Dao Tran MGMT405 12:30-1:45 Dr Yan Case #3 Tata Motors 1. What inspired Tata Motors to build the Nano? Why was there a need for an inexpensive car in India? The idea of Nano–The People’s Car was inspired by the middle class Indians who bought and transported their entire families on scooters. To most middle class families in India owing a car is a far cry. Rattan Tata‚ Tata Motor’s Chairman said that the tiny car is aimed at keeping the families of India’s growing middle class from having to travel
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Tata Steel: A Legacy and Competitive Edge The foundation of steel production in India was set by Jamestji Nusserwanji Tata when India’s first steel plant was registered as The Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited in 1907.[1] Soon the company diversified from rails and embarked on a journey‚ capitalizing on the unmet need of steel in India in an industry monopolized by it. Post-independence Tata steel completed its expansion of capacity to produce 2 Mn tonnes of ingot steel every year‚ making it largest
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Introduction The Tata Nano‚ first unveiled at the New Delhi auto Expo in 2009‚ was expected to change the face of automobile sector in India and expand the Indian car market by as much as 65 per cent. However what was supposed to be a game changer failed to take off miserably in spite of the massive hype and the goodwill of Brand TATA. The problem – Strategy Though capable of single-handedly making four-wheeled transportation ubiquitous in India‚ the project as a whole failed miserable‚ the main
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Should Ratan Tata acquire Jaguar and Land Rover? New technology and markets But they really focused on the middle class Is M&A the best route for Tata to move forward globally? Wanted to diversify country risk Infrastructure lim itations Regulations loosened Growth of the indian economy Watches‚ hotels‚ steel‚ tea competitiveness diminished by aid from government thru tarrifs Steel deomestic expansion or de-integrated strategy Mature market m&a Raw materials security Downstream
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customers could get cars of any color as long as it was black‚ while Tata Motors went to customers before designing Ace and asked them about the price and features that they wanted. Compare and contrast between these two approaches? 1. Both the cases are related to Automobile industries. Mr. Ford is talking about passenger cars & tata is talking about commercial vehicles. Main points can be argued as follows. Ford Cars | Tata Ace | Passenger Vehicles | SCV | Already made a huge market &
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To: Ravi Kant (Managing Director‚ TML) From: Subject: Nano Tata-logy: The People’s Car Date: 17 the September‚ 2011 Situation Overview TML is currently posed with a tricky question of how to go about the Tata-Nano (the much-hyped “People’s Car”) business strategy‚ given its commitment to release it on time with the promised cost and the spectrum of issues and recent developments that pose potential hurdles. Issues Operations 1. Political problems at Singur Plant which will certainly
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cheapest car in the world by TATA Company name “TATA NANO”. The objective of this research proposal is to find out an opportunity or a problem in the launch of the smallest /cheapest car targeting masses through secondary information / data. Also to gain knowledge about how TATA brought this new product i.e.‚ “NANO” up to the development stage and finally going to launch it on 23rd March‚ 2008 (already launched till now). During this project I researched on how TATA developed NANO costing Rupees1
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Performance Appraisal in Tata Motors Performance Appraisal in Tata Motors 2012 Surabhi Agarwal Abhishek Gangwar Fatima Abbas Aarti Chaudhary Eram Khan IIPM 9/24/2012 2012 Surabhi Agarwal Abhishek Gangwar Fatima Abbas Aarti Chaudhary Eram Khan IIPM 9/24/2012 INDEX -------------------------------------------------
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tremendous sense of accomplishment. As head of the Commercial Vehicles Division within India’s giant Tata Motors‚ Kant had helped orchestrate the winning bid for Daewoo Commercial Vehicles (DWCV) after the South Korean government decided to auction off the failing company‚ accepting bids from many of the world’s leading auto makers in 2004. Winning the bid had by no means been a sure thing‚ and Tata had to overcome several obstacles along the way. Kant recalled a surprising conversation with a mid-level
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the historical statement which Mr. RATAN TATA said when he launched his ambitious TATA NANO; the people’s car in India on 23 rd march 2009. Tata has always given value products in the Indian Car Market whether it is path breaking recently launched TATA NANO or TATA INDICA (which created great brand into the car industry in the diesel segment). Not only is the passenger car‚ even into the heavy vehicle segment TATA is the only sole leader in India. TATA has created its brand value not only in
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