Challenge

Benchmarking

1. 3.  Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a family man who lives in Bangalore and travels to Madurai once a month which is 500 km from Bangalore. And have a total of 5 members in his family including him. And he is fond of big cars. Here, I'll be comparing 4 cars.

Bench-Marking: 

Models TATA Punch (Creative IRA) TATA Nexon (XM) Mahindra XUV 300 (W4) Maruti Brezza (LXI)
Engine 1.2 Revotron Engine

Petrol - 1.2l Turbocharged Revotron engine

Diesel - 1.5l Turbocharged Revotorq engine

Petrol - 1.2l Turbo engine

 K15C Smart Hybrid
Max Power: PS@rpm / bhp@rpm  86 PS @ 6000rpm

 Petrol: 120 @ 5500 rpm

 Diesel: 110 @ 4000 rpm

108.62bhp@5000rpm

 101.65bhp@6000rpm
Max Torque: Nm@rpm  113 Nm @ 3300 +/- 100 Nm

Petrol: 170 @ 1750-4000rpm

Diesel: 260 @ 1500-2750rpm

200Nm@2000-3500rpm

 136.8nm@4400rpm
Capacity & Cylinders   1199 cc , 3 Cylinder

Petrol: 1199cc , 3 Cylinder

Diesel: 1497cc , 4 Cylinder 

1197cc , 3 Cylinder

 1462cc, 4 Cylinder
Fuel Type BS6 Petrol , 37 liters

BS6 Petrol , 44 liters

BS6 Diesel , 44 liters

 BS6 Petrol , 42 liters

 BS6 Petrol , 48 liters
 Transmission  5 Speed Manual / 5 Speed AMT 6 Speed Manual / 6 Speed AMT  6 Speed Manual  5 Speed Manual
 Brakes Front(Disc) ; Rear (Drum)  Front(Disc) ; Rear (Drum)  Front(Disc) ; Rear (Disc)  Front(Ventilated Disc) ; Rear(Drum)
 Suspension

Front: Independent, Lower Wishbone, McPherson Strut with Coil Spring.

Rear: Semi-independent twist beam with coil spring and shock absorber.

Front: Independent, Lower Wishbone, McPherson Strut with Coil Spring.

Rear: Semi-independent; closed profile Twist beam with Dual path Strut.

Front: MacPherson Strut with anti-roll bar.

Rear: Twist beam suspension with Coil Spring.

Front: MacPherson Strut & Coil.

Rear: Torsion Beam & Coil Spring

Dimensions

Length x Width x Height (mm) : 3827x1742x1615

Wheelbase(mm): 2445

Boot space(litre); 366 liters

Length x Width x Height (mm) : 3993x1811x1606

Wheelbase(mm): 2498

Boot space(litre); 350 liters

Length x Width x Height (mm) : 3995x1821x1627

Wheelbase(mm): 2600

Boot space(litre); 259 liters

Length x Width x Height (mm) : 3995x1790x1685

Wheelbase(mm): 2500

Boot space(litre); 328 liters

Price(Ex. showroom price Bangalore)

 Rs. 8,71,900/-

Petrol: Rs. 8,59,900/-

Diesel: Rs. 9,89,900/-

Automatic: Rs. 9,24,900/-

Rs. 8,41,499/-

Rs. 7,99,000/-

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 4. After comparing all the above car which is the latest presently in the market with new technologies. Tata Nexon (XM) petrol variant will best fit for him as Tata Nexon is a compact SUV with a 5-star N-Cap rating best in safety, milage of 16.30 - 17.50 km/l. As Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii's family is of 5-members, he travels to the office every day and Bangalore to Madurai once a month and is fond of big cars. So, Tata Nexon fits best for Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii.

2. Report explaining what is Bench-Marking

 *Benchmarking is not fixed it changes every time the product evolves*

What is benchmarking?

Benchmarking is nothing but a comparison between the similar products of different companies. Every company benchmark their products with the different companies' product which is available in the market to evolve their product as the best in class. 

Benchmarking in Steps :

  • To benchmark, select a product, service, or internal department.
  • Determine the best-in-class firms you should benchmark against - the corporations to whom your company will be compared.
  • Compare the data from both firms to find performance disparities in your company.
  • Adopt the policies and approaches used by best-in-class performers.
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