It produced and sold its first car in 2007. The period between 2008 and 2012 was a challenging period for the company with losses totaling to $943.5 million. In 2013, the company turned around and saw its global revenues increase to $2.0 billion. The stock market price rose from $34 in January 2013 to $250 by March 2014. ...

External Analysis

The first opportunity was holding a design contest for its first product. In this manner, the company managed to secure the manufacturing and engineering expertise of Lotus cars who brought experience to Tesla Motors. The use of Lotus’ software and tools also ensured that a company that has specialized in the area built the chassis. There were financial challenges that faced the company due to the misleading by the CEO, who lied to the investors about the manufacturing cost of the car. Furthermore, there was a discovery that the technology used was outdated, resulting in safety issues in the ...

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Introduction
Tesla entered the market in 2003 with a team of professionals, none of which had experience in automotive industry. Elon Musk started as a major investor and product designer, but when in 2007 the company recognized the need for new leadership, he assumed the position of CEO and quickly optimized operation by reducing headcount and attracting a diverse team with strong background in the automotive industry. This mix of professional was central for innovation and short product development lifecycle in-house, which differentiated Tesla from its competition, such as Nissan and General Motors.
Tesla has grown dramatically through its ...

Internationalization from Singapore to China

Introduction
Tesla is a company specializing in the manufacture of fully electric vehicles (or commonly known as EVs). Since 2004, the company has been able to shape its vision with the creative mind of entrepreneur Elon Musk. Musk is also a founder of two well-known companies such as Zip2 and Paypal, along with other business ventures. Musk is known to be a risk-taker, a quality which has served well for his success and for Tesla.
In 2008, the U.S. automotive industry has been experiencing problems in connection with electric vehicles. Its major setbacks were the occurring economic crisis, the ...

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Tesla Organization
Organizational Structure
The organizational structure of Tesla Motors is similar to many other automotive companies. The shareholders are at the top of the management food chain, followed by the Board of Directors. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motors is on the Board and acts as the Product Architect, as well as the Chairmen of the Board. Below the Board is the CEO, or Chief Executive Officer. They are in charge of strategic leadership, and management of different branches. They directly oversee the President and Board of Director, who is in charge of four individuals, the CTO, CIO, ...

Introduction

The Tesla autopilot system is a system that uses a front-facing camera, a forward-looking radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and GPS to maintain the car on the road. It is not a fully autonomous it does not drive the driver to their particular destination or sense the traffic lights. It simply helps the driver navigate the road more easily and warns them of any oncoming traffic (Zolfagharifard 1). The driver does not drive the car but instead he or she acts as a system operator. The Tesla systems adapt and learn from the mistakes and obstacles from the systems of ...

Introduction

Enhancing performance requires effective identification of key issues that a business faces. That is because it helps in selection of suitable strategies as well as allocation of resources. With that, the following is a summary of the Tesla case study identifying the issues facing the company from the Market line case study and proposing suitable solutions as well as their implementation.

Analysis

Issues discussions and options
Issues
Business operations are normally subject to various factors that influence not only their performance but also the financial performance. In that view, Tesla motors operates in a competitive environment with dynamic factors that ...

Answer.The case statement is focused on the unpredictability of Tesla’s future as a successful car manufacturer in coming scenarios due to decreasing revenues and declining stockholder expectations. The case statement is derived from the problematic fact owing to an entire lot of issues like rising expenses, lawsuits against the direct consumer approach based business model, and unsupportive response from the local markets and trade analysts because of deliberate inflation of financial performance.
Given the importance of economies of scale in the auto manufacturing and technology industries, what is your long-term forecast for Tesla?
Answer.The auto manufacturers and technology ...

1.0. Introduction
Founded in 2003, Tesla Motors has undergone excellent growth in many aspects such as company size, profitability, product line, etc. Based on gradual progress, now the company has grown into one of giant industry players. It mostly deals in electric cars and trains with more focus on former (The Case, n.d.). This report sets out to analyze the company’s current strategies relating to its product line and future prospects of growth and identify the areas for improvement. In the final section, the consultant recommends the most practical strategy to the company directed towards raising its competitive ...

While sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present and future generations, and a focus on prevention of environmental degradation, several factors influence the attainment of these goals, specifically culture and organizations. Sustainable development as a concept first appeared in the Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Economic Development (Buchanan 29). The Brundtland Commission was established in 1985 to address environmental problems due to economic development. Atmospheric pollution, climate change and global warming, accumulated wetlands, decreased freshwater quality, topsoil degradation, endangered species of animals and fishes, and forest degradation were environmental concerns discussed in the Brundtland Commission ( ...

General Motors acquired the Packard Company to provide a differentiation to its products. Packard Electric became one of the major divisions of the General Motors (GM). It is responsible for all the cabling and electrical wiring for all GM automobiles. In the 1990, under the leadership of Chief Engineer, David Schramm, the division came up with a new method for moving the wires and cables through the firewall between the passenger compartments and the engine. RIM (Reaction Injection Molded) grommet, the new technology, received a lot of support from the product development group since it was easier and simpler to design and ...