Lucas TVS Ltd : a Journey towards manufacturing excellence
Abstract
The case featured in this issue of Vikalpa
discusses the journey embarked on by the top
management of Lucas-TVS Limited in 1985 to
make their firm a world-class manufacturing
organization. The company's oldest plant at Padi,
Chennai acted as a test bed for several of their
initiatives. The case describes the steps that
Lucas-TVS management took to implement this
change process in manufacturing at their Padi
plant during the period 1985-1998. The case
concludes at an interesting stage where the
company needs to decide on a future course of
direction that would address a number of critical
issues identified by Mr T K Balaji, the Chief
Executive and MD of Lucas-TVS.
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