ARP is very pleased to have General Motors as a multi-year client. ARP did a complete Asset Recovery Business System re-engineering effort at GM in 1998. Our consulting engagement also included Business System implementation, ongoing operations and creation of Information Technology to support Asset Recovery, called Asset Recovery System (ARS). Our consulting engagement with GM continues...

Many companies view General Motors as having one of the best Asset Recovery business models, and Asset Recovery Professionals is proud to say that we were instrumental in making this happen.

GM implemented key changes which enabled the realization of the Asset Recovery Value Proposition mentioned above.  Here are some of the changes that GM made:

• Created disposition lead time to adequately market assets for internal reuse or external sales

• Created cross-functional organizations to manage the new business process and streamline decision making

• Developed Asset Recovery Information Technology to:

  • Manage the disposal process,

  • Become the corporate repository for all reuse searches/matches, and

  • Manage the reuse process

• Implemented the use of Fair Market Value to drive asset disposition decisions

• Hired a full-time Asset Appraisal and Liquidation Services company