Mahindra Navistar marches on with the Outperformer’s League

After a successful run of Outperformers League last year, Mahindra Navistar is back with another series of Outperformers Leagues. This year, the Outperformers League will have eminent speakers from the Indian Trucking, addressing various issues of Indian Trucking and to educate the stakeholders, trying to reach the grass root levels of the Industry.

In June, the OPL was conducted in Chennai and Jaipur.

There were 2 topics addressed and discussed at Chennai:

1. Mr. Suresh Kumar spoke on the topic “Tyre Lifecycle Management”, highlighting the importance of choice of tyres, illustrating the construction of tyres between radial and non-radial tyres, re-threading of tyres and the day-to-day parameters to be monitored in-order to maximize the life of tyres.  The session very was well received and the Fleet owners have requested his support to build a ready reckoner/checklist for tyre monitoring and maintenance.
2. Mr. Chandramouli spoke on the topic “Business Opportunities and Challenges for Surface Transport” detailing the trends, opportunities, threats to the surface transport segment. During the session, he also covered the  impact of the developments in related areas - like large ports and satellite ports, Roads, Information technology  etc.  on the overall surface transport industry. He urged fleet owners to identify the opportunities /threats and address them proactively.

The Jaipur OPL also had some similar issue to address:

1. Shri R C Gaur, Logistics Head from Shree Cement spoke ex-tempo about present challenges in cement logistics and shared his experiences of over 35 years how the road transportation and its eco system have evolved with modern vehicle fleet coming in and improved roads to ply on. He also brought forward how transporters need to look into costs in more detail and provided examples of what is the cost of driver being idle for a minute, what type of Rs. per km per ton can help running vehicle efficiently in cement vertical and how all parties can benefit. He also provided and invited some transporters to participate in their logistics as they do have shortages of good transports which sparked of many enquiries post the speech. 
2. Shri Pardip Varaiya, Head of Training, Indag, the second speaker for the evening, comes from a Tyre background of sales/ service and training. Having the expertise of working for companies like MRF, Apollo and JK Tyres in urban and rural markets in West and North, he had a lot to share. Starting from basics of tyre maintenance, how vital is this component – being second highest expense  next to Diesel costs, how good maintenance can provide enhanced vehicle performance namely fuel efficiency/ mileage / longer tyre life thereby improving margins for Transporters. He also showed some cut sections of tyres and wheel imbalance demo with one of the Fleet Owners from audience. The interactive sessions sparked off many a debate.

Carrying this forward, Mahindra Navistar’s OPL is sure to address and answer many questions that leave the truckers wondering.

Gujarat celebrates Mahindra Navistar’s 5000th truck roll-out

With the recent achievements of the Apollo CV Awards, 8Cr. Kms. Clocked and 1001 service points around the nation, Mahindra Navistar raises their bar of expectation with the recent 5000^th truck roll-out at Chakan.

Taking its celebration a notch higher, Mahindra Navistar was the talking point for Media in Gujarat. Present at the occasion was the Mahindra Navistar MD, Mr. Nalin Mehta along with many media delegates to celebrate the 5000^th truck roll out in Chakan. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Mehta expressed his vision for the future of the Gujarat market and the team’s plan to launch newer products.

Mr. Ashish Khurana, M/s. West India Autoequip Pvt. Ltd. was also present during the occasion

Also another special highlight of the evening was the 200 HCV sales clocked by the Mahindra Navistar team in Gujarat within a year. Top newspaper houses like Gujarat Samachar, Divya Bhaskar, The Times of India, Business Standard, The Indian Express, Sandesh, Rajasthan Patrika, Prabhat and Jai Hind, along with 45 top journalists of leading dailies of India were present to cover this occasion.

Mr. Nalin Mehta making his speech at the Gujarat Event.

MN40 and MN25 Tipper on display at the Gujarat Event

 Mahindra Navistar has always stood strong for its ideal of OK is no longer OK and has proven itself time and again. With the vision to change the Indian Trucking for the better, Mahindra Navistar marches on to bring more outperforming examples in Indian Trucking.

Mahindra Navistar celebrates its 5000th truck roll-out from Chakan

• 5000 trucks rolled out from Chakan Plant
• 4500 trucks on Indian roads, clocked/covered over 8 Crore kms under various applications
• 1001 Service Points at strategic trucking locations across India (and growing)
• 56 new, unique 3S large-scale dealerships (HCV & LCV) and 78 Dealership to support existing LCV business
• Ranked No. 1 in TNS truck Track 2012 Total Customer Satisfaction study in the LCV Load and Mini Bus segments and joint No. 1 in the HCV (MAV) truck segment.

Mahindra Navistar rolled out its 5000^th truck on the 1^st of June from its state-of-the-art plan at Chakan. Mahindra Navistar has been bagging achievements one after the other in a very short span.

After winning the Apollo CV Award for HCV Truck of the Year, Mahindra Navistar has also been ranked No. 1 in TNS truck Track 2012 Total Customer Satisfaction study in the LCV load and Mini Bus Segments and joint No. 1 in the HCV (MAV) truck segment.

Mahindra Navistar has taken up the challenge to change the Indian Trucking for the better and help it outperform. For this, they have created 1001 service points at strategic trucking locations across India and are many more are on the way. Supporting the nation’s Trucking Industry are 4500 trucks that are already plying the Indian Highways, having clocked more than 8 Crore kms.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nalin Mehta – Managing Director, Mahindra Navistar Automotives Limited, said, “Mahindra Navistar has today emerged as the new and viable alternative for the Indian trucking customers who have been experiencing status quo and inertia in a duopolistic market. As a challenger brand, Mahindra Navistar’s strategic intent is to challenge this status quo by not only trying harder but also trying out-of-the-box measures which can be summed up by the brand philosophy of “OK IS NO LONGER OK”.

Mr. Mehta, further, added, “This is a landmark day in the history of Mahindra Navistar as it marks another very important milestone with 5000 trucks rolled out from Chakan Plant and with more than 8 crore kilometers behind us! This achievement reflects the ever increasing confidence of the customers in us. This also indicates that MNAL trucks are running on multiple applications across India. This would not have been possible without the support of the formidable service network of nearly 1001 service points on strategic trucking routes PAN India that includes 56 unique, large-scale 3S dealerships which are designed to cater to customers differently and that have become landmarks in the Indian CV industry”.

Mahindra Navistar’s wide, strategically located network also includes 220 Authorised service points and 703 Roadside Assistance points in addition to 22 dealerships dedicated to LCV customers. Mahindra Navistar has also been the first to provide customer benefits like 4-years unlimited mileage warranty and 48-hour on-road assurance to exhibit confidence in their product quality and agility in service. This has helped MNAL to be No.1 in the TNS customer satisfaction. No.1 in LCV trucks & buses and Joint No.1 in HCV multi-axle trucks; all this being a strong endorsement amongst the customers across India in the Brand Mahindra Navistar.

Continuing its promise to outperform, Mahindra Navistar also initiated the first-of-its-kind CV industry award to honour and recognize the heroes of the Indian transportation industry. The Mahindra Navistar Transport Excellence Awards were the first of any such awards in the Indian trucking.

Mahindra Navistar has lived up to its expectations of Outperformance and will continue to do so in future too.

Outperformer. Made for the road and for the stage.

Winning an award for your outperforming efforts is truly rewarding. But what makes it all the more special is, to win it twice in a row!

Mahindra Navistar, for the second time, has won the ‘HCV Truck of the Year’ award for its variant MN40 in the Prime Movers category at the recently held Apollo CV Awards 2012 at Mumbai.

The Apollo CV awards, hosted jointly by Apollo Tyres and CV Magazine every year, are one of the very few Awards held by the Trucking Fraternity to recognize and reward excellence amongst Commercial vehicle. This was the third year of the coveted Apollo CV awards aimed towards recognising superlative efforts of Commercial Vehicle and Ancillary makers.

The Apollo CV Award is a very significant one and all the key players from the Indian Trucking participate in the Awards, making the win for Mahindra Navistar all the more special.

Present at the Award Ceremony were the Mahindra Navistar MD – Nalin Metha, Nandu Khandare and Jim Pirie, to collect the award on behalf of the entire Mahindra Navistar Team.

This year was special for the Mahindra Navistar Team, as they have achieved twice as much at the Apollo CV Awards 2012! Dr. Pawan Goenka, Director, MNAL and President – AFS, M&M, was declared as the CV Man of The Year at the Awards.

The above two awards are no mean achievement and in fact are a culmination of  the excellent work that Team Mahindra Navistar has put for over five years.  And receiving one of the most respected Awards in the Indian Trucking only fuels the Mahindra Navistar further for excellence and outperformance.

All in all, an evening where Mahindra Navistar was the clear winner!

Here are some highlights from the Awards Ceremony:

 

Mr. Sridhar Chari, Editor of CV Magazine

 

Mr. Nalin Mehta’s thanksgiving speech

 

A section of dignitaries – who’s who of the Indian Commercial Vehicle Industry

  

The Awards function was preceded by a Panel Discussion on the Commercial Vehicle Industry issues. Dr. Goenka, along with Ravi Pishrodi, TML, Dr. Sumantran, ALL, Mr. Anirudh Bhuwalka, MD, AMW, Mr. Akash Passey, MD, Volvo Buses, Mr. Sharma, Apollo Tyres and Mr. Ramkrishnan, Frost & Sullivan Market Research were on the Panel.

In Nov 2007, Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s fourth-largest automotive manufacturer signed 51:49 joint venture with Navistar International Corporation’s operating company, International Truck and Engine Corporation; North America’s largest combined commercial truck, school bus and mid-range diesel engine manufacturing and marketing company and is  in the process of addressing every segment of the commercial vehicle market from 3.5 tonne GVW to 49 tonne GVW/GCW with variants of passenger transport, cargo and specialized load applications.