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Sixty-Seventh Annual Report 2011-2012
consolidation of diverse technology platforms and suppliers;
integration of business processes through SAP ERP and creating
business value through innovation IT solutions like mobility.
Major highlights of the year are:
Deployment of SAP for Finance functions in UK.
Roll-out of common SAP for its overseas National Sales
Companies.
Deployment of real time Warranty Cost and Vehicle
Production Quality Analysis.
Virtual ization technologies to support global
collaboration for product design and engineering.
Virtual Dealership using high definition rendering
software and human interaction technologies to reach
more potential customers.
Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Company Limited embarked
on CRM Solution deployment leveraging Tata Motors CRM. Tata
Motors (SA) (Proprietory) Limited IT set-up became operational
including SAP whileTata HispanoMotors Carrocera (SA) started
its SAP deployment. Tata Motors is integrating its WAN with
subsidiaries for seamless operations.
Tata Motors Group companies continue their collaboration in
various information technology areas with synergies being
explored for cross utilization of IT capabilities. The group
companies are working together in areas of ERP, outsourcing
and technologies. Tata Technologies continues to be a strategic
partner in strengthening Tata Motors Group's IT capabilities in
process transformation through technology.
NEW
PRODUCT,
TECHNOLOGY
AND
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY INITIATIVES
ProductDevelopment
TheTata Motors Group continues to innovate and with a view to
enhance the market share, aims at products catering to the
changing needs of the customer for both fleet owners and
individual customers. Some of the Company’s key products
launched during the year and other product development
initiatives includes:
Manufacturing Execution Systems capabilities deployed
in Ace Plant in Pantnagar.
Support to Human Resources strategy with solution in
LearningManagement System, employee on boarding and
performance management.
Upgrades of the Company’s key technology platforms to
newer versions.
Digital ProductDevelopment Systems Initiatives
Engineering Research Centre's product development processes
continue to imbibe best of the breed tools and technology
solutions, for enhancing product development capabilities,
addressing quality and time. Digital product validation processes
have been given focused thrust in addressing sheet metal
material variability.
Upgrades of the Company's key CAD/CAM/CAE technology
solution platforms to newer versions.
Digital Manufacturing Planning (DMP) capabi l ities
used to implement out-of-the-system work instruction
sheets in manufacturing lines for CVBU, Pune plant.
In-house Knowledge Based Engineer ing (KNEXT )
applications spread enhanced by deploying 15 new
applications in various product design functions.
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) now manages all
digital product design data and design processes.
MINT application, in-house developed system, in the
area of 'demerits' tracking has been institutionalized.
State of the art hardware upgrades in product
development function.
Jaguar Land Rover continues to operate its globally diverse and
complicated legacy IT architectures with high levels of service
and resi l ience with notably few outages affecting
business operations.
Jaguar Land Rover's IT strategy includes modernisation
and replacement of old unsupported technologies;