THE TATA NANO MAKES HISTORY USING DIGITAL MANUFACTURING On January 10, 2008, India's Tata Motors unveiled its Nano car. It was an historic moment, because the Nano was the cheapest auto ever made at that time, with a price tag around US $2,500. The Nano joined Ford's Model T as a car within reach of millions of people who previously could not afford one. Tata Motors started its Nano project in 2003, when a team was charged with creating a car that would cost no more than about US $2,500 without
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evaluate the customer’s buying behavior of cars by taking Tata Nano as the primary example and analyzing car-marketing segments in the automobile industry in order to support the Indian automobile companies especially Tata Nano, for improving their market sales. Scope of the Research The main scope of this project is to analyze the information on the Indian automobile industry and the car marketing aspects of automobile industry by considering Tata Nano as an example. This research will provide the
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Case Summary The Tata Nano is a city car manufactured by Tata Motors which is made and sold in India. The Nano is the cheapest car in the world today. Before it went on sale, a price of 1 lakh Rupee (US$1,600) was widely touted. Since its 2009 debut, the price has increased; while the Nano remains the lowest-cost four-wheeled passenger vehicle in India, it is significantly more expensive than a motorcycle, a popular means of cheap transport in the country. In early 2006, Tata Motors announced its
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Case exam 2013 2014: TATA Nano Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of USD 34.7 billion in 2012-13. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain, South Africa and Indonesia. Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands Jaguar and Land Rover, which Tata bought in 2008. In the same year Tata Motors launched the Tata Nano, the cheapest car in the
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Management Development Institute, Gurgaon MARKETING PLANNING Study on ‘TATA NANO’ Submitted By : Aabid Bains (15P001) Arti Jain (15P011) Gautam Bindlish (15P021) Mayank Rajput (15P031) Rohit Gupta (15P041) Siddharth Gupta (15P051) INDEX Chapter No. Section-1 1 2 3 Section-2 4 5 Section-3 6 Chapter Name Page Number Preface The Curious Case of Tata Nano SWOT and PEST Analysis 3 4 6 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Analysis of Consumer Behavior 11 14
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case talks about how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price-quality barrier and changing existing internal processes to accommodate revolutionary new ideas. The dilemma of success—Tata Nano was a runaway
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India’s Drive to Industrialization: The Tata Nano Case Study [pic][pic] STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN NON-MARKET ENVIRONMENTS GROUP 3 Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. CASE SUMMARY 3 III. BACKGROUND 3 a. A History of Tata Motors 3 b. Tata’s Nano 4 c. Politics in West Bengal 4 IV. ANALYSIS 5 a. Issues 5 b. Interests 7 c. Institutions 8 d. Information 8 V. RECOMMENDATIONS
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MKT 1003: Principles of Marketing Group Case 5: Tata Nano Prepared for: Assoc Prof Ang Swee Hoon Submitted by Yee Kuan Teck (A0087051J) Yin Jianan (A0088292U) Seow Yuxin (A0083446B) Jeannette Koh (A0083591Y) A.P.Pravweenraam (A0088362X) Augustus Set (A0086766L) Lam Yan Ting (A0088777A) Lai Yee Chuang (A0084426A) Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Background information 3 2.1 Product Description 3 2.2 Market Segmentation 4 2.3 Targeted Market Segment 4 2.4 Current
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constant thing in life. Tata motors went through a period of significant transition in 2001. A number of changes were worked out during that phase with respect to customer expectations, innovation strategy, and regulations governing safety and environmental protection and continual competitiveness in terms of cost. These changes were and are brought about by the company systematically driving its processes ahead through a high level of product and process innovations. Tata Motors has a long history of
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Application of Porter’s Five Forces Model on Tata NANO Brand Name: Unit Name Unit Code Tutor School Date Introduction The turnover in automotive industry is growing significantly. Companies need to sell their product across borders. To realize this, companies must evaluate the market forces in target markets in order to increase sales. One strategic tool used in evaluating market forces is porters five forces model. This tool highlights the key factors
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