(General Motors: Detroit) -- General Motors Co. (GM) recently outlined progress it has made toward achieving commitments in its business plan, including implementing a leaner structure, building stronger brands, and driving a company culture that puts the customer at the center of everything it does.

Since launching the new company on July 10, GM has made demonstrable progress in positioning the company for success; putting in place a new global operating structure, a leaner and more streamlined executive leadership team, and a reconstituted board of directors. Emerging is a new GM with a cleaner balance sheet, fewer employees, an improved cost structure, a stronger dealer network, and streamlined global operations. Most important, the company has successfully launched new vehicles around the world that are performing especially well in their respective markets.

“Over the past 90 days, since we created the new GM, we’ve already launched a number of new, fuel-efficient, highly successful cars and crossovers; introduced a new marketing campaign that highlights our best-in-class fuel economy, quality, warranty, and safety performance; sworn in a new board of directors; and overhauled our management,” says GM president and CEO, Fritz Henderson. “We are taking aggressive actions and moving quickly to transform our culture into one that is truly customer focused.”

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