INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO TOTOTA KIRLOSKAR MOTORS BY MBA STUDENTS ON 09-09-2014

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 III Semester students on September 09, 2014, they reached the plant at around 2.00 PM, and were received by Mr.Harish, 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 of management Mr. Muralidhar Reddy, and Mr. Sunil M Kulkarni accompanied the students.