Where Lean May Shake: Challenges to Casualisation in the Indian Auto Industry

Implementation of Lean Manufacturing Principles in Auto Industry

Lean manufacturing is defined as a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvement, flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection. This paper describes some learning from the literature and actual practices in USA, UK, and India. Attempts are made to present the gaps between the principles and practices. Some pertinent propositi...

Competitiveness of the Indian Auto Component Industry: An Empirical Study

Technologhy Transfer in Developing Countries Challenges and Dtrategies: Case study of Irans Auto Industry

The aim of this paper is two folds: 1- To compare the level of technological advances in Iran's Automotive Industry with that of its competitors globally. 2- To compare the relative technological advances of Iran’s Auto Industry with other sectors of the Iranian economy. To measure the level of technological advances, we have used the Atlas Model of Technology. The results indicate that the lev...

Challenges Faced by the Indian Tinplate Packaging Industry: an Analysis

The New Economic Policy of 1991 opened up the Indian markets to the world. Indian manufacturers, which once operated in the protected economy, were now open to the competition from organizations world-wide. It became imperative for the organizations to develop a competitive advantage to tide over the crisis. They were quick to evolve with a restructured strategy of neo-manufacturing from simply...

Transforming the auto industry.

recent months, with public opinion running strongly against government fi nancial support for it. The industry fell into a trap of high costs, including unaffordable benefi ts and a morass of regulatory and contractual obligations that enabled foreign producers to take a growing share of the U.S. market. Worse, the Big Three (Chrysler, Ford and General Motors) continued to promote gas-guzzling ...