The document summarizes key events in Tata Motors' post-liberalization period from 1993 to 2010. Some highlights include Tata Motors signing a joint venture with Cummins in 1993 to produce diesel engines, introducing new bus models, establishing partnerships with Mercedes and Nissan, issuing bonds and shares on international markets, launching new commercial vehicles and car models like the Indica, Indigo, and Nano, and acquiring companies like Daewoo's truck unit to expand operations. Overall, it outlines Tata Motors' growth strategy after India's economic liberalization through partnerships, new product launches, and acquisitions.
A small presentation about the downfall of British Leyland Motor Corporation, with brief insights into its turbulent history, timeline of events, managerial, labour and product issues.
Submitted By: Gaurav Singh and Ashish Ranjan
Paper: Corporate Strategy, Year: 2015-16
Course: Bachelors of Management Studies
College: Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi
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Quoting Modern Materials Handling: "The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn’t match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. Of course, those years came on the heels of a 39% contraction, and many in the industry remain excited to see growth of any kind, however small."
A small presentation about the downfall of British Leyland Motor Corporation, with brief insights into its turbulent history, timeline of events, managerial, labour and product issues.
Submitted By: Gaurav Singh and Ashish Ranjan
Paper: Corporate Strategy, Year: 2015-16
Course: Bachelors of Management Studies
College: Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi
All rights reserved.
"THE ELEPHANT QUIZ" organizes quizzes in educational institutions. This quiz is based on business and general knowledge questions. Hope you enjoy the quiz. Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe and share.
Quoting Modern Materials Handling: "The dust has settled. Following two years of very strong growth in lift truck sales, shipments leveled off in 2012. With growth at just a fraction of a percent, worldwide sales didn’t match the 27% growth in 2011 or the 32% growth in 2010. Of course, those years came on the heels of a 39% contraction, and many in the industry remain excited to see growth of any kind, however small."
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CASE 18
Tata Motors in 2014: Its Multibrand
Approach to Competing in the
Global Automobile Industry
David L. Turnipseed
University of South Alabama
Tata Motors, Ltd.• was India's leading automo-biIe manufacturer by revenue and the number-three passenger-vehicle brand in India in 2012.
However, in 2013 and 2014, the company's name-
sake brand slid into a decline, hath domestically and
internationally, with the company eventually losing
its number-three rank in automobile sales in India
to Honda. Also, the company's sales of commercial
vehicles declined in 2013 and 2014, causing the
company to drop from fourth-largest seller of com-
mercial vehicles to fifth.
Some of the company's poor performance could
be attributed to poor macro-economic conditions
in India, increasing competition, and a variety of
other external factors such as the possible elimina-
tion of diesel subsidies by the Indian government.
However, much of the company's poor performance
was a result of a flawed strategy and poor execution.
For example, it was imperative that the company's
managers consider how to expand the market for
its low-priced Nano, which had required substantial
investment during its development and had fallen
far short of sales expectations. Plus, the company's
entire strategy for its Tara-branded vehicles seemed
to be in disarray.
However, the company's Jaguar Land Rover divi-
sion was achieving great success, with a 23 percent
year-over-year increase in revenues and a 55 percent
year-aver-year increase in profit after tax in fis-
cal 2014. In fact, Jaguar Land Rover accounted for
88 percent of the company's total automotive rev-
enues in fiscal 2014 and 89 percent of its income
John E. Gamble
Texas A&MUniversity-Corpus Christi
before other income, finance cost, tax, and excep-
tional items in fiscal 2014. Tata Motors' manage-
ment would be forced to evaluate its strategy for its
Tata passenger cars, Tata commercial vehicles, and
Jaguar Land Rover division if it was to compete
successfully with the world's leading automobile
producers.
THE HISTORY OF
TATA MOTORS
Tata MOlars was a division of the Tata Group, which
was India's largest corporation, owning more than
90 companies spanning seven business sectors
(chemicals, information technology and communi-
cations, consumer products, engineering, materials,
services, and energy). In 2012, the corporation had
operations in over 80 countries, and it had gross rev-
enues of $83.5 billion in 2011. The company's gross
revenues dipped to $96.8 million in fiscal 2013,
after having reached $100 million in 2012. Nearly
60 percent of the Tata Group's revenues were gener-
ated outside India. The Tara Group was a powerful
symbol of India's emergence as a world economic
powerand was India's largest private-sector emplo-
yer, WIth over 425,000 employees. A financial sum-
mary for theTaraGroup for fiscal 20 I0 through fiscal
2013 IS presented in Exhibit I.
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
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Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
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"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
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2. 1993:
• Joint Venture Agreement signed with Cummins Engine Co. Inc.to
manufacture high horsepower and emission-friendly diesel
engines for medium and heavy commercial vehicles.
• Company introduced the Tata full forward 609 LP bus and Tata
609 SFC semi forward version
1994 :
• An agreement between Daimler-Benz AG and Mercedes Benz
India to manufacture `E' Class paneyer cans and engines in
India.
• The company offered 36,11,758 Global Depositary shares and
36,11,758 warrants at each.
3. 1995:
• Acquired a second hand paint shop, machine line and cylinders
from the Japanese auto giant, Nissan for Rs. 70 crore.
• Issued 58,86,697 warrants to Tata Companies and Daimler Benz
AG with a right to subscribe to one ordinary share per warrant
at Rs.362 per share .
• 860,49,140 bonus shares issued in prop. 3:5.
1996:
• Introduced the 70-tonne Tata-Hitachi Ex-700 Shovel, the largest
in the value of Ex series of hydraulic excavation.
• Allotted 140,35,086 No. of equity shares of Rs 10 each through
Global Depositary Receipts (GDR's) in the international market
4. • 1997:
• Issued unsecured 10 year Yankee Bonds totalling US $ 200 million in
the overseas market.
• Issued Commercial Paper (CP) of Rs. 300 crores.
• A private placement of 7-year Secured Non-Convertible Debentures
of Rs. 115 crores @ 12.25%.
• A new information technology company, Tata Technologies (India)
(TTIL) was been set up as a subsidiary of Telco.
• Became the first Indian private company to reach the sales of
Rs.10,000 crore.
• Entered into an alliance with Bridgestone to promote a new company,
in which Bridgestone will hold a 51 per cent equity stake, to
manufacture automotive tyres.
5. • 2000:
• Launched the Indica 2000, the Euro II Complaint, 75.
• 2001:
• Launched Indica V2 range for Rs 3.22 lakh.
• 2002:
• Displays its Tata Indigo car at the Geneva Motor Show.
• Indica adjudged top selling B-segment car in 2002.
• Raised Rs 100 cr through debenture issue .
• 2003:
• Company name changed from Telco to Tata Motors Ltd.
(TML).
6. • 2004:
• Buys Daewoo truck unit for Rs 465 crore.
2006:
• Announced a joint venture with Marcopolo, Brazil, to
manufacture fully built buses & coaches for India & markets
abroad.
2010:
• Opened its brand new plant in Sanand, set up at a cost of
Rs 2,000 crore, to manufacture wonder car Nano.
• Launched Tata Nano.