Capabilities in Engineering Services

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Capabilities in Engineering Services

• Presentation to Swedish Delegation
• 10th September, 2004

Tata AutoComp Systems Engineering Business Group
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India Scores Against Other Outsourcing Options
Low
India offers high quality at low costs
Cost
High
Low
High
Quality of Supply
Source A T Kearney Offshore Leadership Survey in
Automotive Sector (2003)
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Advantages of Engineering at TACO

• Globally competitive hourly costs
• Very high productivity
• Focused on automotive industry
• Proficiency in English, German, French and
  Japanese
• Largest pool of engineers in India for automotive
  industry
• Total protection of confidentiality
• Faster development cycles
• Engineers work in two shifts
• Time difference with Japan (3.5 hrs), USA (9.5
  hrs) and Europe (4.5 hrs). Can provide a
  communication bridge

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Advantages of Engineering at TACO

• Availability of competent engineers
• 220,000 engineers graduate every year
• Higher level of supply guarantees lesser pressure
  to increase salary
• Tata brand ensures recruitment and retention of
  good engineers
• Quality systems for off-shore processes
• The largest number of CMM 5 level companies in
  the world
• TACO has established off-shore processes
• Flexible resources
• India is a growing market, which requires local
  engineering support

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Range of Services

• Comprehensive Program Management
• Concepts to detailed product design
• Styling and class A surfacing
• CAD, CAE
• Change management, legacy conversion
• Knowledge based engineering, software for
  products
• Reverse engineering, prototyping
• Testing for various components and systems (in
  collaboration)
• Electronics Embedded Systems
• Comprehensive Hardware and software design
• Software testing

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Current Customer Interactions
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Concepts to Design European IP
Confidential Picture of IP (Removed from this
presentation)
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Example CAE-Thermal Analysis
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Electronics for Automotive Industry
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Example Systems Modular Architecture
SMA Implementation for Yazaki on Grand Cherokee
Distributed Architecture
CAN Network
Saving In vehicle cost
Diagnostics
Solid State Controls Protection
Simulated Vehicle EDS
Automotive Expertise provided By TATA
Embedded Expertise provided By Partner
I really appreciate the work, its perfect
Glenn De Grendel, Chief Engineer
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Product Design Facilities

• Tata Johnson Controls Engineering Center
• TACO Faurecia Design Center
• TACO Engineering Center

Centers

• Leased line facility with 512 Kbps
• FTP site for data transfer
• Videoconferencing facility

Communication

• Branches in Detroit, Paris, Tokyo and Munich
• Office in London planned
• Network of Tata offices in more than 60 countries

Presence
Software
CAD, PDM
CAE
Styling
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Our Request

• Pilot projects for initial try-out
• Deploy Tata engineers for on site requirements
• Joint review of remote engineering activities