The Tata Nano Marketing Plan Strategies
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Hao Yang (Vince) ID 0558603
Kwantip Khammuang (Kwan) ID 0558633
Narisa Keyuraphan (Beau) ID 0558832
Marketing Management (MKT 300)
Instructor: Prof. Hank Pruden
12/15/2009
Table of Contents
I. Company Analysis II. Situation Analysis a. SWOT Analysis b. Product Analysis c. Competitor Analysis 1. Toyota Company • Strengths / Weakness 2. Honda Company • Strengths / Weakness III. Market Segmentation a. Demographics b. Psychographics c. Behavioral IV. Strategic Planning
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This car is so-called “Tata Nano”, US$2500, which is cheaper than other competitors such as Toyota, Honda, and Suzuki which cost approximately US$ 5,000 a car. Therefore, many blue-collar workers, who have low income and prefer to have a car, can easily afford Tata Nano by spending less amount of money. In addition, it provides 21 percent more spacious to drivers than current compact cars in the Indian market. This feature is also special that no one has such as a rear engine
The strategy was to offer low price in the market which led to setting the lower prices. Niche marketing was used in setting the prices to be offered for the different market segments. Products with market target specifications are availed. The low-cost strategy was applied to set up the budget of the firm. It would use the least possible production budget to cut the price of products. The combination of strategies assists in maintaining a key position in a market. Compete effectively with opponents.
The purpose of this paper is to use Harvard Business Managing Segments & Customers marketing simulation for Minnesota Micromotors, Inc. (MM), and develop a business-to-business marketing B-to-B (business-to-business) competitive marketing strategy by analyzing target markets and generic competitors. This exercise requires “the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Minnesota Micromotors, Inc.”, to develop a competitive marketing strategy for the company by making operational decisions based on “using game theory to understand the interdependence between the firm and its competitors” (Winer & Dhar, 2011, p. 151). In addition, this paper will analyze the results based upon the marketing strategy decisions, which determines success or failure for a particular quarter. Moreover, this paper will also provide the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC code) for Minnesota Micromotors, Inc. (MM), and identify the limitations of the game theory approach to understanding competitive strategy.
This is a research proposal on a study on launch of new cheapest car in the world by TATA Company name “TATA NANO”. The objective of this research proposal is to find out an opportunity or a problem in the launch of the smallest /cheapest car targeting masses through secondary information / data.
TATA steel strategy was to integrate the value chain of steelmaking to aid the growth of Asia’s bubbling construction economy. When presented with the opportunity (financially the government policies made it easier) to gain access to the other markets, they later acquire CORUS which was an established name in Europe, but were not cost effective in their operations (Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard J. Bullock, 2009). This acquisition provided them the right synergy by combing the low cost upstream production in India with the high-tech research aspects of Corus and areas like procurement, marketing, back office operations and R&D. This was also required due to the trends in world steel industry whereby there has been a global
Tata Motors has a wide portfolio ranging from a Tata Mercedez Benz truck to diversifying into passenger cars like Tata Sierra,Tata Estate,Tata Indigo and Indica, concept vehicles like Aria Roadster and Tata
The Tata Nano is a small car manufactured by Tata Motors made and sold in India.
Marketing is an essentially about marshalling the resources of the organization so that they can meet the changing needs of the customers on whom the organization depends. As a verb, marketing is all about how an organization addresses its markets. Marketing is “The management process which identifies, anticipates and supplies the customer requirements efficiently and profitability”.
Tata Cars, India, has become the focus of public attention, and has caught the beady eyes of competitors in the automobile industry since it announced it would put the cheapest car ever on the market – first in India, but eventually also in the rest of the world.
Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors Ltd., hoped to raise the status of Middle class families in India by offering the Tata Nano. Expectations were increasing amongst the customers regarding the product features and its efficiency. Competitors were eagerly waiting for its arrival to find out what they were going to be up against. It had strong and convincing features and was actually a good product. Unfortunately there were too many strategic marketing problems that kept it from being as big as they thought it was going to be. We will explain the problems it met and showcase some alternative solutions that could be implemented.
The great wonder car by Tata’s has stunned the entire world. Critics who often said that it was not possible to make a car at a price below $3000 were taken to a back sit when Ratan Tata the chairman of Tata Motors unveiled this car in New Delhi at a price of $2500. Since then it has been in lime light and has been making news in the auto sector throughout the world.
The Tata Nano is a city car manufactured by Tata Motors. Made and sold in India, the Nano is the cheapest car in the world today. Before it went on sale, a price of 1 lakh (US$1,600) was widely touted. Since its 2009 debut, the price has increased; while
Car priced below USD 12000 accounts for nearly 80% of the market. Also 7000-12000 USD form’s the largest segment in the passenger car market.
The small car market in India is soon going to be one of the biggest in the world, as major
In January 2008, Tata Motors unveiled its People 's Car, the Tata Nano. The Tata Nano has been subsequently launched, as planned, in India in March 2009, and subsequently in 2011 in Nepal and Sri Lanka. A development, which signifies a first for the global automobile industry, the Nano brings the joy of a car within the reach of thousands of families.
This was one of the main divergent by Tata Motor from 207 to multi-utility vehicle, which set a record of 90000 booking for the car and till now it has a market share of twenty %.