Today Detroit Free Press reported a rumor that Ford CEO, Mullaly is going to announce Derrick Kzuk as the global development head in charge of worldwide product development and report directly to Mullaly. Derrick is currently reponsible for NA product development.
This starts Mr. Mullaly's plan to consolidate the platforms and use common components as much as possible. Out of this purpose, he changed the organization structure. Structure is a form having to serve the purpose. Previously seperate development is existing in each and very business units. There no necessary connections/communications among the units.
How about the engineering department struture within each division? There could be a global head of Powertrain, Chassis, Body in White. And what about the other aspects of business within each division? Marketing don't need to share too much among divisions. Same as salse. Purchasing could be consolidated to build on one supplier base. Manufacuring has a lot to do to share technologies, and could have one global head like Kzuk. What about dealership? Financing? They should be seperate.
How to organize in an efficient way to form a global corporation? GM's model, Toyota's model? Ok, how about business planning, engineering and manufacturing are globalized. But marketing, sales, financing and purchasing are localized?
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