...Top of Form Bottom of Form Explore Zoom 1. Perception of the environment – It is worthwhile to take a deeper look into theenvironmental factors that severely affect the organization due to its closeentanglement with various issues. The political is probably the most unstable factor asthe government decides to continuously slash tax rates on various commodities andthe debate rages on the approval of FDI in the automobile sector.The economic scenario has been highly volatile with easy availability of finance,incentives from the government, policies and duties and taxes. The technologicalfactor deeply affects the organization as this is a highly technically influenced productand has a direct effect on the productivity of the firm and its workers. In the legalenvironment, the country has relatively high import duties and has a weighted taxreduction of upto 150% on in-house RnD activities. 2. Choice of Strategy - The strategy includes to counter increasing competition andfalling market share in the small car segment, increase yearly manufacturing capacity, build new research and development facility, increase annual production capacity totwo million mark in five years, setting a precedent for automakers countrywide andincreasing penetration in the rural segment are some of the strategies adopted by theorganization. 3. Selection of technology - In order to face the onslaught of increasing competitionmanagers today look for ways to use information technology as a...
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...Maruti Suzuki 1. What were the businesses challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the Oracle suite? Some of the challenges included, standard practices for each part of the company. The ability for the company to procure, inventory and accounting to each of the companies properties located across the country. Another of the challenges for Maruti Suzuki was that of real time reporting back to the headquarters office in Japan in a timely manner. 2. What advantages does Maruti Suzuki derive from working with a single vendor, Oracle? What are the possible risks of working with a single vendor? A few advantages for working with just Oracle is it minimized the possibilities of compatibility problems with other software that is being integrated. Often times a vendor is willing to take on more of the responsibilities because there is “no one else” to blame the vendor will step up to quickly resolve any technical problems. Another great plus is that your company will get the newest features faster if your running their platform. There really is less and less reasons to use multi vendors unless your companies “best practice standards” requires a full scope of large and small companies to work with in my opinion it is a faster deployment of the systems and easier training for your staff as well. 3. What were the important business factors which management used to evaluate Oracle’s database offerings? Management wanted a IT solution that would allow them...
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...were the business challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the Oracle suite? Before using Oracle lines of products, Maruti Suzuki used its own software to manage its different businesses. As these systems were not created by the same vendor, Maruti's businesses struggled to communicate with each other. As a result, some figures and data had to be uploaded into the system multiple times, creating duplicates of the same piece of information. As systems were different, Headquarters suffered from a lack of control on its subsidiaries, creating a real human dependence upon those who input the data. Furthermore, with Maruti Suzuki's businesses expanding, the number of "home-made" management software increased, as well as the number of people employed to run them. High support costs were then one big business issue. As every subsidiaries got their own system, the quality of the pieces of information collected dropped. Multiple management systems had also a deep impact on how fast Corporate Strategy could be decided. As each system followed different timetable and way to compile data, the company had to take extra time to wait for all data to come to the parent company and then rearrange the pieces of information in an unique format. The exponential growth of this company increased the need for an easier, centralized way to deal with batches of data scattered around India. In order to maintain its leadership, Suzuki needed to better coordinate subsidiaries...
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...Efficient Catalyst for Room Temperature Aerobic Suzuki Coupling Reactions in Aqueous Media Mengping Guo 1,2,*, Shiwen Liu 1,2, Xiuling Zhou 1, Meiyun Lv 1, Sanbao Chen 1 and Daoan Xiao 1 1 2 Institue of Coordination Catalysis, College of Chemistry and Bio-Engineering, Yichun University, Yichun 336000, China; E-Mails: liushiwen320721@163.com (S.L.); 13879593114@163.com (X.Z.); lvmeiyun2005@163.com (M.L.); 333csb@163.com (S.C.); xiaodaoan2006@163.com (D.X.) Engineering Center of Jiangxi University for Lithium Energy, Yichun University, Yichun 336000, China * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: guomengping65@163.com; Tel./Fax: +86-0795-320-0535. Received: 8 April 2014; in revised form: 19 May 2014 / Accepted: 19 May 2014 / Published: 21 May 2014 Abstract: A study on room temperature Suzuki cross-coupling in an aqueous medium was carried out using a simple hydrophilic palladium (II) complex, trans-PdCl2(NH2CH2COOH)2 as catalyst in the presence of K2CO3 in air. This approach with a comparatively inexpensive and hydrophilic catalyst, mild reaction condition and aqueous media exhibits excellent catalytic activity towards the Suzuki coupling of aryl bromides and arylboronic acids, and good yields were obtained in the Suzuki coupling of activated aryl chlorides. Keywords: hydrophilic catalyst; aqueous media; green chemistry; Suzuki reaction 1. Introduction During the last two decades, the palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction between aryl halides...
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...Industry Analysis Report – Suzuki Swift Introduction: 1. Suzuki Swift is a well-known brand of Suzuki. The Market of Swift has expanded in various parts of the world like Australasia, Europe, India (Maruti Suzuki) and North America. From the initial time of production to current period Swift has passed through various technical and mechanical changes.With success stories in countries across the globe, the new Suzuki Swift has embarked its journey in Pakistan. From the very beginning of the new Swift’s development programme, a dedicated team of Suzuki designers and engineers collaborated extensively with automotive professionals and motoring enthusiasts in pursuit of Suzuki’s best compact car ever. 2. Suzuki on track of its radical programme of innovation, to reaffirm and strengthen Suzuki’s position as a leader and innovator in compact car segment and to yield vehicles that embody unique position of company being market leader in automobile industry. External Environmental Analysis: 3. Porter’s Five Forces of Suzuki Swift: Threat of New Entry: * Large amount of capital required * Few legal barriers protect existing companies from making new product * All automotive companies have established brand image and reputation * Products are mainly differentiated by design and engineering quality * New entrant could easily access suppliers and distributors * It is very hard to achieve economies of scale for small companies * Governments often protect...
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...Sitecore Case Study: Suzuki – Improving the user experience for its dealers and customers, while streamlining site management Summary Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) founded The Motorcycle and ATV Division of American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC), Brea, CA, in 1963. ASMC markets motorcycles,ATVs and Scooters via an extensive dealer network throughout 49 states. ASMC’s parent company, Suzuki Motor Corporation, based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified worldwide manufacturer of motorcycles, ATVs, scooters, automobiles and marine engines. Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920, it has 120 distributors in 191 countries. When Suzuki needed an updated web experience and more control over their content they looked to their agency of record, Questus, who recommended Sitecore. Challenge The purpose of Suzuki’s site is to market their products and drive customers to their local dealers. The dealers are the ones selling the Suzuki products, so it’s important for Suzuki to keep their dealers happy. • Dealer Locator – a tool to help end users find the dealer nearest them • Dealer Center - A place for dealers to access all of the latest promotions and participate in dealer-only programs Previously, Suzuki was using an aging home-grown CMS to manage their web content. However, the interface wasn’t user friendly and it required a developer to make any changes to the content, which was costly and time-consuming, not to mention error-prone. E-commerce...
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...Hindustan Motors and Maruti Suzuki Hindustan Motors is an Indian automaker based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is part of the Birla Technical Services industrial group. The company was the largest car manufacturer in India before the rise of Maruti Udyog. It is the producer of the Ambassador car, widely used as a taxicab and as a government limousine. This car is based on the Morris Oxford, a British car that dates back to 1954. One of the original three car manufacturers in India, founded in 1942 by Mr. B. M. Birla, it was a leader in car sales until the 1980s, when the industry was opened up from protection. All through its history, the company has depended on government patronage for its sales and for survival by eliminating competition. Manoj Jha was the Managing Director and R. Yeshwanth. Manoj Jha stepped down from the post on 21 February 2012. It began in Port Okha near Gujarat; in 1948, it moved to West Bengal. The Place is now Called Hindmotor. The car was a runaway success. Ambassador ruled the Indian market till 1980’s. The only other car which was in market was Premier Padmini. The licence raj, lack of capital and the unfriendly Indian economic policies ensured that no automobile manufacturers entered the Indian market, and Ambassador was enjoying a good market share. In 1983 Maruti Uydog Ltd, launched its flagship product in collaboration with an unknown company Suzuki Motors of Japan. Maruti 800 offered some never before seen features & a radical...
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...ETHIOPIA? DR. DEEPAK KAPUR & ABEBAW KASSIE GUALU NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION KRISHNA PRIYA & DR. K. S. CHANDRASEKAR CREDIT MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INDUSTRY N. VELMATHI & DR. R. GANESAN EVALUATION OF PASSENGER SATISFACTION AND SERVICE QUALITY IN INDIAN RAILWAYS - A CASE STUDY OF SOUTH CENTRAL RAILWAY USING RAILQUAL M. DEVI PRASAD & DR. B. RAJA SHEKHAR A STUDY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION AND SHIFTS IN GLOBALLY MOBILE STUDENTS DR. Y. V. REDDY & D. M. DESHPANDE DIMENSION OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT UNITS IN SOUTH INDIA - AN EMPHIRICAL STUDY (Z SCORE ANALYSIS) DR. R. SRINIVASAN & C. U. TIRIPURA SUNDARI AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL LEVERAGE, EARNINGS AND DIVIDEND: A CASE STUDY OF MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD. DR. SANJAY J. BHAYANI & DR. BUTALAL AJMERA SERVICES MARKETING DYNAMICS – AN EXAMINATION OF SPORTS SPONSORSHIP...
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...1. What were the business challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the oracle suite? The challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the oracle suite is India at the time was one of the largest car markets in the world and Maruti Suzuki was the leader of that market. Maruti Suzuki then began diversifying their market by adding financing, leasing, insurance and pre-own car business to it. Due to the size and complexity of their organization, Maruti Suzuki was having a difficult time maintaining their explosive growth and was not able to efficiently managed their information management systems. Part of their challenge stems from the fact that a lot of their information systems came local home-grown systems in India and they were not able to communicate in sync which each other leading Maruti to have extra staff in order to coordinate data. 2. What advantages does Maruti Suzuki derive from working with a single vendor, Oracle? What are the possible risks of working with a single vendor? The advantages that Maruti Suzuki derive from working with a single vendor is when buying information systems, they will have a unified software that will be able to communicate and cut out the need for additional staff for coordinating data. Oracle also has a consulting service that can provide Maruti Suzuki managers with any information or knowledge during the implementation in order to have the transition smoothly switch over from the old information system...
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...1) What were the business challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the oracle suite? India is now one of the largest car markets around the world, and Maruti Suzuki is the leader of this market. In the early 2000’s, Maruti Suzuki diversified: this car manufacturer and dealer added finance, leasing, insurance and pre-own car business. Maruti Suzuki was facing a big challenge: the explosive growth and the diversification were creating an information management challenge. Moreover, India is a very large country and the growth of Maruti Suzuki had to be followed by a better integration of the information management whereas it used various home-grown systems which were unable to communicate together and so needed huge staff to coordinate data. So to tackle these 2 related challenges – growth and efficiency- Maruti Suzuki chose to change its information management system and called Oracle. 2) What advantages does Maruti Suzuki derive from working with a single vendor, Oracle? What are the possible risks of working with a single vendor? Only on supplier: if the core business doesn’t rely on the IS, if it is a supportive activity The core of your competition is Is, you have to have many suppliers in order to stimulate competition and keep your competitive advantage. Working with a single vendor like Oracle has 3 main advantages: * You buy a complete suite and you know that all the components of your information system are able to communicate...
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...about the strategic Analysis of Pak Suzuki Motor Company. During the project, we have done the detailed study of Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited like their company profile, mission, vision and corporate values. Then we observe the some of the major products manufactured and assembled by the Pak Suzuki Motor Company limited which includes SWIFT, LIANA, CULTUS, MEHRAN, APV etc… With the help of Internal and External analysis, we have sorted out some of their strengths, weaknesses and the opportunities and threats prevailing in the market. Also the PEST analysis was conducted to observe the external factors that may influence the performance of the company. Further we have developed a marketing mix (product, price, place and promotion) which enable us to form tactics which to be used to make up the strategy that will be aimed at the target market and will help them to achieve their marketing objectives. With the study of Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited, we have learned that they are doing well in the Pakistani market and are leading market shareholder. They are producing Cars at affordable prices for the low income to middle income people. But they are unable to compete with Corolla and Honda in Luxury and semi-luxury cars. They need product development strategy to follow so they tried to get into the Honda and Corolla market by introducing Suzuki LIANA but that couldn’t make its space. Now they have again tried that by launching Suzuki SWIFT which is a 1300cc fully loaded...
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...What were the business challenges facing Maruti Suzuki management prior to adopting the oracle suite? India is now one of the largest car markets around the world, and Maruti Suzuki is the leader of this market. In the early 2000’s, Maruti Suzuki diversified: this car manufacturer and dealer added finance, leasing, insurance and pre-own car business. Maruti Suzuki was facing a big challenge: the explosive growth and the diversification were creating an information management challenge. Moreover, India is a very large country and the growth of Maruti Suzuki had to be followed by a better integration of the information management whereas it used various home-grown systems which were unable to communicate together and so needed huge staff to coordinate data. So to tackle these 2 related challenges – growth and efficiency- Maruti Suzuki chose to change its information management system and called Oracle. 2. Only on supplier: if the core business doesn’t rely on the IS, if it is a supportive activity The core of your competition is Is, you have to have many suppliers in order to stimulate competition and keep your competitive advantage. Working with a single vendor like Oracle has 3 main advantages: * You buy a complete suite and you know that all the components of your information system are able to communicate, assuring transparency and efficiency. * Oracle has also a consulting service. Consultants perfectly know the product and are able to assist managers during implementation...
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...1. Before Maruti Suzuki adopted the Oracle suite their databases were because they were rapidly growing larger and the technology that hosted their data wasn’t keeping up with their growth. Their previous systems weren’t very flexible and were very inefficient. The systems required extensive training and offered low turn around times. 2. The advantages of the company moving to a single vendor is that all of their systems and databases will be compatible with each other which promotes flexibility and makes it easier for the company to expand. Possible risks of using a single vendor could include data loss if the system as a whole were to crash, also if the vendor goes out of business the system could go down. 3. The important business factors management used when evaluating Oracles offerings were, the need for the systems to be simple and easily scalable, the company needed the databases to run multiple processes on a single network, Oracles databases also had to be compatible with legacy systems. 4. Its important that a companies vendors can integrate with legacy systems because the company doesn’t want to pay more money to replace systems already in use, with the use of middleware the company can update old systems instead of crating new ones. 5. Some of the benefits management reported from using oracles suit of products included, data being available online almost immediately, as well as allowing multiple views of data and consolidating accounts which...
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...shane Faulkingham May 7, 2012 Article Human Resources Management How to manage crowds at sporting events Brittany Marie Swanson Campus saft http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/Channel/University-Security/Articles/2012/02/Controlling-Crowds-at-College-Sporting-Events/Page/2.aspx During this article the author speeks about the importance of safty at college sporting events. They explain how you can run into problems such as people storming the field at the end of a game, riots, drinking, and terrorist threats. The reason this is so important is because without the correct training and preperation you cant combat this issue. Prevention is key, inorder to do this you have to see what methods have worked in the past and which ones didnt. You can do this by calling other schools, and even other proffetional level teams to try and ask them for advise. Also in prevention you need to get people involved such as law inforcement the teachers the students, and other community figures to spread the word about respectful behavior during a game. The author says that one of the huge things when it comes to saftey is alcohol. People arnet themselves when they are drunk and they tend to do stupid things. In order to prevent this problem you can refuse to sell alcoholic beverages in the facilty, search people as they come in to make sure they do not posses anything dangerous or alchol and drug related, make sure that law enforcement is controling the tailgating scene, and make sure people...
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...ANNUAL REPORT 2010 -11 TECHNO_LOGICAL TECHNO_LOGICAL In many ways, satisfying the Indian customer is probably much more challenging than satisfying a customer in another market. The country has an obsession for fuel efficiency, when it comes to choosing automobiles (and rightly so, since about three-fourths of India’s crude oil requirement is imported). Extracting more mechanical energy for the car from every drop of fuel is a designer’s challenge. But it is vital for the consumer, the economy and the planet. At the same time, a fast growing, young and upwardly mobile, speed conscious India demands pick-up and instant response at the accelerator pedal. There is normally a trade-off between performance and fuel efficiency. A third requirement is space efficiency, as customers want the car to be compact to cope with congestion on roads and parking lots. Yet another requirement is of minimizing emissions. The Company’s next generation, K-series engines employ a plethora of state-of-theart technologies to deliver on all these fronts. Technologies deployed could be as sophisticated as fine atomization to achieve fuel droplet diameter in microns for optimised combustion. Or, they could be as practical as using engineering polymers instead of metal in certain engine parts for weight reduction. Quite like packing more performance in a handheld smartphone as opposed to a traditional laptop. India’s road and dust conditions, the rains and driving safety considerations similarly...
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