Lucas-TVS Limited: A Journey towards Manufacturing Excellence
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چکیده
The case featured in this issue of Vikalpa discusses the journey embarked on by the top management of Lucas-TVS Limited in 1985 to make their firm a world-class manufacturing organization. The company's oldest plant at Padi, Chennai acted as a test bed for several of their initiatives. The case describes the steps that Lucas-TVS management took to implement this change process in manufacturing at their Padi plant during the period 1985-1998. The case concludes at an interesting stage where the company needs to decide on a future course of direction that would address a number of critical issues identified by Mr T K Balaji, the Chief Executive and MD of Lucas-TVS.
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