Tata Nano The Tata Nano is a small‚ affordable‚ rear-engine‚ four-passenger car aimed primarily at the Indian market. It was first presented by India’s Tata Motors at the 9th annual Auto Expo on January 10‚ 2008‚ at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi‚ India. The car was envisioned by‚ Ratan Tata‚ Chairman of the Tata Group and Tata Motors‚ who has described it as an eco-friendly "people’s car". The prefix "nano" derives from the Greek root ’nanos’‚ meaning dwarf. "Nano" also means "small" in Gujarati
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SYNOPSIS The case illustrates the opportunities‚ challenges and trade-offs involved in the design‚ prototyping and marketing of the Nano — the so-called people’s car — by Tata Motors Ltd. (TML)‚ a Tata Group company. The case takes place nine months after the company’s chairman‚ Ratan Tata‚ launched the Nano‚ on January 10‚ 2008‚ at the 9th Auto Expo in Pragati Maidan‚ an exhibition center in New Delhi‚ India. The case asks students to take the position of Ravi Kant‚
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TATA NANO "Dream-dream and dream‚ because dream gives vision‚ vision gives thoughts and finally thoughts lead to the action". Each letter of these motivational words said by India ’s former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam goes exactly with Mr. Ratan Tata‚ Chairman of Tata group‚ who in the year 2003‚ dreamt of producing a safe‚ affordable Car for the common man. Finally after the wait of five years‚ crossing all financial and technological barriers‚ Ratan Tata kept his promise and unveiled Tata
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-problems faced by Tata to build world’s cheapest car: =battle sky rocketing costs =huge engineering hurdles =bad press (car caught fire). Some of the early nanos caught fire on the streets. Local and intl experts were brought in to investigate the problem but nothing was found wrong with the design of the car. In response the nano design team of the car decided to take further safety measures in order to make a more robust nano. Additional protection was provided on exhaust system. In electrical
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SDM INSTITUTE FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT | A case study : Tata Nano – the small wonder | | | By: | Jani Dhruman Maheshkumar (9057)Modi Roshad (9086)Jith Joyson (9019)Muddu Uthappa (9087)Joshi Devansh M. (9079)Deepak Nair (9089)Mayoor Bhandari (9024) | How nano was built 1. Introduction “It started by my spending a lot of time doodling at boring board meetings. Most of us are victims of the environment in which we are and we lose sight of the fact that we have a greater responsibility
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Tata Nano: The World’s First RS. 1 Lakh Car Ratan Tata had an idea‚ after a personal experience‚ to produce a car which is cheaper than 1 Lakh. They realized very fast that they can’t build a car by benchmarking against existing cars‚ so they took only the important systems which are also available in a two-wheel scooter. It was brought down by dispensing with most nonessential features‚ reducing the amount of steel used in its construction‚ and relying on low cost Indian labor. The car was an unmitigated
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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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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TATA NANO Index 1. Company Overview of TATA motors 2. Market Demand 3. Total Sales Estimation 4. Producers Behaviour 5. Cost Structure & Pricing Strategy 1. Company Overview of Tata Motors Ltd. Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company‚ with revenues of Rs. 35651.48 crores (USD 8.8 billion) in 2007-08. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment‚ and among the top three in passenger vehicles with winning products
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weaknesses that Tata‚ as an internationally branded company‚ could potentially face. Tata motors wanted to compete in the Indian automotive industry by creating a form of transport that could carry up to 5 passengers. One of the requirements of the car was to provide an alternative to a traditionally used overloaded motorcycle which was unsafe. The main feature of the car was definitely its low sticker price‚ making it affordable for the growing middle class family in India. So‚ Tata Motors priced
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------------------------------------------------- Positioning the Tata Nano (A) and (B) This case deals with the positioning of the Tata Nano - for its launch and after its launch - ‚ a new version of ultra-low-cost cars produced by Tata Motors Ltd. for the India’s market. The Tata Nano aimed to revolutionize the India’s market. First‚ the goal of the Tata Nano was to be the smallest in order to be maneuverable‚ as the streets in India were extremely small and unsafe. At the same time‚ the Tata Nano had to be the most affordable
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