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these are the only kind of challenges the company faces because GM is huge and no issue is simple! With products that range from electric and mini-cars to heavy-duty full-size trucks, monocabs and convertibles, GM offers a comprehensive range of vehicles in more than 120 countries around the world. Along with its strategic partners, GM sells and services vehicles under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Baojun, Wuling and Jiefang brand names. GM also has significant equity stakes in major joint ventures in Asia, including SAIC-GM, SAIC-GM-Wuling, FAW-GM and GM Korea. GM has 212,000 employees located in nearly 400 facilities across six continents. Its employees speak more than 50 languages and touch 23 time zones. The work they do demonstrates the depth and breadth of the auto business – from developing new vehicles and product technologies to designing and engineering state-of-the-art plants, organizing and managing the company’s vast global Alliance for Paired Donation, for "Kidney Exchange" U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for "Using Integrated Analytical Models to Support Global Health Policies to Manage Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Polio Eradication and Beyond" The Energy Authority, for "Hydroelectric Generation and Water Routing Optimizer" Grady Health System, for "Transforming Emergency Department Workflow and Patient Care" NBN Company, for "Fiber Optic Network Optimization at NBN Co." Twitter, for "The ‘Who to Follow’ System at Twitter: Strategy, Algorithms, and Revenue Impact" Be there at the Edelman Gala, March 31 when the 2014 winner is announced! http://meetings.informs.org/analytics2014 A NA L Y T I C S M A R C H / A P R I L 2 014 | 59