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Organizational Background
Tata Cummins Limited (TCL) is a 50-50 joint venture between Tata Motors and Cummins Engine Co., Inc., USA. Tata Motors is the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India, and Cummins Engine Co. is the largest 200+ HP diesel engine manufacturer in the world. The Joint Venture was incorporated in October 1993 and commercial production commenced on January 1, 1996.
The vision of TCL is to be widely acknowledged and bench-marked as one of the best companies in the world. The company, thus, abides by the following core values: -
Care for customers
Obsession for quality
Care deeply about people
Do what's right and not what's convenient
Guarantee product leadership
Responsible citizenship
Relentless improvement
TCL is a QS 9000 company. TCL Jamshedpur boasts of state-of-the-art, fully air-conditioned diesel engine plant, with a computerized Building Management System for safety and energy conservation. The plant has five major components manufacturing lines for Cylinder Block, Cylinder Head, Connecting Rod, Crankshaft & Camshaft, with the best measuring and gauging instruments to assure Consistent Quality. TCL has very strong systems and IT infrastructure for controlling and facilitating its operations. To further increase overall efficiency and visibility of information, Oracle Applications and a web-based Supply Chain Management System have been implemented in June 2000.
Products
The low emission Diesel Engines manufactured by Tata Cummins are for use in a new generation of Tata Motors Ltd's Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles. The engines conform to EURO-I, EURO-II & EURO-III standards for emissions. The 78 to 235 Horsepower engines have a high power to weight ratio and will enable Tata Motors Ltd. access new markets worldwide with its advantage of emissions, power, oil consumption and durability.
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 Siddharth Nagpal has done BBS (Batch of 2000-03) from College of Business Studies, University of Delhi and is currently pursuing MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.
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