What sales goal would you recommend for the Tata Nano? When Tata Motors Ldt. decided to create the Tato Nano they wanted to make the most fuel-efficient‚ smallest and cheapest car in the world. They had the advantage of already having the trust of consumers’ in India and being known for its commitment to ethics‚ by promising to improve the quality of life of its consumers. However‚ they were not the market leaders for the passenger vehicles with a market share of 16‚45% against 46‚07% for their
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reasons for Tata Motors to enter the global ultra-low-cost car market? Tata Motors is one of the India’s largest automobile makers where manufactures cheap vehicles. A firm can reach a superior percentage of profit by supply an identical goods or service at a lower cost (Grant‚ 2010). It is to believed that Tata Motors choose to enter global market in low cost market is because in lower medium and low incomes population is more where this can win in volume as well as sales. This enable Tata Motors
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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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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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------------------------------------------------- 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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Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra‚ India.[3] It encompasses seven business sectors: communications and information technology‚ engineering‚ materials‚ services‚ energy‚ consumer products and chemicals. Tata Group was founded in 1868 by Jamsetji Tata as a trading company. It has operations in more than 80 countries across six continents. Tata Group has over 100 operating companies each of them operates independently. Out of them 32 are
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Introduction Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai‚ India. It encompasses seven business sectors: communications and information technology‚ engineering‚ materials‚ services‚ energy‚ consumer products and chemicals. Tata Group was founded in 1868 by Jamsetji Tata as a trading company. It has operations in more than 80 countries across six continents. Tata Group has over 100 operating companies with each of them operating independently. Out of them 32
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In June 2008‚ India-based Tata Motors Ltd. announced that it had completed the acquisition of the two iconic British brands - Jaguar and Land Rover (JLR) from the US-based Ford Motors for US$ 2.3 billion. Tata Motors stood to gain on several fronts from the deal. One‚ the acquisition would help the company acquire a global footprint and enter the high-end premier segment of the global automobile market. After the acquisition‚ Tata Motors would own the world ’s cheapest car - the US$ 2‚500 Nano‚ and
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Case: Fiat’s Strategic Alliance with Tata. IB-Sec A &C. Please use the following questions as guideline to prepare the case: (Follow instructions in outline except those mentioned below.. 1. Given that‚ Fiat existed and operated in India for long why did it decide to form a strategic alliance with Tata? * Frequent bottlenecks with earlier smaller JV partner(premier) * felt the need for bigger player- with financial and management compatibility * Long term approach
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INTRODUCTION Tata Steel‚ formerly known as TISCO and Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited‚ is the world ’s sixth largest steel company‚ with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes. It is the largest private sector steel company in India in terms of domestic production. Ranked 258th on Fortune Global 500‚ it is based in Jamshedpur‚ Jharkhand‚ India. It is part of Tata Group of companies. Tata Steel is also India ’s second-largest and second-most profitable company in private sector
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