Benchmarking
Herewith two topics are coved below as per instructor information:
1. BENCH MARKING
2. UNDERBODY COATING (One Page understanding basics)
BENCHMARKING:
Benchmarking is the comparison between two or more things and to select which is the best one and it will be suitable for the required person. By doing this we can able to see the all difference between the products which we are taken for benchmarking. So in company they will compare the other product before implementing their own product, so that then can able to find that how it will reached the market easily and became famous also, so that they will also improve the performance of their own product, and it will be easily reach market to sell more quantity and to increase the profit also.
For example, if we point out the topic, lets take a cars and if we need to do benchmarking of cars means what are thing we need to do are as follows:
We selected 4 nos. of cars to do benchmarking and images are also pasted below for the identification.
FORD ECO SPORT:
HYUNDAI VENUE:
MARUTI ERTIGA:
MARUTI CIAZ:
BENCHMARKING OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CARS:
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|
FORD ECO SPORT |
HYUNDAI VENUE |
MARUTI ERTIGA |
MARUTI CIAZ |
|
VARIENT |
Ambiente 1.5L Ti-VCT |
S Plus 1.2 Petrol |
LXI |
Sigma |
|
PRICE |
9.34 Lakhs |
9.96 Lakhs |
9.14 Lakhs |
9.96 Lakhs |
|
LENGTH |
3998 |
3995 |
4395 |
4490 |
|
WIDTH |
1765 |
1770 |
1735 |
1730 |
|
HEIGHT |
1647 |
1605 |
1650 |
1485 |
|
CC |
1498 |
1493 |
1462 |
1462 |
|
NO. OF CYLINDERS |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
FUEL TYPE |
DIESEL |
PETROL |
PETROL |
PETROL |
|
MILEAGE |
21.7 |
23.7 |
19.01 |
20.65 |
|
FUEL CAPACITY |
52 L |
45 L |
45 |
43 |
|
STEERING TYPE |
ELECTRIC |
ELECTRIC |
POWER |
POWER |
|
BOOT SPACE |
352 |
350 |
209 |
510 |
|
SEAT CAPACITY |
5 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
|
POWER DOOR LOCK |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
AC |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
HEATER |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
|
ADVANTAGE |
Future rich cabin with decent ergonomics. Sports drivability in term of steering & body control |
First in class connectivity. Quality of the parts increase. |
Value for money. Easy to drive. Good interior |
Very spacious cabin. Fuel efficient engines. |
|
DIS ADVANTAGE |
In consistence cabin plastic and dated instrumented console |
Top spec variant is too height. It is only DCT automatic in the segment |
Bumpy low speed ride. Interior plastic quality |
Bouncy high speed ride quality. Engine could do more pep. |
|
RECOMENDED |
OK |
OK |
CONSLUSION:
So as per above bench marking and requirement from Mr. Pugazhyendhi Ford Eco sport is ok and it was coming under the budget and spec compare to other is good and for his family having five members it is ok and he is going to travel to his native place Madurai once in a month as a solo person and having the distance of 500 KM only, and as per his charter he is a fond of big cars so if he need to select like that means Maruti Ertiga is the best model, by the way finally as per his requirement two cars has been freezed and final decision is up to him.
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UNDERBODY COATING:
Underbody coating means similar process like painting.
Why we are doing underbody coating in cars means to avoid corrosion to frame and provide long term protection.
Depends upon the company standard’s they will fix the thickness of the underbody coating.
By applying this underbody coating we can avoid the heat from the bottom side during vehicle running.
It will arrest the noise from the running units below the vehicle.
While doing off-road driving some chips or stone will hit at the bottom of the vehicle, so by this coating it will withstand the damage.
By this we can avoid accumulate of the unwanted liquid particles because of the smooth surface.
It is a single coating and if we do it will withstand minimum of 3-5 years, so that it will be cost effective.
There are different type of underbody coating and they will use depend upon the company requirement.