Benchmarking

BENCHMARKING

Definition:

• improving yourself by learning from others
• Benchmarking measures the performance of a company's products, services, or processes against those of another business considered to be the best in the industry.
• Regarding the vehicle development process benchmarking is the foremost important to pre-design development.
• This is the basic information about benchmarking. usually, we can do a benchmarking regardless of all the applications benchmarking is a key to improvement

TYPES OF BENCHMARKING:

Step-by-Step Benchmarking :

Benchmarking is a simple, but detailed, five-step process:

1. Choose a product, service, or internal department to benchmark.
2. Determine which best-in-class companies you should benchmark against, and which organizations you’ll compare your business to.
3. Gather information on their internal performance, or metrics.
4. Compare the data from both organizations to identify gaps in your company’s performance.
5. Adopt the processes and policies in place within the best-in-class performers.

Benchmarking will point out what changes will make the most difference, but it’s up to you to actually put them in place.

Requirement:

Benchmark with presently available cars in the market for the following case.

The vehicle benchmarking program considers 10 main attributes scoring up to 815 single criteria. The 10 main attributes are as follows:

• Performance
• Driveability
• Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
• Sound / NVH
• RDE: CO2 / Real life fuel consumption
• Pollutant emissions
• Friction
• Thermal, energy management
• Vehicle dynamics, handling
• Ride Comfort

SUITABLE CARS

1. TATA NEXON
2. TOYOTA URBAN CRUISER
3. MAHENDRA XUV 300
4. TATA PUNCH

COMPARISON

SPECS	TATA NEXON	TOYOTA URBAN CRUISER	MAHENDRA XUV 300	TATA PUNCH
ENGINE	1199 cc, 3 Cylinders Inline, 2 Valves/Cylinder, SOHC	1462 cc, 4 Cylinders Inline, 4 Valves/Cylinder, DOHC	1197 cc, 3 Cylinders Inline, 4 Valves/Cylinder, DOHC	1199 cc, 3 Cylinders Inline, 4 Valves/Cylinder, SOHC
Engine Type	1.2L	K15B	1.2L	1.2 REVOTRON
FUEL TYPE	PETROL	PETROL	PETROL	PETROL
MAX POWER	11 bhp @ 5500 RPM	103 bhp @ 6000 rpm	109bhp@5000 RPM	84 bhp @ 6000 rpm
MAX TORQUE	170 Nm @ 1750 RPM	138 Nm @ 4400 rpm	200 Nm@2000 RPM	113 Nm @ 3300 rpm
MILEAGE	17.4Kmpl	17	17	18.8
DRIVING RANGE	765.6km	817	714	696
DRIVETRAIN	FWD	FWD	FWD	FWD
TRANSMISSION	Manual - 6 Gears	MANUAL 5 GEARS	MANUAL 6 GEARS	AMT - 5 Gears, Manual Override
EMISSION STANDARD	BS6	BS6	BS6	BS6
SEATING CAPACITY	5	5	5	5
Safety	5 STAR RATING (2 AIRBAGS)	4 STAR (NCAP) 2 AIRBAGS	5 STAR RATING (2 AIRBAGS)	5 STAR (GLOBAL NCAP) 2 AIRBAGS
PROS	Upmarket looks, Five-star G-NCAP safety Spacious cabin compared to rivals Easy to drive and live with	Adequately spacious Good drivability - Has good mid-range response, enough grunt for daily driving duties Practical - Good ergonomics with lots of storage places and an adequately sized boot	Powerful motors AMT is among the best in its class Comfortable ride quality	Spacious cabin Ride quality - Pliant and supple, gives the impression of riding in a much bigger car Rear seat comfort Overall value - Value for money compact car, big on style, ride comfort, and practicality
CONS	Interior quality Motor's low-end grunt The infotainment screen is not as good as the rivals	Familiar design - The Urban Cruiser looks too similar to Maruti's older Brezza Slow-speed ride - The ride quality of the Urban Cruiser is firm at slow speeds	Top-end variants are pricey Interior fit and finish are not the best Looks disproportionate	Unsorted power output Rear shoulder room - Three adults may find the shoulder room tight at the rear Steering - Not progressive, lacks appropriate feedback/doesn't inspire confidence
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REVIEW:

I have selected two cars tata punch and Nexon. TATA PUNCH mileage is 18.8kmpl and TATA NEXON has 17.

Tata punch fuel tank capacity is less than Tata Nexon. THE DRIVE RANGE is 765(Nexon) and 696(punch).

some power problems in TATA punch so, I suggested the Tata Nexon has better options because of daily usage and long travel benefits.

Conclusion:-

• I would suggest Tata Nexon for Mr.D.S.Pughazhyendhii because of the Five stars G-NCAP Safety and it has more power (BHP), BS6 Complaint, and spacious cabin compared to rivals.
• Overall it has a good performance.