VISIT TO TOYOTA KIRLOSKER MOTORS

Toyota Kirlosker Motors a vibrant company in India, has started its operations here in Bidadi in the year 1997 in sprawling area of 432 acres, it employees around 8,000 people. Toyota Kirloskar motors is a leader in the automotive sector, their major challenge is to innovate continuously, keeping in mind the changing needs of customers, stakeholders and society at large. In order to counter these challenges, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) follows the best practices as guided by the Toyota Way.

Toyota is operational in 26 countries with 51 manufacturing units, they follow Toyota way in all their plants, which consist of Challenge, kizen, Genchi Genbutsu (go and study), perspect, and team work. The cars are manufactured in 4 stages here, press, weld, paint shop and assembly shop. The company follows all the safety standards and maintains zero accidents, they do lot of CSR activities like awareness on safety, rain water harvesting, tree plantation, technical training, greenathon etc.

Management Department of Cambridge Institute of Technology, has organized a visit to Toyota Kirloskar motors for their MBA II Semester students on 16 June, 2013, they reached the plant at around 2.00 PM, and were received by Mr.Lakshmi Narasimhan, and were taken to Toyota Hall, where a corporate video clip was screened followed by visit to the manufacturing plant, with all the safety precautions. The students were delighted after their visit to the plant; they were exposed to the state of the art technology and management. The visit was concluded at 5.00 P.M, with a farewell. Faculties Mr. Sheshu, and Mr. Sunil M Kulkarn from department of management accompanied the students.

Visit to Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages PVT LTD, Bidadi

MBA IV semester students had an opportunity to visit Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages PVT LTD, Bidadi, Bangalore on 24/05/2013. The students were welcomed with good reception by public relations officer at the entrance of the factory, later they were taken to a seminar hall and a short movie on the history and products of the company were screened followed by question and answer session. Later the students were taken around the factory to see the manufacturing process. The visit helped students to understand the various management activities that practically happen in a organization. The visit was very informative and useful to the students. Prof Sheshu and Prof. Teja Vyas accompanied the students.

VISIT TO KARNATAKA SOAPS & DETERGENTS LIMITED

MBA II semester students had an opportunity to visit Karnataka Soaps & Detergents Limited Factory on Dr.Rajkumar Road, Bangalore on 21/05/2013. The students were welcomed with good reception by PRO at the entrance of the factory, later they were taken to a seminar hall and a short movie on the history and products of the company were screened followed by question and answer session. Later the students were taken around the factory to see the manufacturing process. The visit helped students to understand the various management activities that practically happen in a organization. The visit was very informative and useful to the students. Prof Sunil M Kulkarni and Prof. Johnpradeep Kumar accompanied the students.

Guest Lecture on Business, Government and Society

Guest Lecture on Business, Government and Society was held successfully on May 24, 2013 at 10.45AM-12.45PM at DKM Seminar hall. The guest speaker for the day was Mr. J.S.A Julius, Ex-Deputy Commission of Customs and present Director of Sindhu Educational Institute (P) Ltd.

The spoke about how the Business, Government & Society have to work as a team and how the government is controlling and regulating the business and society.

He also highlighted some of the ethical/corporate governance issues faced by him during his tenure as
 the Deputy Commission in Bangalore.

The total number of students who attended the guest lecture were 96, of II semester MBA. Students gave a very good feedback and they all got benefited.