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Mergers and Acquisitions: Finding Synergy and Avoiding the Reefs

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Mergers and Acquisitions: Finding Synergy and Avoiding the Reefs. By David Zatz, Ph.D., Toolpack Consulting Senior Consultant. Companies are joined nearly every day, but often two companies end up weaker together than they were separately. Indeed, a KPMG study showed that 83% of mergers and acquisitions failed to produce any benefits - and over half actually ended up reducing the value of the companies involved. If the real purpose of the merger is to acquire another company’s assets, in terms of a...

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Why cultural change can fail

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Why cultural change can fail. Cultural change efforts seem to fail as often as they succeed. Knowing the reasons for both success and failure before a project starts can prevent problems and make a faster transition. Cultural change is neither easy nor fast. It requires concentrated and focused effort over the long haul. It also requires a widespread belief that change is necessary, and the willingness to critically examine current beliefs, values, and practices. No reason to change! Possibly the most si...

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Pareto charts: a quality / diagnostic tool

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Pareto charts: a quality / diagnostic tool. Pareto analysis is one way to figure out what the major causes are for particular problems. While it has mostly been used by quality assurance people and others in the quality movement, pareto analysis is also useful for organizational development, because it is common in manufacturing, and because it is a clever system. Typically, Pareto analysis is used both to kick off problem solving (not always for quality or statisical process control! Bull; Mission state...

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Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk - covering Chrysler Europe, Rootes Group, and Talbot cars

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. The Horizon was simultaneously launched in Europe and the USA in December 1977. Chrysler had ambitions that the Horizon would become its world car, loved by everyone from Italy to California. However, disappointing sales and Chrysler's own troubles soon put paid to that idea. Here is the story of how the Horizon was conceived, and what happened during its production life. Enter the Horizon Development. Enter the Horizon Prototypes. Contact us (via Allpar).

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Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk - covering Chrysler Europe, Rootes Group, and Talbot cars

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. The SIMCA 1100, as launched in 1967 was years ahead of its time in terms of packaging. The five-door family hatchback had yet to be popularized, and it was SIMCA that produced the first small family hatchback that the French fell in love with. In the end, over 2 million were sold, and even when the car that was designed to replace it couldn't kill it, such was its endearing popularity. Enter Simca 1100 Development. Enter Matra Rancho Development.

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Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk - covering Chrysler Europe, Rootes Group, and Talbot cars

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. The Chrysler Alpine and its French brother, the Chrysler-SIMCA 1307/1308, were important cars for Chrysler Europe, as they were the first of a range of Pan-European cars. They sold well in France, but did not do quite so well in the UK. Here is the story of how the Alpine and SIMCA 1308 were conceived, and what happened during its production life. Enter Chrysler Alpine Development. Enter the RSV: Research safety vehicle. Enter Spanish Chrysler 150. Rootes Group ...

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Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk - covering Chrysler Europe, Rootes Group, and Talbot cars

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. The Hillman Imp Development Story. Here is the story of how the Imp was conceived, and what happened during its production life. Enter the Imp's Development. Project Apex was conceived in the late 1950s to cater for the demand for small, economical cars. It might have been a package designed for austerity, but it possessed quite a few advanced features. Enter Project Apex. The pretty little Imp derived sports car that never saw the light of day.

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. The Avenger was conceived as a replacement for the Hillman Minx models, but also to bring the company into the 1970s with some style. The engineering and development was all completed in the UK, but the style was almost pure Detroit. As it happened, this happily coincided with products from BLMC (the Morris Marina) and Ford (The Escort). Here is the story of how the Avenger was conceived, and what happened during its production life. Enter the Plymouth Cricket.

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine Cars. The Sunbeam Development Story. Here is the story of how the Sunbeam was conceived, and what happened during its production life. Enter the Sunbeam development and production story, covering the first prototypes through to the last rally models. Sunbeam drawings and prototypes. Project R429 (the Sunbeam) was a rush job; it had to be a government handout in 1975 helped fund the emergency project. Enter the R429 development story.

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Rootes-Chrysler.co.uk - covering Chrysler Europe, Rootes Group, and Talbot cars

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Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep cars and trucks. Based on this SIMCA site. Of Lake Parsippany, New Jersey. An Egyptian Midwife…. In July 1961, the always well informed l'Auto Journal. Carried an article heralding the imminent release of the new SIMCA 5CV. At exactly 6.00am on July 27th, 191, the very first Simca 1000 rolled off the Poissy production line. Wherever stocks of new 1000s were parked, they were always put ahead of Arondes. Simca wanted the world to notice its new baby! In January 1962, L'Automobile.