Automobile industry in India

In May 1993, the Indian passenger car industry was de-licensed and majority foreign equity participation was allowed. Ford was among the early entrants. At that time, companies generally continued with their same global portfolio of cars and strategies in India as well but they mostly suffered early setbacks. Another problem faced by such companies was the economic slowdown in 1997-98. Hence, Ford was forced to design strategies specific to India. They extensively used information systems for…

Articles talks about the automobile industry of India in which Honda Jazz makes a another entry with dual variant cars segment in India i.e. both Diesel as well as Petrol version to compete with cars like Maruti Suzuki Swift and Hyundai Motor Elite i20 in the price range of 5.3 to 8 lakh and India became the first country where Jazz is going to launch a diesel version engine. As in Asia 30% sales of Honda motors is contributed by India so they are very optimistic in investing in India as they…

INTRODUCTION Bicycle industry means: The bicycle industry or cycling industry can broadly defined as the industry concerned with bicycles. It includes bicycle manufacturers or producers, parts or components manufacturers, dealers, distributors, retailers, bicycle organizations, cycle promoters, bicycle related service providers. Bicycle industry in INDIA: India produces approximately 10% of the world annual bicycle production, which is estimated at 12.5 million units every year witnessing new…

1. Introduction Founded in 1903 by Henry Ford, the Ford Motor Company is an automobile manufacturer based in the United States (home country) in Dearborn, Michigan. With a decorated and distinct history in the automobile industry, Ford is best known for Its famous “Model T” as well as the innovation of interchangeable parts in moving assembly lines that makes it possible to assemble cars at low cost and high reliability (Fordism). Ford has expanded its business across the globe, entering…

Through a team approach, the following environmental scan of entering India’s automobile industry in presented for review and analysis. Geographical, political, sociocultural, economical, technological, and competitive profiles have been viewed and analysis are supported by governmental and empirical resources. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed view of the emerging market and expose opportunities which may be faced while entering the market, which will lead to strategic planning…

Executive Summary The study was conducted with a view to understand the perception of channel partners towards Yamaha Motors India Ltd. Today the two wheeler industry in India has reached new heights. So, understanding the two wheeler market with such intense competition between the dealerships has become a major problem. As years pass, two wheeler industry will become more competitive which will ultimately effect the survival of dealerships in the market. Failure to understand the actual goals…

dealers and distributors , identification of changing consumer trends to develop innovative products, use of CRM. Service: Easy availability of spare parts, large network of workshops, training facilities for deales and service men. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd: Inbound Logistics: Just In Time implementation, demand management system, implementation of logistics improvement systems. Operations: Lean Manufacturing, Value Added Engineering(constant prices),K-Engine(fuel efficient) plant used in…

married the granddaughter of Michio Suzuki, the founder of SMC. In 1978 Osamu became the president of SMC. The joint venture with India was the most remarkable project of Osamu Suzuki; he helped SMC to expand its operations overseas. SMC began its operations in India as a Joint Venture with the Government of…

Forge was started in 1961 by Baba Kalyani, an MIT trained engineer who wanted to put India on the map for manufacturing. He had a bold vision that the future of Indian manufacturing would be driven by sophisticated production rather than muscle power. He made a bold move to change most of his blue collared workers to white collared ones and investing heavily in automating his plant. Suzlon is a textile industry started by Tulsi Tanti in the year 1992. Initially Suzlon went from being a small…

The “Make in India” campaign launched recently by the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is aimed at making India a manufacturing hub and thereby bringing about economic transformation in the country. One of the major objectives of the vision is to make the manufacturing sector contribute to about 22% of the GDP by 2022, going up from the dismal 12.89% in 2013. Going by the 2013 Deloitte Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index, China is ranked 1, while India is ranked fourth having…