MBA Marketing students from Skyline Business School went for a visit to Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Gurgoan. The facility houses three fully integrated plants. While the three plants have a total installed capacity of 350,000 cars per year, several productivity improvements and shop floor 'Kaizens' over the years have enabled the company to manufacture nearly 700,000 cars/ annum.

The entire facility is equipped with more than 150 robots, out of which 71 have been developed in-house. More than 50 per cent of the shop floor employees have been trained in Japan. Maruti's success are well demonstrated by their sales figures. The company exports more than 50,000 cars and sells over 730,000 cars annually in India. More than half of all the cars sold in India are Maruti's.

Comments from the student's

• "The visit let us know the whole procedure of manufacturing cars which amazed us that a car can be manufactured in just 16 seconds."
• "We have seen the entire plant and learnt their production cycle"
• "We have seen the process layout and team dynamics where every individual is doing his job dedicatedly"
• "The most interesting part is to see the robotics. It helps us to understand that how company is using Artificial Intelligence for quality production"
• "Our guide has explained the company’s quality parameters"
• "We are very thankful to Maruti Suzuki who gave us the opportunity to visit their plant with such a warm hospitality"