Benchmarking
AIM:
To prepare a report by explaining about Bench-Marking by comparing various vehicles.
BENCHMARKING:
Benchmarking is the practice of comparing performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost.
Benchmarking procedure
There are four procedure for benchmarking they are as follows
- Plan
- Collect
- Analyze
- Adapt
Plan:
Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii is a married man who lives in Bangalore which is a highly crowded city. His Family comprises five members including his wife, a five-year-old boy, his father, and his mother. He visits his native place Madurai which is 500kms away from Bangalore once a month. Also, he will be using his car to commute to his office. His budget falls between 8 to 10 lakhs on road.
we have filtered the cars which are best selling cars in the Indian market with best budget segment which fulfils the need of pughazhyendhii.
The three cars are Maruti Suzuki swift, Hyundai i20, Renault Kiger.
MARUTHI SUZUKI SWIFT
HYUNDAI I20
RENAULT KIGER
Collect :
The data are either collected from the show room or in the official website of the car manufactures. We will collect the data from the official website of the car manufactures. The collection of data include engine displacement, maximum power, torque, fuel tank capacity and milage.
These data are formated in the tabular form for benchmarking. they are as follows
|
Engine
|
Maruti Suzuki Swift |
Hyundai i20 |
Renault Kiger |
|
Capacity |
1197 CC |
1197CC |
999 CC |
|
Maximum power
|
66KW@6000rpm |
61KW@6000rpm |
72KW@6250rpm |
|
Maximum torque
|
119Nm@4400rpm |
114Nm@4200rpm |
96Nm@3500rpm |
|
Number of cylinders |
4 |
4 |
3 |
|
Transmission type |
5AMT |
5MT IVT |
5AMT CVT |
|
Fuel tank capacity |
35 L |
37L |
40L |
|
Mileage |
22.56 KM/L |
21 KM/L |
22.5 KM/L |
Adapt
From the collected data we have compared the three diffrenet cars. Of which Maruti Suzuki swift has the best engine with a displacement of 1197CC when compared to the i20 and kiger which has 998CC and 1197CC respectively with good milage of 22.56 KM/L whereas the kiger has the same milage of 22.56 KM/L while i20 has 21 KM/L. So Maruti Suzuki swift satisfies the need of Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii on a budget which is what an Indian consumer needs in this budget of INR 850000-INR 1000000.
MARUTHI SUZUKI SWIFT SPECIFICATIONS:
ENGINE:
The swift comes with an advance k series dual jet vvt engine with a displacement of 1197 CC
Maximum power
The power produced by the swift is 66KW@6000rpm
Maximum torque
It has a torque of 119Nm@4400rpm
Transmission type:
The cars comes with a 5 speed automatic gearbox which is a good option for a hassel free travel.
SEATING CAPACITY:
With a seating capacity of 5 a whole family can accomdate in it with a good space.
BOOTSPACE:
A bootspace of 268L is good for carrying a luggage for a whole family.
CONCLUSION:
By benchmarking the three different cars like swift, i20, kiger we can conclude that maruti suzuki swift is the best car for Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii and his family with a good milage in city of 22KM/L and 25 KM/L in highways which is good for city like Bangalore and travelling 500KM to madurai which is his hometown respectively.The hatchback is a good option for the crowded city like bangalore where we can park it easily compared to sedan or SUV.
Thus benchmarking is done and the suitable car for Mr. D.S. Pughazhyendhii and his family is Maruti Suzuki Swift.