General Electric and their operating procedures. A short portrayal of the current situation : Grin Verlag : 9783346378484 : 3346378489 : 22 Jun 2021 : Academic Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 97, course: MAN 4504, language: English, abstract: This paper deals wirh General Electrics' operation strategy, production and operating procedures, technology and automation, and CQM. General Electric has been a household name since 1892 when they bought Thompson Electric, Houston Electric, and Edison General Electric Company. Thomas Edison founded his company in 1878 to sell his incandescent light bulb. When GE acquired all the assets from Edison General Electric Company they also enlisted its founder who contributed to GE by allowing them to use his patents and he remained a consultant to the company for many years. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2020) GE makes a very wide range of products and services. Their consumer products