REPORTON

MARUTI SUZUKIINDUSTRIAL

VISIT

DATE : 3RD JULY,2010-07-08PLACE: GURGAON

COMPILED BY: GAGAN DEEP KAUR

APPORVA (MBA 1ST YEAR)

INTRODUCTION

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd formerly known as Maruti Udhyog Ltd was established in February 1981, though the actual production commenced in 1983 with the Maruti 800, based on the Suzuki Alto Kaiser which at the time was only modern car available in India.Maruti Udhyog is the highest car manufacturer in Asia, outside Japan and Korea.

:1 of the most successful automobile company since its inception.:keys of 1st Maruti car was handed over to Mr.Harpal Singh of Delhi by the then Prime Minister Mrs.Sonia Gandhi on 14December,1983.:11 companies in the passenger car market in India.Maruti holds 60% of the market share.

Full Range of Cars::13 Brands150 Variants ------ Maruti 800, Ritz, Sx4 Sedan, Grand Vitara, A Star, Dzire

OBJECTIVE OF THE VISITThe main objective of industrial visit is to know about the management being practiced in the MSIL manage their operations and how the resources are managed.

REPORTOn 3rd july, (we)the students of MBA got this opportunity to visit the leading automobile company of India which is Maruti Udyog private limited., GurgaonMaruti Company has their factories in various parts of the country but we got the opportunity to visit the Gurgaon factory which has 3 plants.Recently, they have also opened a factory at Manesar in an area of 600 acres and the production capacity at Manesar is 3lakhs car per annum but the company intends to increase the capacity upto 5lakhs per annum.It manufactures cars like swift diesel & petrol, sx4, a-star.

Wheareas, the Gurgaon factory is spreaded in 297 acres of land and has a production capacity of 7lakhs cars per annum.

Maruti supplies its cars in 5 continents and more than 116 countries.Maruti is also considered to be the number 1 brand of producing small cars.Maruti has more than 7,00,000 million cars running on the roads presently.Around 2.20 pm, we reached the facory and were settled down in the H.R.DivisionMr.Vijay Malhotra was our guide who introduced us to the company trainees. we were shown the power point presentation under which---In the year 1986- 1lakh vehicles were on the roadsAnd8 million vehicles on the Indian roads.World class vehicles at its plant.

MantraManufacturing excellence

A star---new car(maruti + suzuki) -co2 amition -best in the class mileage -sporty design

Swift ---developed by maruti engineers (k-engine series is used)

25years of state operation in india

MissionRoad safety

ActivityIDTR, Delhi (driving institute by MUL)

A new vehicle is manufactured at every 16seconds.

The production volume per year has been as follows:

2003-04 – 470908 units2004-05 – 540415 units2005-06 – 572097 units2006-07 – 667048 units2007-08 – 777017 units2008-09 – 774738 units

PRODUCTION PROCESS IN MARUTI SUZUKI

The production process in maruti Suzuki is set. It works on assembly line processing and involves the following steps-

Blanking Stamping Welding Painting Assembly Final Inspection

Blanking:: making of blanks from steel coils by blanking process.

Stamping:: making of panels from blanks by stamping.

Dies: to give shape to the car models. Welding:: making of body parts-chassis,doors. Robots: spot welding (15 number of spot weldings..) White body: completely welded white body.

Cathode electro deception- (paint area): 1st coat of paint on white body-1st coat is same for all body.

Intermediate/top coat: (computerized) 2nd & 3rd coat after 1st coat.

Heating zone in paint shop.

Touch upline/final inspection: final inspection of the painted body.

Assembly line: o Trim line—fitment of lighter component viz.

Wiring harnesses, head lamp, ac, etc.

o Chassis line—fitment of heavier components-axes,brakes, etc.

o Engineer assembly line components machines in m/c shops

1.cam shaft 2.crank shaft 3.cylinder head 4.cylinder block 5.transmission caseo Final line—fitment of seats, ac gas filling &

final adjustments.o Vehicle inspection processo First appearanceo Drum tester( inspection of brake performance

and other functions of the vehicle)o Emission Check—checking of emission

conformity.o Shower tester – endurance testing of the vehicle

to pass the water at 1.5kg/cm2 volume.o Final appearance tester—final roll out of the

vehicle after final inspection.o Handover to sales and dispatch – handing over

to sales and dispatch for delivery to dealer.

Our First Shipment to A-Star to Europe from Mundra Port..

Total process time from BlankingTo

Rolling Out of a vehicle ::12 hours

OBSERVATIONMSIL has its value system properly established and due to this it is able to maintain its image in the mind of people.People working at MSIL are very dedicated towards their work and they feel MSIL as their home and organizational goals as personal ones.

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONSVisit to MSIL was an amazing visit where the management functions were being practised and it was a great experience going there.We can conclude that since MSIL has a good image attached to it, thus it should try and maintain its image, because in today’s time the people are more brand conscious and look for value for their money and hence with such a great brand name established for them, it is a real advantage to them and with this they can reach to new height.

QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE STUDENTS AT MSIL :::

1.WHICH IS THE RECENT PLANT SET UP BY THE MSIL?

- AT MANESAR, NEW PLANT HAS BEEN PRODUCED THAT HAS A LAND OF 600 ACRES AND PRODUCES 3 LAKHS CAR PER YEAR.

2. TO PREPARE A CAR,HOW MANY BODY PARTS ARE USED?

- IN THE BODY 8000-10000 BODY PARTS ARE USED TO MAKE A CAR.

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3. IS MSIL IS INVOLVED IN ANY SOCIAL ACTIVITY?

- YES, IDTR,DELHI IS A DRIVING INSTITUTE RUN BY MSIL AT A VERY LOW COST.