| | Native name | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha | Type | Public company | Traded as | TYO: 7267 NYSE: HMC | Industry | Automotive Aviation Telematics | Founded | Hamamatsu‚ Japan (September 24‚ 1948) | Founder(s) | Soichiro Honda Takeo Fujisawa | Headquarters | Minato‚ Tokyo‚ Japan | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Takanobu Ito (President‚ CEO and Representative Director) | Products | Automobiles Motorcycles Scooters Electrical generators Water pumps
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The Honda Supercub A Introduction In 1984‚ Richard Pascale published a paper which described the extraordinary success Honda had experienced with the launch of their motorcycles in the US market in the early 1960s. It was an article that has generated discussion about strategic development processes ever since. Extracts from his article follow. The US market had been served by Harley-Davidson of the USA‚ BSA‚ Triumph and Norton of the UK and Moto-Guzzi of Italy. In 1959 Harley was the market
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Introduction Soichiro Honda was born on November 17‚ 1906‚ in Hamamatsu‚ Shizuoka‚ Japan. He was a racer‚ a businessman‚ and a manufacturer. He dreamed of a better way of making piston rings‚ founded a small company‚ and began production. He was also a Japanese engineer and industrialist‚ and founder of Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd‚ which is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily know as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Headquartered in Japan‚ Honda Motor Company is one of
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stresses the importance of the famous management technique called JIT (Just In Time) and its use in one of the most well known company "HONDA". The case extensively discusses the features‚ importance‚ implementation‚ and the various problems of Just in time. JIT was first implemented by Toyota and the technique is very commonly used in many Japanese companies and HONDA is one of them. The main purpose of developing this case study is to understand JIT as an operation management technique in the business
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This case is about the competition between Honda and Yamaha to be the leader in the Japanese motorcycle market. The case study started with the introduction of the Japanese motorcycle market during the early 1950s. During the year‚ there were 50 competitors fighting for their position in the growing market of over 40% per annum. Tohatsu is the number one competitor (22% share)‚ followed by Honda (20% market share) Tohatsu and Honda practiced different strategy to emerge as the leader of the motorcycle
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Honda made its first foray into Malaysia in the 1960s‚ establishing Kah Motors Sdn Bhd as the distributor for its products. On 15 November 2000‚ Honda Motor Co. Ltd. of Japan cooperates with DRB-HICOM Berhad and Oriental Holdings Berhad‚ and then Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd was established. Since then‚ Honda Malaysia has been a strong and active player in the Malaysian automobile market. In 2003‚ the company set up a manufacturing plant in Malacca. Spread over 80 acres of land‚ the Pegoh Plant has a
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Introduction Hero Honda was established in 1984 in India as a joint venture between an Indian Company HERO GROUP and a Japanese Company HONDA MOTOR. For many years after the establishment‚ Hero Honda enjoyed sole motorcycle producer in India as it has got the first mover advantages. Later various other Indian brands entered the market with the name like Bajaj‚ TVS and Mahindra. Other foreign companies like Suzuki and Yamaha also entered market after visioning the growth potentiality of the market
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Introduction Company Background Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda has been the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959‚ as well as the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume‚ producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become the second-largest Japanese automobile manufacturer
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entry into the US Market. Honda is a Japan based company and is the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world’s manufacturer of internal combustion engines (motor vehicles) producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each year. Honda’s trademark had been registered in Japan since November 13‚ 1953 it was not until a decade later that the motorcycle and automobile company filed for trademark registration in the United States. Honda is headquartered in Minato
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Honda in Europe Introduction The Honda Motor Company first entered the European market in the early 1960s through the sale of motorcycles. Honda’s motor vehicle sales in Europe have been relatively poor‚ especially in the previous five years. And Honda executives wonder why their global strategy is sputtering. History of Honda and Automobile Industry In 1946‚ Souichiro Honda founded the Honda Technology Institute. The Company started as a motorcycles producer and by the 1950s had become
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